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Company Overview:

At Bank of America, we are guided by a common purpose to help make financial lives better through the power of every connection. We do this by driving Responsible Growth and delivering for our clients, teammates, communities and shareholders every day.

Being a Great Place to Work is core to how we drive Responsible Growth. This includes our commitment to being a diverse and inclusive workplace, attracting and developing exceptional talent, supporting our teammates’ physical, emotional, and financial wellness, recognizing and rewarding performance, and how we make an impact in the communities we serve.

At Bank of America, you can build a successful career with opportunities to learn, grow, and make an impact. Join us!

Join our bustling Bromley office, situated in one of London’s greenest boroughs. Here you’ll find plentiful and easy commuting routes, with central London just 15 minutes away by train.

This opportunity is best suited to individuals who have been specifically focused on Python‑based development within distributed systems and pricing contexts in their most recent role. It offers the opportunity for involvement throughout the software development lifecycle and will include development of major green field components. There is significant buy‑in from senior business partners and the successful candidate will gain experience of delivering directly to the Users.

Challenges currently being worked on include producing consistent, consolidated risk reports spanning the whole Global Markets business, running high‑performance risk calculations for trading desks across the global business. The team development environment is Quartz – the bank’s next generation trading and risk platform. Development takes place almost entirely in Python.

• Technical Leadership
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  Individual contribution as well as lead the design, development and implementation of the large‑scale distributed system using Python, ensuring high performance, scalability and reliability along with code reviews on day‑to‑day basis.
• Team Management
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  Point of contact in the region, guide and mentor a team of 7‑8 engineers, fostering a culture of technical excellence, collaboration and innovation.
• Cross‑Group collaboration
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  Partner with globally dispersed teams who are highly skilled senior stakeholders / functions to align strategic goals, influence technical solutions, and drive cross‑functional initiatives.
• Solution Architecture
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  Architect and implement high‑quality, strategic software solutions in Python, ensuring alignment with strategic business requirements and technical standards.
• Technical process improvement
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  Challenge and refine technical processes to enhance code quality, development efficiency and system performance. Drive best practices in coding, testing and deployment.

• We are seeking someone whose recent work has centered exclusively around Python, tackling complex challenges in distributed systems architecture and pricing models.
• Proven experience in leading and mentoring a team of engineers.
• Knowledge of FICC (Fixed Income, Currencies and Commodities) or Equities products in pricing, risk and PNL domains.
• Software development and testing, deployment and support using agile development methodologies.
• Communicating effectively with various stakeholders across technology and the business.

• Experience in platforms similar to Quartz.
• Lead technologist experience risk calculation projects.
• Expert‑level proficiency in Python and related frameworks (e.g. Django, Flask, FastAPI).
• Ability to collaborate with various technology teams across the bank.

• Private healthcare for you and your family plus an annual health screen to help you manage your physical wellness with the option to purchase a screen for your partner.
• Competitive pension plan, life assurance and group income protection cover if you become unable to work as a result of a disability or health reasons.
• 20 days of back‑up childcare including access to school holiday clubs and 20 days of back‑up adult care per annum.
• The ability to change…