Lead Software Engineer, Legal & Compliance

We are a leading global asset management firm with over 3,000 employees across 20 offices in 15 countries; we help millions of investors around the world pursue their financial goals.

We hire critical thinkers. People who thrive in a collaborative culture like ours where we solve real problems while building the future of finance.

You

• Are excited to be part of a vibrant engineering community that values diversity, hard work, and continuous learning.
• Love solving complex real-world business problems.
• Recognize that cross-functional collaboration is a core component of success for the team.
• Believe there are multiple ways to solve most technical problems and are willing to debate the trade-offs.
• Have become a stronger engineer by making mistakes and learning from them.
• Are a doer, someone who wants to grow their career and gain experience across technologies and business functions.

We

• Continuously invest in a high-performance and inclusive culture, in which a diversity of backgrounds, experiences and viewpoints are celebrated and valued.
• Encourage career mobility, so you can benefit from learning different functions and technologies, and we gain the benefits of your experience across teams.
• Run technology pro bono programs that help the non-profit community and give our engineering community opportunities to volunteer and participate.
• Offer education reimbursements and ongoing training in technology, communication, and diversity & inclusion.
• Embrace knowledge sharing through lunch-and-learns, demos, and technical forums.
• Consider our people to be our greatest asset-we will help you learn what PIMCO Technology has to offer so you can participate in activities that benefit your career while delivering impactful technology solutions.

We are seeking a highly skilled Senior Developer to join our Legal & Compliance technology team as a lead engineer in our London office. In this role, you will manage a global team and be responsible for overseeing the development and enhancement of our suite of real‑time applications embedded within our trading workflows focused on legal and compliance.

• Lead and manage a team of developers and business analysts, providing guidance and support to ensure successful project delivery
• Design, implement, and monitor mission‑critical real‑time applications integrated into trading workflows, specifically focused on legal and compliance
• Oversee several applications that evaluate trading constraints related to Material Non‑Public Information (MNPI) and counter parties, spanning: exchange limits for commodity products to counter party agreements management and monitoring of broker restrictions for portfolios
• Lead engagement with the business collaborating with traders, portfolio managers, compliance teams, and counter party management to manage MNPI effectively
• Proactive and hands‑on development of Java applications on AWS, Spring Boot, and CI/CD with a focus on latency and performance
• Lead modernization efforts for legacy systems. Participate in tech‑wide initiatives to review resiliency and sustainability, ensuring that design and architecture can respond and recover quickly.
• Conduct regular code reviews, write unit tests, and maintain comprehensive technical documentation for systems, processes, and architecture.

• 10+ years of software development experience working in asset management / hedge funds, investment banking or financial services institutions
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Math, or equivalent; a higher degree in a related field is desirable
• Proven track record of designing and implementing micro‑service architecture applications and cloud‑native solutions, with strong experience in Java server‑side technologies, including Spring Boot
• Proficient in writing maintainable code in multiple languages such as HTML, Java, and JavaScript/Type Script, with a solid understanding of data structures, design patterns, and algorithms
• Experience with public cloud technologies, as well as a passion for automation and familiarity with CI/CD tools like Git Lab
• Strong practitioner of Dev Ops practices, utilizing relevant tooling to enhance development and…