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Senior lead developer role at State Street in Edinburgh with 15+ years experience in PL/SQL and Oracle.
Leading the ZILO platform, managing stakeholders, and driving cloud migrations in a fast-paced agile environment.
Job Description
Hands-on technology with 15+ years developing large-scale financial applications.
Must understand financial operations (middle/back office) and be motivated to learn diverse specialized topics in financial information processing.
Must have solid core programming skills (data structures, algorithms, functional decomposition, code structuring/refactoring, core programming patterns, etc.), and knowledge of information system architecture principles (microservice architecture, three-tier architecture, event-driven processing, service orchestration / discovery, etc.)
Must have good problem-solving skills.
Must have experience with Transfer Agency
CI/CD and Agile experience required.
Must be willing to learn and work with programming languages / frameworks other than main specialization.
What you will be responsible for
As a Lead Developer, you will:
- Own the ZILO application platform across production, UAT, and development environments
- Manage relationship with business stakeholders (Operations, Transfer Agency, Compliance, and ZILO vendors)
- Ability to transfer business requirement into technical solutions.
- Coordinate with offshore/onshore teams and third‑party vendors.
- work with a global team of software developers, QA engineers and business stakeholders
- develop new and maintain existing applications.
- contribute code, perform code reviews, provide training to junior team members.
- participate in discussions, planning, code release activities.
- work closely with the Business/Product teams on requirements analysis, implementation estimates, and design.
- provide hands‑on real‑time support for live production systems to ensure business continuity, help resolve processing issues, provide support for data conversions and onboarding.
- help migrate existing services or develop new applications for public cloud platforms.
You will be expected to:
- contribute independently and collaboratively.
- interpret domain (financial processing) requirements, review business requirements for quality, and come up with technical solutions ranging from small fixes to feature implementations across diverse tech stack.
- reverse‑engineer functional specifications from existing code and relate existing architecture to business domain functionality.
- understand the business processes supported by the application.
- actively participate in the ongoing enhancement of supported applications; proactively identify critical issues and risks; troubleshoot and resolve issues within current software.
- work in fast‑paced agile team environment.
- comply with standards and regulations established by both internal and external organizational governance;
- be confident in making technical decisions independently and taking initiatives in order to make a positive contribution into the overall project stream.
What we value
- 10+ Years of Experience with PL/SQL programming, Oracle database
- Experience in developing data solutions as Oracle App DB developer.
- hands‑on experience in writing complex queries, performance tuning, and designing for performance.
- Understanding of Financial domain, specifically OTC derivatives
- Experience in working with Vendor platforms and critical transactional systems
- Experience in agile delivery & adhering to SDLC processes
- Exceptional interpersonal skills, and collaboration
- Exceptional analytical, conceptual, and problem‑solving abilities
- Aptitude for learning new and complex environments, processes, and technologies
- Ability to work under pressure to meet varying deadlines and work volumes and should have the ability to work in a coordinated team environment.
Education & Preferred Qualifications
- Minimum Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or equivalent required
About State Street
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We are committed to fostering an environment where every employee feels valued and empowered to reach their full potential. As an essential partner in our shared success, you’ll benefit from inclusive development opportunities, flexible work‑life support, paid volunteer days, and vibrant employee networks that keep you connected to what matters most. Join us in shaping the future.
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