Role Purpose
The Lead Analyst Developer plays a critical role in delivering high‑quality technology solutions across FNZ’s wealth management platform. This role combines strong hands‑on Java development with technical leadership, ensuring systems are scalable, resilient, and aligned with FNZ’s long‑term architecture and client needs. The role also involves mentoring junior developers and contributing to solution design and delivery best practices.
Key Responsibilities
Technical Delivery
- Design, develop, and maintain complex Java‑based applications using enterprise‑grade standards.
- Contribute to end‑to‑end delivery across the full software development lifecycle (analysis, design, build, test, release, and support).
- Ensure solutions are performant, secure, scalable, and highly available.
- Work on distributed systems and high‑volume transaction processing platforms.
Architecture & Design
- Collaborate with Solution Architects on system design and technical decisions.
- Apply object‑oriented design principles, clean code practices, and design patterns.
- Review and improve existing codebases to enhance quality and maintainability.
- Ensure adherence to FNZ architecture, security, and compliance standards.
Leadership & Mentoring
- Provide technical guidance and code reviews for Analyst Developers and Senior Developers.
- Mentor team members and support capability uplift across the development team.
- Act as a technical point of contact within the squad or project team.
Collaboration & Stakeholder Management
- Work closely with Business Analysts, Test Analysts, DevOps, and Product teams.
- Support production issues, root‑cause analysis, and continuous improvement initiatives.
- Communicate effectively with global, cross‑functional teams.
Required Skills & Experience
Technical Skills
- Strong hands‑on experience in Core Java (8+) and enterprise Java development.
- Experience with Spring / Spring Boot, REST APIs, and microservices architecture.
- Strong SQL skills with relational databases (e.g. Oracle, PostgreSQL).
- Experience with messaging frameworks (e.g. Kafka, JMS).
- Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines, Git, Maven/Gradle.
- Good understanding of multithreading, performance tuning, and memory management.
Engineering Practices
- Experience working in Agile / Scrum environments.
- Strong unit testing and automated testing practices (JUnit, Mockito).
- Knowledge of secure coding practices and application security.
- Experience with cloud‑based or hybrid architectures is desirable.
Domain & Functional Experience (Preferred)
- Experience in Financial Services, Wealth Management, Banking, or FinTech.
- Exposure to large‑scale, enterprise‑grade platforms handling regulatory and compliance requirements.
- Understanding of trade processing, custody, funds, or investment platforms is advantageous.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related discipline (full‑time).
- 6-9 years of relevant software development experience, including a technical leadership component.
About FNZ Culture
Our culture is what drives us. It's at the heart of who we are and everything we do. It's what inspires, excites and moves us forward. Our ambition is to create a culture for growth, one that opens up limitless opportunities for our employees, customers and the wider world. At FNZ we know that great impact is only possible with great teamwork.
That’s why we value the strength and diversity of thought in our global team.
The FNZ Way is the cornerstone of what we do. It is comprised of four values that set the standard for how everyone at FNZ interacts with each other, with our customers, and with all our diverse stakeholders around the world.
- Customer obsessed for the long-term
- Think big and make an impact
- Act now and own it all the way
- Challenge, commit and win together
Read more about The FNZ Way and our values: www.fnz.com/culture
Opportunities
- Right from day one, you will work alongside exceptional, multicultural teams - experts in their respective fields - who will inspire and challenge you to make your greatest impact.
- Be part of a highly successful, rapidly growing, global business that is leading the delivery of financial services via cloud computing and partners with some of the world’s largest companies;
- Working in a flexible and agile way that meets the needs of the business and personal circumstances;
- Remuneration, significant financial rewards and career advancement is based on individual contribution and business impact rather than tenure or seniority;
- We provide global career opportunities for our best employees at any of our offices in the UK, EU, US, Canada, South Africa and APAC.
Commitment to Equal Opportunities
At FNZ, we recognise that diversity, equity and inclusion are important factors contributing to our success. We embrace the unique perspective and capabilities of our current and future employees, which will help us continue to drive innovation and achieve our business goals. Recruitment decisions at FNZ are made in a non-discriminatory manner without regard to gender, ethnicity/race, faith, age, nationality, gender identity, sexual orientation, marital status, socio-economic background, disability or military veteran status where all applicants and employees are valued and respected.
In addition, we want to ensure accessibility needs are well supported, if you require specific support please advise us.
About FNZ
FNZ is committed to opening up wealth so that everyone, everywhere can invest in their future on their terms. We know the foundation to do that already exists in the wealth management industry, but complexity holds firms back.
We created wealth’s growth platform to help. We provide a global, end-to-end wealth management platform that integrates modern technology with business and investment operations. All in a regulated financial institution.
We partner with the world’s leading financial institutions, with over US$2.5 trillion in assets on platform (AoP).
Together with our clients, we empower nearly 30 million people across all wealth segments to invest in their future.
