Senior Software Engineer (SVP) – IB Tech & CRM/Analytics

Senior Software Engineer (SVP) – IB Tech & CRM/Analytics | Pune, India

About Jefferies

Jefferies is a leading global, full-service investment banking and capital markets firm. The firm provides a broad range of financial services to institutional investors, corporations, and governments, including investment banking, equities, fixed income, asset management, and wealth management.

Headquartered in New York, Jefferies operates in major financial centers across the Americas, Europe, and Asia, with a strong global footprint and deep industry expertise. The firm is known for its client-centric culture, entrepreneurial mindset, and commitment to delivering innovative, high-quality solutions across advisory, sales and trading, and research.

Technology plays a critical role in Jefferies’ strategy, with ongoing investment in cloud-native platforms, data engineering, analytics, and modern engineering practices to support business growth, operational excellence, and differentiated client experiences.

Role Overview

Seeking an SVP-level Senior Software Engineer to lead engineering strategy and technical direction across IB Tech & CRM/Analytics. Own platform-scale architecture for data- and event-driven solutions supporting Investment Banking and client-facing units, partnering with senior stakeholders to define service design, build, deployment, and operations to ensure delivery excellence and scalable growth.

Key Responsibilities

• Set engineering strategy and technical direction across multiple teams and critical platform initiatives
• Own the technical roadmap for shared platform services, making organization-level decisions on architecture, tooling, and standards
• Oversee delivery across multiple engineering teams, managing senior engineers and team leads
• Independently identify and resolve complex, cross-cutting technical challenges at platform scale
• Establish and enforce standards for service design, deployment, observability, reliability, and security
• Champion event-driven architecture and streaming platforms using Kafka
• Partner directly with senior Investment Banking stakeholders and technology leadership to shape strategy and execution
• Provide architectural guidance and review for Java-based microservices and APIs, remaining hands-on where necessary

Required Qualifications

• 15+ years of experience building and scaling enterprise-grade, distributed systems
• Deep expertise in Java, Spring Boot, microservices architecture, and distributed systems design
• Proven experience defining and executing org-wide architectural standards and multi-year technical roadmaps
• Strong background in event-driven systems using Kafka in high-throughput, low-latency environments
• Extensive experience with AWS, containerized platforms (EKS, Docker, Kubernetes), and CI/CD at scale
• Strong understanding of data architecture, including PostgreSQL, MongoDB, and Redshift
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to explain complex technical trade-offs at executive level

SVP-Level Leadership Expectations

• Has managed engineering managers or senior technical leads across multiple teams
• Operates effectively at both strategic and hands-on levels, reviewing architecture and code as needed
• Proactively identifies scalability, reliability, and organizational risks before they impact the business
• Builds strong, inclusive engineering cultures across regions and time zones