About Us
We are a leading global financial technology company transforming how the securities finance industry trades, settles, and analyzes data. Our award-winning Trading, Post-Trade, Data & Analytics, RegTech, and SaaS solutions power efficiency, transparency, and innovation for over 200 of the world's top financial institutions. Every month, our platform supports over $2.4 trillion in executed transactions, a testament to our technology's impact and reliability.
With offices across North America, UK&I, and APAC, we bring together diverse teams of technologists, data experts, and business professionals who thrive on solving complex challenges at scale. We are Great Place to Work Certified in the US, UK, Ireland, and India and have been recognized for Diversity & Inclusion excellence as well as for being the Best Post-Trade Service Provider and Best Market Data Provider Globally (Securities Finance Times Industry Excellence Awards, 2023).
Founded in 2001 by ten of the world's leading financial institutions, we continue to shape the future of securities finance under the majority ownership of Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe (WCAS) alongside founding shareholders and customers including Bank of America, Bank of New York, BlackRock, Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, National Bank of Canada, State Street, UBS and Wells Fargo.
Join us and be part of a company where global impact, innovation, and collaboration define how we work and what we build.
About The Role
We are looking for a Senior Engineer to join us in Bengaluru as part of one of our core global engineering teams. Our teams build and evolve enterprise-grade platforms that power global financial markets, enabling clients to trade efficiently and manage post-trade workflows at scale. You will contribute to high-performance, low-latency systems that are central to our success, while working in an environment that values technical excellence, collaboration, and continuous learning.
This role is ideal for an experienced backend engineer who enjoys solving complex technical challenges and wants to contribute to the evolution of systems that have real impact across global financial markets.
What You'll Do
- Design, build, and enhance backend components across our trading, post-trade, data, and regulatory platforms.
- Deliver production-ready, high-quality code within a distributed, multi-tier architecture that supports real-time global operations.
- Collaborate with business analysts, QA engineers, and product stakeholders to translate functional requirements into scalable technical solutions.
- Contribute to design discussions focusing on performance, scalability, and high availability.
- Participate in peer code reviews, knowledge-sharing sessions, and team-wide process improvements.
- Support production releases and troubleshoot issues, ensuring systems remain stable and performant.
- Stay current with emerging technologies and industry trends, proactively suggesting improvements to our engineering practices and architecture.
What We're Looking For
- 4+ years of commercial experience as a Java Developer working on large-scale or enterprise systems.
- Strong proficiency in Java 8+ and frameworks such as Spring, Spring Boot, or Jakarta EE.
- Experience designing and maintaining RESTful APIs, multi-threaded services, and distributed architectures.
- Solid knowledge of SQL and PL/SQL, including query optimization and performance tuning.
- Familiarity with cloud platforms such as AWS and DevOps tools supporting CI/CD workflows.
- Exposure to messaging or event-driven systems such as Kafka, Redis, or RabbitMQ.
- Demonstrates strong debugging, problem-solving, and performance optimization skills.
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills, comfortable working with global teams.
- A continuous learner who takes pride in writing clean, maintainable, and scalable code.
Why EquiLend
- Work flexibly with up to 100 remote working days per year.
- Take time to recharge with 30 days of paid leave per year, comprising paid, casual, and sick leave, plus public holidays.
- Be recognised for your contribution through a discretionary annual cash bonus, linked to individual and company performance.
- Access comprehensive health insurance for you and your dependents from your first day.
- Receive personal accident insurance from the start of your employment.
- Connect with colleagues at an annual company-sponsored team retreat, hosted at a new location each year.
- If relocating from more than 40 miles away, receive hotel accommodation and travel ticket reimbursement.
Diversity & Inclusion
At EquiLend, we are committed to fostering an inclusive and diverse workplace where everyone is respected and valued. We believe that a variety of perspectives drives innovation and strengthens our success. If you require any reasonable accommodations during the interview process, please let us know - we're here to support you.
