Software Engineering Director – Platform Engineering

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop a team of software engineers delivering Underwriting/ACAPS capabilities.
• Drive execution of engineering modernization roadmaps, ensuring alignment with business priorities, customer needs, and enterprise technology strategies with clear business outcomes.
• Partner with Product Management, Architecture, Security, and Operations teams to deliver scalable, resilient, and secure cloud‑native solutions.
• Establish and enforce engineering best practices including Agile delivery, CI/CD, Dev Sec Ops , automated testing, observability, and SRE principles.
• Oversee API platform development, integration services, microservices architecture, and partner ecosystem connectivity.
• Monitor platform performance, availability, reliability, and operational excellence while driving continuous improvement initiatives.
• Manage hiring, coaching, performance management, succession planning, and career development for engineering talent.
• Lead technology modernization efforts focused on cloud adoption, digital transformation, automation, and engineering efficiency.

• Bachelor's degree, or equivalent work experience
• Eight or more years of relevant software engineering experience
• Five or more years of experience leading a software engineering team
• Strong software engineering experience with 5+ years leading engineering teams in banking, fintech, payments, or digital platforms.
• Strong experience building and managing large-scale Digital Banking platforms.
• Hands‑on expertise with cloud technologies such as AWS, Azure, Kubernetes, Docker, Terraform, and cloud‑native architectures.
• Proven experience delivering microservices, REST APIs, event‑driven architectures, and high‑volume transaction processing systems.
• Deep knowledge of Dev Ops, CI/CD, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), and platform observability tools.
• Strong understanding of financial services security, authentication, OAuth/OIDC, API governance, risk controls, and regulatory compliance.
• Experience leading cross‑functional teams using Agile, Scrum, SAFe, or product‑centric delivery models.
• Excellent executive communication, stakeholder management, and leadership skills with the ability to influence technical and business decisions.
• Experience building AI driven decision automation while delivering efficiencies with a clear business outcome.

Demonstrates expertise in leading software engineering teams to deliver scalable, secure cloud‑native solutions while driving modernization efforts in digital banking and fintech. Proficient in implementing engineering best practices, including Agile methodologies and Dev Sec Ops , to ensure operational excellence and continuous improvement.

• Cloud Technologies (AWS, Azure, Kubernetes, Docker, Terraform)
• Microservices Architecture
• Dev Ops and CI/CD
• Financial Services Security and Compliance
• Agile Leadership

• Software Engineering
• Digital Banking Platforms
• API Development
• Event‑Driven Architectures
• Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
• Site Reliability Engineering (SRE)
• Automated Testing
• Performance Monitoring
• Risk Controls
• Decision Automation

• Executive Communication
• Stakeholder Management
• Leadership
• Influencing Technical Decisions
• Coaching and Mentoring

• Banking
• Fintech
• Payments
• Digital Transformation
• Cloud Adoption

• CI/CD Tools
• Observability Tools
• Agile Methodologies
• Scrum
• SAFe