Senior Engineer - Modernization

Position Summary

We are seeking a highly experienced and technically proficient Senior Engineer to join our team in building a next‑generation wire payment processing platform. This role blends leadership and architecture, requiring deep expertise in modern technologies and payment systems. The Senior Engineer will guide cross‑functional teams in delivering high‑impact features, ensuring alignment with business objectives, technical standards, and agile delivery practices. The ideal candidate will have strong experience in leading teams working in Java, Node.js,

Oracle, Kafka, Rabbit

MQ, and cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP). Familiarity with Finacle core banking platform is a significant plus.

• Ensures that the design and engineering approach for complex features are consistent with the larger portfolio solution
• Defines the technology tool stack for the solution and evaluates and adapts new testing tools, frameworks, or practices for the team(s)
• Enables team(s) and applications with Continuous Integration/Continuous Development (CI/CD) capabilities and engages with other technical stakeholders to ensure efficient functioning of the CI/CD pipeline
• Guides and influences team(s) on design and best practices for high code performance (e.g., pairing, code reviews)
• Provides end‑to‑end delivery of complex features, including automation, for either a single team or multiple teams at the program level
• Conducts research, design prototyping, and other exploration activities such as evaluating new toolsets and components for release management, CI/CD, and features
• Works with stakeholders to establish high‑level solution needs and with architects for technical requirements
• Designs and implements cloud‑native architectures leveraging AWS services such as EC2, ECS/EKS, Lambda, S3, RDS, Dynamo
  
  DB, and API Gateway
• Ensures security and compliance in cloud deployments using AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM), encryption, and monitoring best practices
• Optimizes cloud infrastructure for scalability, performance, and cost‑efficiency using AWS Auto Scaling, Load Balancer, and Cost Explorer
• Implements observability and monitoring with AWS Cloud Watch, X‑Ray, and integrates with existing tools like Splunk or Prometheus
• Enables Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using AWS Cloud Formation or Terraform for automated provisioning and environment consistency
• Integrates CI/CD pipelines with AWS services (e.g., Code Pipeline, Code Build, Code Deploy) for seamless deployments
• Designs disaster recovery and backup strategies using AWS Backup and multi‑region architecture
• Ensures compliance with regulatory requirements for cloud‑based financial application

• 10+ years’ experience in payment platform environments, including Wire, ACH, and RTP
• Domain expertise in payment systems and ISO 20022 messaging standards
• Ensuring compliance with industry standards and regulations
• Collaborating with clients and internal teams to gather requirements and develop solutions
• Optimizing existing cloud infrastructures for performance and cost‑efficiency
• Hands‑on experience deploying applications on AWS cloud using native services such as EC2, ECS/EKS, Lambda, S3, RDS, Dynamo
  
  DB, and API Gateway
• Strong knowledge of Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using AWS Cloud Formation or Terraform
• Experience integrating CI/CD pipelines with AWS services (e.g., Code Pipeline, Code Build, Code Deploy)
• Ability to design secure and compliant cloud architectures leveraging AWS IAM, encryption, and monitoring best practices
• Proven experience in optimizing cloud infrastructure for scalability, performance, and cost‑efficiency
• Providing technical leadership and mentoring to team members
• Recent experience tackling complex challenges in distributed data systems using Java (Enterprise Edition), Oracle SQL, and Python
• Experience using Java/J2EE technologies to develop scalable enterprise‑grade applications, libraries, and frameworks
• Designed and developed solution architecture to scale backend systems with Spring framework, Spring MVC, and RESTful APIs
• Hands‑on experience with messaging systems like Kafka and RabbitMQ
• Utilized Dev Ops technologies for CI/CD…