Head of Software Engineering-Trade Supply Chain Finance

Location: India - Mumbai

Role: EVP/SVP
- Engineering & Delivery Head (Trade Finance Platforms)

Experience: 23+ Years

Role Overview

We are hiring a senior engineering and delivery leader to build and scale next-generation Trade Finance and Supply Chain Finance platforms. The role requires a hands-on technology leader with a strong track record in enterprise product engineering, large-scale delivery, and modernization programs across global banks.

This mandate sits at the intersection of technology + product + global delivery. The leader will anchor the platform roadmap, engineering excellence, modernization, and predictable high-quality delivery across Tier-1 banking clients.

Key Responsibilities

1. Engineering & Architecture Leadership

• Lead and mentor large high-performing engineering teams across Backend, Frontend, Dev Ops, QA, SRE, Data & Cloud.
• Review and guide architecture decisions, high-risk code areas, and performance bottlenecks.
• Institutionalize engineering excellence - clean code, Dev Sec Ops , SRE, observability, performance, scalability, and VAPT.

2. Product & Platform Ownership

• Own the technology roadmap for the Trade Finance stack - SCF, LC/BG, Documentary Collections, Open Account, Trade Operations, and Digital Trade Ecosystems.
• Architect microservices-based, event-driven, API-first platforms designed for configurability and scale.
• Build solutions adhering to strict risk, compliance, and security benchmarks of global banks.

3. Delivery Governance & Client Success

• End-to-end delivery responsibility across multiple programs and global markets.
• Define predictable delivery governance - release cadence, velocity, throughput, defect density, and production stability.
• Act as a senior delivery escalation and decision-making authority with CXO/client leadership.

4. Platform Modernization & Transformation

• Lead migrations from legacy Trade core systems to cloud-native microservices and containerized deployments.
• Deep experience in core banking, lending, payments, SWIFT connectivity, and trade document workflows.
• Re-engineer flows to improve STP, digitization, operational efficiency, and integration readiness.

5. AI-Enabled Engineering & Productivity

• Implement GenAI-enabled engineering frameworks (Copilot, Cursor, Tabnine, ChatGPT etc.) to accelerate development and automation.
• Promote AI-assisted testing, documentation, code reviews, and regression.
• Integrate ML/AI models for anomaly detection, compliance validation, invoice risk evaluation, automated underwriting, and supply-chain risk scoring.

Qualifications & Experience

• 23+ years in product engineering, with 10+ years leading large technology and delivery organizations in BFSI / Trade Finance.
• Demonstrated success building mission-critical, scalable, low-latency banking platforms.
• Deep hands-on experience in Java + microservices + distributed systems. Exposure to Python/C++ preferred.
• Proven platform modernization experience - cloud, Kubernetes/Docker, streaming (Kafka/Pulsar), event sourcing.
• Strong domain depth in Trade Finance, SCF, Open Account, LC/BG, Payments & Transaction Banking.
• Managed engineering ecosystems of 500+ directly or through matrix org structures.
• Strong stakeholder management with Product, Business, Risk, Operations & Global Client Leaders.

Leadership Attributes

• High-ownership execution leader with predictable delivery and strong rigor.
• Ability to scale teams, processes and platforms during rapid growth and transformation.
• Operates with urgency, hands-on problem solving and extreme accountability.
• Clear, transparent communicator who builds trust and alignment across global teams.

Why this role is critical

Trade & SCF are undergoing rapid modernization across global markets. The EVP will drive platform innovation + engineering excellence + enterprise delivery governance, shaping the next wave of digital Trade Finance transformation.