Head - Engineering - FinTech - IIT/NIT/BITS

Our Client:

Our Client is a front runner in the Fintech industry in India. A product and service of over 10 years of market leadership, our client has grown in terms of the number of clients availing its services.

About the role:

You will take an ownership of the engineering initiatives, research and development, product delivery and defining progressive growth path for multiple offerings that the Company offers to its clients.

You will be managing a talented team of engineering professionals and driving the innovations while meeting the objectives of performance, security, scalability & reliability.

Responsibilities:

- Design & implement technology strategies, plans and procedures to augment existing product portfolio and new business initiatives

- Manage and implement the product engineering roadmap

- Define and drive common architectural and engineering standards and practices across the organization

- Enforce coding standards and best practices

- Hire, coach, motivate and mentor skilled technology members for individual development

- Be a collaborative leader, cross-functional interaction with product, operational, business, delivery and support teams

Technology skills:

- Java software programming - J2EE, JavaScript, core java, design frameworks

- Front-end technologies - node.js, angular

- Back-end technologies - API building, REST API frameworks, services based architecture, multi-threaded back-end batch processing, queue based systems (Kafka, rabbit mq)

- Direct knowledge of CICD, performance management, development, change control tools

- Coding led security practices implementation

Qualifications:

- B.Tech/ MS/ PhD in Computer Science / Software Systems preferably from a Tier-1 engineering college

Experience:

- Relevant experience of 15+ years in the software development domain, with direct handling of talented engineering teams

- At least 5 years of handling an overall technology leadership role

- Demonstrated implementation of end-to-end technology stacks for massive scale web based or mobile applications

- Versatility with developing products on multiple technology stacks that get delivered in traditional data centres, public clouds, and private clouds

Technology skills:

- Java software programming - J2EE, JavaScript, core java, design frameworks

- Front-end technologies - node.js, angular

- Back-end technologies - API building, REST API frameworks, services based architecture, multi-threaded back-end batch processing, queue based systems (Kafka, rabbit mq)

- Direct knowledge of CICD, performance management, development, change control tools

- Coding led security practices implementation