Head of Engineering, Architecture, and Delivery

Job Description

Role Overview

As a key member of the technology leadership team, you will work cross-functionally with product, infrastructure, and business units to drive innovation, streamline delivery pipelines, and enforce engineering excellence across the organization.

• Lead and mentor a multi-disciplinary team of backend engineers, solution architects, and delivery managers across geographies.
• Define, maintain, and evolve the architecture of scalable systems built on Java, Kotlin, and Kafka, ensuring alignment with product and business strategies.
• Own the end-to-end delivery lifecycle, from design through deployment, ensuring high availability, fault tolerance, and performance.
• Drive the adoption of engineering best practices, modern DevOps methodologies, CI/CD pipelines, and secure coding standards.
• Collaborate closely with Product and Business stakeholders to translate functional requirements into technical roadmaps and execution plans.
• Assess technical debt, prioritize refactoring efforts, and ensure the sustainability and scalability of systems.
• Set KPIs, track performance metrics, and lead initiatives to continuously improve code quality, deployment speed, and team productivity.
• Stay abreast of emerging technologies, trends, and frameworks in the fintech and banking space to ensure the platform remains competitive and compliant.

• 12+ years of progressive experience in software engineering with at least 5 years in a senior leadership or head-of-function role.
• Proven track record of delivering enterprise-scale applications in fintech or banking environments.
• Deep hands-on knowledge of Java, Kotlin, and distributed systems architecture using Apache Kafka.
• Experience designing and maintaining event-driven microservices and APIs at scale.
• Solid understanding of cloud-native architecture and containerization (Kubernetes, Docker, etc.).
• Familiarity with security, compliance, and data protection standards in financial services (e.g., PCI DSS, ISO 27001).
• Demonstrated ability to attract, grow, and retain top engineering talent.
• Exceptional communication and stakeholder management skills; capable of interfacing with C-suite executives and technical teams alike.

• Experience with high-frequency trading systems, digital banking platforms, or blockchain-based financial infrastructure.
• Prior work in a regulated environment and comfort with audits, risk assessments, and compliance reporting.
• Exposure to Agile frameworks (Scrum, SAFe) and modern delivery models.