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Mumbai, India

Executive Director – Software Engineering

Our client, a global leader in financial services and one of the world’s top five banks by assets, employs over 300,000 people worldwide. They offer strategic advice and products to leading corporations, governments, wealthy individuals, and institutional investors.

 

Their Asset & Wealth Management division provides industry-leading investment management and private banking solutions. Asset Management delivers a comprehensive range of strategies and expertise across all asset classes through a global network of investment professionals. Wealth Management helps individuals, families, and foundations take a focused approach to their finances, enabling them to define, pursue, and achieve their financial goals.

 

The technology team is expanding to support the accelerated growth of the successful Wealth Management business. They are collaborating with senior leaders, business, and technology partners to design state-of-the-art applications and products for scaling and growth.

 

They are seeking an experienced Director of Software Engineering with strong expertise in Private Banking and proven stakeholder management skills. This role, based in Mumbai, involves extending the team and driving thought leadership across major initiatives.

 

Candidates with experience in global collateral management & wealth management-related software product development are encouraged to apply.

 

Please contact Ratneshwar Banerjee or email your cv directly in word format with Job ID: 13251 to HR-India@theedgepartnership.com

 

Please note that due to the high number of applications only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. If you do not hear from us in the next 7 business days, we regret to inform you that your application for this position was unsuccessful.

 

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Key responsibilities

  • Team Leadership:
  • Oversee technology teams within the wealth management core team for the global private bank.
  • Stakeholder and Thought Leadership:
  • Demonstrate strong stakeholder management, influencing, and thought leadership abilities as an individual contributor and specialist.
  • Be comfortable engaging with senior stakeholders.
  • Cloud-Based Architecture:
  • Experience with modern cloud-based architectures for regional and intra-day processing.
  • Industry Experience:
  • Bring recent or current experience from a global Asset/Investment or Wealth Management firm, especially in Lending, Asset Servicing, Trust and Estate, and Collateral Management.
  • Industry Practices:
  • Apply strong industry practices and methods while maintaining a commercial and client value focus.
  • Innovation:
  • Innovate by applying AI/ML technologies to architecture and engineering.
  • IT Solutions Design:
  • Design and develop IT solutions aligned with business strategy and group architecture standards.
  • Perform technical planning, architecture development, and specification modifications.
  • Develop specifications for new products/services, applications, and service offerings.
  • Strategic Development:
  • Lead the strategy and development of multiple products, applications, and technologies across the division.
  • Translate complex technical issues and trends to drive innovation and enable strategic decision-making.
  • Develop and implement architecture principles, strategies, and guidelines.
  • Technical Leadership:
  • Lead the design and development of complex systems and solutions.
  • Provide technical leadership and mentorship to junior architects and development teams.
  • Champion the firm’s culture of diversity, equity, inclusion, and respect.
  • Architecture Design:
  • Design scalable, secure, and efficient software architectures.
  • Evaluate new technologies and tools to drive innovation and improve existing systems.
  • Conduct architectural reviews and ensure compliance with technical standards.
  • Technical Expertise:
  • Expertise in multiple technology domains and technologies such as:
  • Java (Core & EE, Spring Boot, Spring MVC, Spring Cloud) & Python.
  • Microservices & multi-tier architectures.
  • API – GraphQL, REST, API Gateway.
  • DevOps/CI/CD (GIT/Bitbucket, Maven, Gradle, Jenkins, Sonar).
  • Integration and events/messaging technologies (Kafka, RabbitMQ, SNS, SQS).
  • RDBMS systems and Storage Technologies (S3, EBS, etc.).
  • Compute/Container/Orchestration technologies (Docker, Kubernetes, ECS, EKS, Lambda/Serverless, etc.).
  • Caching Solutions (Elasticache/Redis, Hazelcast, EHCache).
  • Observability and monitoring (Dynatrace, Cloud Watch, Grafana, Splunk, Datadog).
  • Industry Trends:
  • Stay updated on industry trends and best practices to ensure architecture alignment with business goals.
  • Stakeholder Collaboration:
  • Engage with stakeholders, including clients, to gather requirements and translate them into technical specifications.
  • Communicate complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.
  • Foster strong relationships with clients, vendors, and internal teams.
  • Continuous Improvement:
  • Promote a culture of continuous improvement and innovation within the development team.
  • Implement and advocate for agile methodologies and practices.
  • Identify opportunities for process optimization and efficiency enhancements.

Role requirements

  • Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
  • Over 15 years of practical experience with strong proficiency in software development methodologies, architecture frameworks, design patterns, testing, and operational stability.
  • Exceptional leadership, communication, and problem-solving skills.
  • Expertise in one or more programming languages, applications, and architecture disciplines.
  • Knowledge of AI/ML technologies and architecture is highly desirable.
  • Hands-on experience working at the code level (preferred).
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to convey technical information clearly and concisely.

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Executive Director – Software Engineering

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