Engineering Lead (Banking Technology)
About the Opportunity
An established global financial institution is seeking an experienced Engineering Lead to drive the delivery of enterprise-scale technology initiatives across its digital banking landscape. This leadership role is responsible for shaping technical strategy, overseeing end-to-end solution delivery, and leading multiple engineering teams to build scalable, secure, and resilient technology platforms.
Working closely with Product Owners, Enterprise Architects, and cross-functional technology teams, you will play a key role in translating business strategy into technology solutions while ensuring engineering excellence, governance, and delivery quality across complex, mission-critical platforms.
Key Responsibilities
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Lead the end-to-end delivery of enterprise technology solutions across multiple engineering squads.
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Develop and execute technology roadmaps aligned with business objectives and long-term architectural strategy.
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Provide technical leadership in solution design, system integration, estimation, capacity planning, and project forecasting.
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Partner with Product Owners and business stakeholders to translate business requirements into scalable technical solutions.
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Drive engineering best practices, solution standardisation, reusable services, and continuous improvement initiatives.
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Establish and maintain engineering governance, ensuring alignment with enterprise architecture, security, compliance, and SDLC standards.
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Act as the senior technical escalation point for complex delivery and production issues.
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Collaborate with Architecture, Change, Release, and Infrastructure teams to ensure successful planning and execution of releases.
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Lead technical risk assessments, vendor evaluations, and solution governance throughout the project lifecycle.
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Foster a high-performance engineering culture by mentoring technical teams, influencing engineering practices, and promoting continuous learning.
Ideal Background
The successful candidate will bring a strong combination of engineering leadership and hands-on technical expertise gained within large enterprise environments, preferably in financial services.
You should demonstrate:
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Proven experience leading large-scale application delivery and enterprise technology transformation programmes.
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Strong engineering background with the ability to engage in deep technical discussions covering application architecture, APIs, databases, cloud technologies, and modern software development practices.
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Experience leading multiple Agile engineering teams using Agile and/or SAFe methodologies.
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Strong understanding of Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC), solution architecture, DevOps, CI/CD, engineering governance, and secure application development.
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Experience delivering cloud-based solutions across platforms such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud.
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Ability to balance strategic technology planning with hands-on delivery leadership.
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Strong stakeholder management skills with experience working across business, architecture, product, and engineering functions.
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Excellent analytical, communication, and problem-solving capabilities, with a track record of delivering complex technology programmes in regulated enterprise environments.
Preferred Experience
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Experience within banking, financial services, or other highly regulated industries.
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Exposure to wealth management or digital banking platforms would be advantageous.
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Knowledge of enterprise CRM platforms, including Microsoft Dynamics, is beneficial but not essential.
Qualifications
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Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, or a related discipline.
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Professional certifications such as AWS, Azure, PMP, Scrum Master, SAFe, TOGAF, or equivalent are highly regarded.