Drive the success of our teams, ensuring they have everything they need to thrive
Set the overall direction for our engineering teams, fostering a culture of continuous improvement and efficiency
Work closely with product owners to make sure technology is at the heart of decision-making
Keep a close eye on risk, resilience, and costs
Code day to day, perform code reviews, utilize technical expertise to guide and mentor the team towards delivering high-quality software

Requirements

10+ years of proven experience defining technology vision and architecture working closely with Lead architects to drive strategic development
A deep, inquisitive focus on technology, with a track record of identifying opportunities to optimise and enhance systems and processes
A person who combines strategic leadership with deep technical expertise in Java/Spring/Python/Big Data Tech and paves the way for the engineering teams to deliver high quality, enterprise grade, high-availability systems
A drive to learn new and upcoming technologies and best practices – The bank and the team is investing in GenAI backed applications and a strong willingness to learn and contribute will make you stand out.
Strong background on Linux and GCP/AWS/Azure.
Experience on containers, Kubernetes and/or serverless architecture will be highly advantageous
Collaborative mind-set with cross-functional leadership across Product, DevOps, Security, QA and Infrastructure.
A solid background in resilience and security by design, ensuring teams take full ownership of production issues and prioritise a customer first approach
A passion for developing talent, fostering a product-based mindset, attracting and retaining top engineering talent to build high-performing teams

Benefits

A generous pension contribution of up to 15%
An annual bonus award, subject to Group performance
Share schemes including free shares
Benefits you can adapt to your lifestyle, such as discounted shopping
30 days’ holiday, with bank holidays on top
A range of wellbeing initiatives and generous parental leave policies

Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools

JavaSpringPythonBig DataLinuxGCPAWSAzureKubernetesserverless architecture

Soft Skills

strategic leadershipcollaborative mindsetmentoringcustomer first approachcontinuous improvementcross-functional leadershiptalent developmentproblem-solvingcommunicationrisk management