Technical Lead Engineer /Architect, VP

Position Overview

Job Title: Technical Lead Engineer /Architect, VP

Location: Pune, India

Corporate Title: VP

Role Description

• Work closely with engineers and develop best technical design and approach.
• Provide engineering execution excellence, as well as technical vision and direction, to ensure the engineering team is aligned with the strategy of the bank.
• Continuously bring innovative prototype while working with the team to keep the bank on top of the technology innovation curve.
• Shaping the architecture roadmap within AFC organization and implement technology strategy.
• Provide end to end ownership of technology solutions delivered to meet requirements, delivering the architecture required to realize both functional and non-functional capabilities.
• Conduct or participate architectural reviews, Own and manage the architectural risks.

What we'll offer you

As part of our flexible scheme, here are just some of the benefits that you'll enjoy

• Best in class leave policy
• Gender neutral parental leaves
• 100% reimbursement under childcare assistance benefit (gender neutral)
• Sponsorship for Industry relevant certifications and education
• Employee Assistance Program for you and your family members
• Comprehensive Hospitalization Insurance for you and your dependents
• Accident and Term life Insurance
• Complementary Health screening for 35 yrs. and above

Your key responsibilities

As a Technology Lead Engineer / Architect in AFC Technology, your role is crucial in designing and implementing solutions that are secure, efficient, and scalable.

Here are some key responsibilities:

Delivery and Architecture Design - Design high-level and detailed architecture for screening solutions, ensuring they align with the organization's standards and long-term goals.

• Work with domain experts to understand requirements for different screening systems and design architecture that meets these needs.
• Create and maintain architecture documentation, including system and data flows.

Security and Compliance - Ensure screening systems comply with industry regulations like PCI-DSS, GDPR, and AML (Anti-Money Laundering)

• Implement security best practices to protect sensitive financial data from threats, including encryption, tokenization, and fraud detection.
• Collaborate with security teams to conduct audits and vulnerability assessments.

Scalability and Performance - Design solutions to handle high transaction volumes with low latency and minimal downtime.

• Optimize system performance to support real-time or near-real-time screening processing, especially as volumes grow.
• Implement distributed systems, microservices, and caching mechanisms to ensure scalability.

Integration and Interoperability- Work on integrations with internal and external systems like core banking systems and third-party service providers.

Technology Strategy and Innovation - Keep up with the latest trends and advancements in AFC technology (such as screening and list management) and assess their relevance to the organization.

• Develop and implement a technology roadmap for the screening systems in alignment with business goals.
• Identify opportunities for automation and innovation within the AFC ecosystem.

System Reliability and Resilience -Implement fault-tolerant designs to ensure high availability, disaster recovery, and business continuity.

• Design solutions to handle and quickly recover from failures, network issues, and other disruptions.
• Work with DevOps teams to set up monitoring, logging, and alerting systems for proactive issue detection.

Collaboration and Stakeholder Engagement- Collaborate with product, business, compliance, and operations teams to understand requirements and ensure alignment with strategic objectives.

• Work closely with software development and engineering teams to oversee implementation and provide guidance.

Your skills and experience

• 15+ years of hands-on development experience with some technical architecture responsibilities for Java/J2EE/TypeScript/Python based Enterprise Applications.
• Experience in design/development of highly scalable, available, large scale banking applications
• The candidate must demonstrate excellent software development skills in PL/SQL, Java, J2EE, Spring, Spring Boot Microservices, Oracle.
• Experience with Open-source technologies, framework, platforms, and tools
• Experience in Development and Monitoring Tools (e.g. IntelliJ/Eclipse, Splunk, Kibana)
• Domain /Functional knowledge - Banking and Financial Services.
• Excellent communication, collaboration and problem-solving skills.
• Has skills to orchestrate release workflow and implement CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins, Bitbucket, uDeploy, Docker, Kubernetes etc.

Experience & Skills desired

• Individuals who have a desire of self-improvement through experience, observation, introspection, reading and discussion
• Experience in Agile Software Development
• Knowledge of BDD/TD methodologies and technologies like Cucumber, Test Automations using Java
• Experience in GCP (Google cloud platform).
• Good understanding of SRE practices and tools.

How we'll support you

• Training and development to help you excel in your career
• Coaching and support from experts in your team
• A culture of continuous learning to aid progression
• A range of flexible benefits that you can tailor to suit your needs

About us and our teams

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We strive for a in which we are empowered to excel together every day. This includes acting responsibly, thinking commercially, taking initiative and working collaboratively.
Together we share and celebrate the successes of our people. Together we are Deutsche Bank Group.
We welcome applications from all people and promote a positive, fair and inclusive work environment.