Director of Software Engineering

The Role

Locations

The Team:

Responsibilities and Impact:

• Lead a global engineering team across backend, front-end, data, and AI functions, with a focus on modern architectures, AI-driven automation, and cross-jurisdictional data compliance.
• Design and architect solutions for complex business challenges in the client lifecycle management space, utilizing your extensive experience with a modern technology stack and cloud infrastructure.
• Provide guidance and technical leadership to development teams on best practices, coding standards, and software design principles, ensuring high-quality outcomes.
• Demonstrate a deep understanding of existing system architecture (spanning multiple systems) and creatively envision optimal implementations to meet diverse client requirements.
• Drive participation in all scrum ceremonies, ensuring Agile best practices are effectively followed.
• Play a key role in the development team to create high-quality, high-performance, and scalable code.
• Evaluate and recommend new technologies, assisting in their adoption by development teams to enhance productivity and scalability.
• Collaborate effectively with remote teams in a geographically distributed development model.
• Communicate clearly and effectively with business stakeholders, building consensus and resolving queries regarding architecture and design.
• Troubleshoot and resolve complex software issues and defects within the technology stack and cloud-based infrastructure.
• Foster a professional culture within the team, emphasizing ownership, excellence, quality, and value for customers and the business.
• Build systems for regulatory checkpoints such as KYC, AML, FATCA/CRS, and LEI.
• Implement automation across entity matching, data validation, and workflow orchestration using AI and machine learning technologies.
• Implement agentic AI and advanced language model-based services to streamline onboarding, document processing, and exception handling.
• Ensure compliance with data privacy, data sovereignty, and regulatory architecture patterns (e.g., regional sharding, zero-data copy patterns).

What We’re Looking For:

Basic Required Qualifications:

• 15+ years of experience in the software development lifecycle (SDLC).
• Strong core Java design skills, including design patterns.
• Significant experience in designing and executing microservices using modern frameworks and components.
• Proficient in messaging tools and real-time data pipeline technologies.
• Expertise in optimizing SQL queries on relational databases.
• Strong experience with multithreading, data structures, and concurrency scenarios.
• Proficient in using REST APIs and data formats in creating layered systems.
• Experience with cloud services and serverless architectures.
• Familiarity with advanced AI technologies and APIs.
• Domain knowledge in client onboarding, KYC, and regulatory workflows, with a deep understanding of the client onboarding lifecycle: initiation, due diligence, approvals, legal entity structuring, and regulatory documentation.
• Hands-on experience with entity resolution and matching frameworks.
• Proven experience leading a development team on client lifecycle management products.
• Familiarity with business process management tools related to customization of modelers and engines.
• Knowledge of data partitioning, regulatory compliance, and the latest UI trends is desirable.
• Experience with low-code or no-code platforms is a plus.

Additional Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or a related field.
• Proven experience working with or on client lifecycle management and/or KYC workflow solutions, demonstrating a strong grasp of the subject matter.
• Extensive experience in a team environment following Agile software development principles.
• Strong interpersonal and written communication skills.
• Demonstrated ability to successfully manage multiple tasks simultaneously.
• High energy and a self-starter mentality, with a passion for creative problem-solving.