Tech Lead FinTech

Key Responsibilities

• Architect and drive the full lifecycle delivery of FinTech and Banking platforms from design to deployment implementing microservices-based asynchronous and event-driven architectures that ensure scalability performance resilience and enterprise-grade security in line with organizational and regulatory standards
• Design and implement end-to-end integrations with international and domestic payment networks (Visa MasterCard Amex LankaPay) and digital finance platforms such as payments lending and digital banking
• Enable interoperability with core banking systems and supporting services such as digital KYC QR management tokenization system card management FRAML and transaction monitoring to ensure security compliance and operational efficiency
• Establish and enforce coding standards unit testing frameworks and code quality controls to maintain robust maintainable solutions
• Ensure compliance with PCI DSS data privacy regulations and industry security standards and payment specifications such as ISO 8583 and ISO 20022
• Apply advanced encryption authentication and secure design practices to protect payment information data exchanges and critical financial integrations across all systems
• Provide technical leadership and mentorship to software engineers promoting continuous learning and excellence
• Collaborate closely with business and technical teams to align technology outcomes with business goals
• Manage internal and external teams to ensure clear communication effective technical risk and dependency management and alignment across stakeholders
• Partner with external vendors regulators and payment networks to support solution delivery and compliance initiatives
• Monitor system performance identify improvement areas and drive continuous optimization for high availability and reliability
• Evaluate and adopt emerging technologies in financial services such as open banking and digital payments to enhance solution capability
• Contribute to the organizations technology roadmap and participate in digital transformation initiatives

Person Specifications

• Bachelors or masters degree in Computer science Software Engineering Information Technology or a related field
• 7 years of software development experience with at least 3 years in a technical leadership role in FinTech or Banking domains
• Proven expertise in microservices architecture API-first development and event-driven systems (e.g. Spring Boot WebFlux Kafka etc )
• Strong understanding of the banking ecosystem including core banking lending deposits cards payment instruments networks and payment operations with hands-on experience integrating core systems and payment support platforms
• Proficiency in modern programming languages (Java Python or similar) and cloud platforms (AWS Azure or GCP)
• Demonstrated success in managing agile teams and delivering large-scale enterprise FinTech solutions
• Excellent stakeholder client and cross-functional collaboration skills with a focus on business-technology alignment
• Strong analytical problem-solving and communication skills
• Experience with DevOps CI/CD pipelines and container orchestration (Docker Kubernetes)
• Familiarity with telecom domain mobile money or digital wallet systems
• Certification in cloud technologies or enterprise architecture frameworks such as AWS Certified Solutions Architect TOGAF or BIAN