Technical Lead Retail Banking Solutions

Job Title: Software Technical Lead - Retail Banking Solutions ()

Skills: Agile Way of Working Problem Solving Obtaining Stakeholder Commitment

Role Description:

Soft Skills & Competencies

Number of years of Tech Lead experience (10 has been the preferred)

Retail Banking experience 5 years across:

Personal and small business accounts (chequing savings)

Lending & credit products (mortgages loans lines of credit)

Cards (debit credit)

Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills

Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities

Technical Leadership

Provide hands-on technical leadership across the full SDLC

Set technical direction coding standards and engineering best practices

Review solution designs code and architecture for quality performance and security

Act as the primary escalation point for complex technical issues

Solution Design & Architecture

Translate business and functional requirements into technical designs

Collaborate with Enterprise and Solution Architects to align with bank technology strategy

Design scalable resilient and secure solutions for high-volume retail banking systems

Ensure compliance with security privacy and regulatory standards

Development & Delivery

Lead design and development for APIs services and customer-facing digital platforms

Support Agile delivery through:

Sprint planning and backlog refinement

Story estimation and technical sizing

Release planning and execution

Ensure production-ready releases using CI/CD automation and quality controls

Typical Technology Stack:

Languages: Java Kotlin C# JavaScript / TypeScript

Frameworks: Spring Angular React

APIs & Integration

Databases: Oracle PostgreSQL SQL Server NoSQL

Quality Risk & Compliance

Enforce secure-by-design and privacy-by-default principles

Partner with QA teams for test coverage and defect resolution

Address non-functional requirements (performance scalability availability)

Support audits vulnerability remediation and risk assessments

Team Leadership & Mentorship

Mentor developers and junior tech leads

Foster collaboration continuous learning and engineering excellence

Support hiring onboarding and team capability development