Full Stack Developer Lead

Our client a premier worldwide financial services provider is seeking a Full Stack Developer Lead. This role commands an organization-wide mandate to spearhead the engineering design and end-to-end delivery of highly complex financial application suites. Operating within an agile cross-functional framework the leader will orchestrate the evolution of both cloud-native (AWS) and on-premises architectures serving as a hands-on polyglot developer strategic systems architect and executive engineering coach.

• Application Ownership: Lead the complete engineering lifecycle of entire enterprise application ecosystems ensuring robust performance scalability and security.
• System Design: Leverage advanced technical expertise to architect sophisticated software designs mapping business logic to scalable database models and modern system integrations.
• Tech Evolution & Innovation: Stay on the cutting edge of emerging software trends acting as an internal consultant to evaluate and adopt new technologies that drive financial automation.

• AWS Governance: Act as the subject matter expert for cloud infrastructure designing deploying and monitoring scalable systems built on various AWS services.
• Pipeline Engineering: Take accountability for code integration and deployment workflows maintaining existing pipelines and architecting new CI/CD infrastructure for fresh product modules.
• Full-Perspective Delivery: Ensure seamless delivery of the entire project lifecycle spanning architecture design full-stack engineering test automation devops workflows and post-release technical support.

• Ceremony Management: Take full responsibility for driving the execution of all core Agile ceremonies including Sprint Planning Daily Scrums Sprint Reviews and Retrospectives.
• Deconstruction & Planning: Transform complex ambiguous financial requirements and large-scale epic structures into granular well-defined user stories and technical tasks.
• Quality Assurance: Establish coding styles branching strategies and refactoring guidelines. Perform rigorous peer reviews to maintain top-tier development quality and system performance.

• Education: Bachelors degree in Computer Science Engineering or a related technical discipline.
• Engineering Tenure: Minimum of 8 years of professional experience in software engineering within a fast-paced environment.
• Leadership Track Record: At least 2 years of experience in a formal team leadership capacity guiding cross-functional engineers and driving project outcomes.

• Backend Mastery: * 5 years of experience utilizing Java Spring and Hibernate.
  • 3 years of experience developing server-side architectures using NodeJS TypeScript and enterprise frameworks (e.g. NestJS Hono).
  • 3 years of experience programming in Python.
  • Knowledge of Kotlin is considered a highly valuable advantage.
• Frontend Expertise: 3 years of hands-on experience with React backed by a solid understanding of HTML5 ES6 CSS3 JavaScript and broader modern frontend UI ecosystems.
• Cloud & Infrastructure: 2 years of experience creating deploying and optimizing enterprise applications running natively on AWS infrastructure.
• Data Management: Mastery of source code management via GIT alongside strong engineering skills with relational database management systems (ideally PostgreSQL or Oracle).

• Process Proficiency: Expert-level mastery of core software processesincluding code tuning debugging refactoring and structured branching.
• Domain Knowledge (Preferred): Prior exposure to the financial services industry specifically centered around corporate accounting or general ledger frameworks.
• Soft Skills: Highly self-motivated driven and analytical with communication skills tailored to bridge alignment between business leaders and developers.