Principal Engineer - VP (Hybrid)

The Principal Engineer will be comfortable thinking strategically at a high level and diving deep in pursuit of solving Retail Risk business and technology problems to move the bank forward; and provide support to team members in development of technical, leadership and other professional skills. Recognized subject matter expert within one or more areas. Strong commercial awareness is a necessity. Is an acknowledged authority both within and outside area of expertise.  Excellent communication skills required in order to negotiate internally, often at a senior level. Some external communication is typically required. Provides advanced judgment and conducts in-depth quantitative or qualitative analysis to solve problems and develop new, innovative solutions. Required to think beyond existing solutions, assumptions or current knowledge of sophisticated areas. Significant impact on a function and/or the business through making decisions that determine technical approaches and strategies for the area.

Responsibilities:

•  Hands-on, code contributing engineer that partners on specific delivery with engineering teams where the complexity necessitates the senior engineering leadership.

• Mentors engineers across the organization and is a loud voice in advocating for engineering excellence.

• Actively participates as a stakeholder in Product discussions, providing valuable input on requirements and advocating for initiatives such as technical debt reduction, modernization of technology assets and improvement in the ways of working.

• Demonstrating deep technical knowledge and expertise in software development, including programming languages, frameworks, and best practices.

• Actively contributes to the implementation of critical features and complex technical solutions. Write clean, efficient, and maintainable code that meets the highest standards of quality.

• Provide guidance on scalable, robust, and efficient solutions that align with business requirements and industry best practices.

• Offer expert engineering guidance and support to multiple teams, helping them overcome technical challenges, make informed decisions, and deliver high-quality software solutions.

• Foster a culture of technical excellence and continuous improvement.

• Stay up to date with emerging technologies, tools, and industry trends.

• Develops architecture, strategy, planning, and problem-solving solutions on an enterprise level.

• Interfaces across several channels, acting as a visionary to proactively assist in defining direction for future projects.

• Maintains continuous awareness of business, technical, and infrastructure issues and acts as a sounding board or consultant to aid in the development of creative solutions.

• Provides thought leadership in subjects that are key to the business.

• Requires sophisticated analytical thought to resolve issues in a variety of complex situations.

• Impacts the technology function through contribution to technical direction and strategic decisions.

• Uses developed communication skills to negotiate and often at higher levels.

Qualifications:

•  8-10 years of related experience in application engineering'

• Strong hands on experience in JAVA REST Microservices Architecture, Multi-Threading, Spring, Containerization platform using Docker/Kubernetes, Oracle, and Big data Technologies

• Experienced in Python/Big Data, Spark and Ab Initio is a huge plus

• Experience in Angular, React is a huge plus

• Consistently demonstrates clear and concise written and verbal communication

• Ability to develop working relationships

• Ability to manage multiple activities and changing priorities, work under pressure to meet tight deadlines

• Demonstrated leadership and project management skills

• Consistently demonstrates clear and concise written and verbal communication

Education:

• Bachelor’s degree/University degree or equivalent experience

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