Hands-On Director of Engineering

Company Description

Curinos is the leading provider of data, technologies and insights that enable financial institutions to make better, and more profitable, data-driven decisions faster. Born out of the combination of two familiar industry powerhouses, Novantas and Informa’s FBX business, Curinos brings to market a new level of industry expertise across deposits, lending and digital experience solutions and technologies.

Job Description

Curinos is looking for a Hands-on Director of Engineering to lead and grow a cross-functional team of data engineers, architects, and software developers to build reusable data foundation components, accelerate cloud migration and develop industry-leading highly scalable analytics platforms and other data products for our Deposits Pricing product line. This product suite serves our financial institution customers and includes a robust BI and Analytics platform enabling pricing strategy, portfolio optimization, flow of funds analysis, and proprietary peer comparative analytics.

In this role you will help build the next generation of decisioning platforms for retail and commercial deposits pricing by leveraging a rich data/analytics ecosystem and a modern cloud-native tech stack on AWS. In this role, you will work closely with product management, analytical leaders, and senior engineering leadership to build new innovative products, introduce new cloud technologies, hire and mentor/coach team members and execute an ambitious product roadmap.

This position is a remote/hybrid position, with the ideal candidate working remotely from the tri-state area and/or be able to travel to our Manhattan or Toronto office occasionally for working sessions or team meetings

We are looking for an experienced and hands-on Director of Engineering to lead our deposits pricing engineering team and oversee the development and growth of our analytics SaaS platforms in retail and commercial banking line of business.

The salary range is 200k to 220k.

Qualifications

Candidates should have the following background, skills, and characteristics:

• Experience leading high performing, geographically dispersed technical teams
• Knowledge of Data Engineering, Software Engineering and ML best practices
• Experience launching SaaS Platforms on AWS (or some other public cloud)

• 10+ years of experience in data engineering/cloud architecture, with 4+ years of management experience
• Proven experience working with MS SQL based ETL processes and Databricks based ETL Processes
• Experience in Scala/Java, SQL and Python with a high degree of proficiency
• Experience managing products with Java based microservices and Single Page Apps like Angular
• Knowledge of Spark internals and distributed computing
• Experience with enterprise data platforms like Databricks
• Demonstrated expertise in architecting and implementing complex business logic
• Working knowledge of machine learning techniques and embedded AI is a bonus
• Experience managing products with Java based microservices and Single Page Apps like Angular
• Strong project management and organizational skills.
• Self–discipline and willingness to learn
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Bachelors or advanced degrees (Masters or PhD) degree, preferably in Computer Science, or Engineering field

Additional Information

Why work at Curinos?  

• Competitive benefits, including a range of Financial, Health and Lifestyle benefits to choose from 

• Flexible working options, including home working, flexible hours and part time options, depending on the role requirements – please ask! 

• Competitive annual leave, floating holidays, volunteering days and a day off for your birthday! 

• Learning and development tools to assist with your career development 

• Work with industry leading Subject Matter Experts and specialist products 

• Regular social events and networking opportunities 

• Collaborative, supportive culture, including an active DE&I program 

• Employee Assistance Program which provides expert third-party advice on wellbeing, relationships, legal and financial matters, as well as access to counselling services 

Applying: 

We know that sometimes the 'perfect candidate' doesn't exist, and that people can be put off applying for a job if they don't meet all the requirements. If you're excited about working for us and have relevant skills or experience, please go ahead and apply. You could be just what we need! 

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