Job Description

Business Function

Group Technology and Operations (T&O) enables and empowers the bank with an efficient, nimble and resilient infrastructure through a strategic focus on productivity, quality & control, technology, people capability and innovation. In Group T&O, we manage the majority of the Bank\'s operational processes and inspire to delight our business partners through our multiple banking delivery channels

The Role

We\'re looking for an engineering leader who has experience working in a hyper-growth environment and building exceptional engineering capability at scale. As a Head of Engineering, you will be responsible for building a productive and collaborative engineering culture while paving a way through uncharted territory to create entirely new applications and services used by millions of people.

We\'re looking for a Head of Engineering who is comfortable with:

• Growing and managing engineering leads, architects, full-stack developers, SRE and SDET teams.
• Delivering highly reliable and performant systems driven by an obsession for customer satisfaction.
• Defining and implementing organisation practices and engineering patterns to continuously driving the team to the next level.
• This role does not require day to day coding; however, you will need to be comfortable with leading, guiding and directing the architectural and technical journey. You will work with a world-class team of engineers building core DBS products and services.

• You\'re a hands-on leader that regularly codes.
• You believe in Agile development and putting the customer first in anything you design; experience with SCRUM is a plus.
• You have a demonstrable track record of self-learning and going above and beyond.
• You\'re comfortable building and leading teams of 100+ engineers by example, and a strong advocate of good coding standards.
• You understand the importance of thoughtful feedback, nurturing an inclusive engineering environment, championing engineering fundamentals and providing clarity and mentorship for team members to grow.
• You want to hit the ground running on Day 1; you take ownership of your work and can work independently.
• You\'ve designed and clearly understand concepts like Web Services, SOA, REST APIs, RPC, Microservices, Machine Learning, Web3, Blockchain, Big Data and Micro Front Ends.
• You know the fundamentals of Object-Oriented Programming using Java, Kotlin, C#, Typescript or Python, or composition using Golang.
• You love Git and are at home with source control concepts such as merge, rebase and pull.
• You\'ve used SQL & NoSQL solutions and understand the pros and cons of relational and free form databases. Good hands-on experience with both databases.
• You have strong experience with wealth management, investment and insurance products, including knowledge of industry trends and regulations.
• You have demonstrated ability to drive change and continuous improvement within a complex organization.

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