Principal Engineer - Director

About the role

This role requires a senior technology leader with deep expertise in enterprise Java and corporate banking platforms, strong architectural authority, and a security-first mindset. The ideal candidate combines hands-on technical mastery with the ability to design, govern, and modernise complex, regulated systems, while also influencing engineering culture and aligning technology strategy with business and regulatory priorities.

Responsibilities

• Provide guidance and expertise to engineering teams to ensure alignment with best practices and foster a culture of technical excellence
• Contribute to strategic planning by aligning technical decisions with business goals, anticipating future technology trends, and providing insights to optimize product roadmaps
• Design and implementation of complex, scalable, and maintainable software solutions, considering long-term viability and business objectives
• Mentor and coach junior and mid-level engineers to foster professional growth and knowledge sharing, elevating the overall skillset and capabilities of the organization
• Collaborate with business partners, product managers, designers, and other stakeholders to translate business requirements into technical solutions and ensure a cohesive approach to product development
• Drive innovation within the organization by identifying and incorporating new technologies, methodologies, and industry practices into the engineering process

Requirements

• Minimum 15 years experience
• Expert-level proficiency in modern Java (Java 17+), Spring Boot, and Spring Cloud within large-scale, mission-critical banking environments
• Proven experience designing and operating high-volume corporate banking platforms (payments, cash management, trade finance, liquidity, treasury)
• Strong command of distributed systems, event-driven architectures, APIs, data consistency, and streaming technologies (e.g. Kafka)
• Demonstrated leadership in enterprise and solution architecture, including microservices, cloud-native design, and legacy modernisation
• Ability to make and defend complex architectural trade-offs balancing performance, resilience, speed, risk, and regulatory compliance
• Deep understanding of security, risk, and regulatory controls, with security embedded across design, development, and deployment

Qualifications

• Strong corporate banking domain knowledge, translating business strategy and product needs into scalable technical solutions
• Strategic mindset to align technology roadmaps with growth, cost efficiency, and regulatory change
• Experience partnering with product, risk, operations, and senior architecture stakeholders
• Proven ability to mentor senior engineers and act as a technical role model across teams
• Drives engineering excellence through CI/CD, testing, observability, and operational best practices
• Influences engineering culture and maturity through leadership and example rather than formal authority

Pay

Salary range: $225,000 - $300,000 base salary. This position is eligible for an incentive award.

Benefits

• Medical, dental and vision coverage
• 401(k)
• Life insurance
• Other paid leave for qualifying circumstances