National Lead - Digital Platforms & Consumer Technology
Bajaj Finance · Pune · onsite · Posted 56d ago
Undisclosed12–18 yrsfulltimeSourced from
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Job Purpose
To design and oversee the technical architecture of software solutions, ensuring they are scalable, secure, and meet business needs. Provide technical leadership and bridge the gap between technical teams and stakeholders.
Duties and Responsibilities - Architectural Oversight: Review and approve High-Level Designs (HLD) and Low-Level Designs (LLD) to ensure alignment with the overall architectural vision and business objectives. Focus on scalability, security, and performance optimization.
- Architecture Management: Maintain the integrity of the overall architecture, including front-end, back-end, middleware, and performance aspects. Ensure the speed and accuracy of the system, maintaining high uptime, and managing key performance indicators (KPIs) such as customer drop rates.
- Technology Strategy: Define and implement the company's technology strategy, ensuring it aligns with business goals and incorporates new, relevant technologies.
- Innovation: Lead initiatives that introduce innovative technologies and practices, maintaining a competitive edge in the fintech market.
- Platform Selection: Make informed decisions on platforms and tools to be used, ensuring they meet the company's needs for scalability, security, and performance.
- Collaboration with PEs: Work with other Principal Engineers (PEs) to build consensus and unify architectural and platform decisions across the organization.
- Leading TAs and SDMs: Provide strategic direction and mentorship to Technical Architects (TAs) and Software Development Managers (SDMs), ensuring they have the support needed to excel.
- Cross-Functional Collaboration: Work closely with other departments to ensure the engineering team's efforts are aligned with the company's broader strategies.
- Talent Development: Identify skill gaps and drive training and development programs to continuously elevate the team's capabilities.
- Hiring Top Talent: Lead the hiring process to bring in top-tier talent who can raise the bar for the team. Focus on selecting candidates with the potential to exceed existing standards and drive innovation.
- Bar Raiser: Act as a bar raiser during the recruitment process, ensuring that new hires not only meet but exceed the company's expectations in terms of skills, culture fit, and potential for growth.
- Performance Management: Oversee performance evaluations, providing constructive feedback and setting clear goals to ensure continuous improvement and high performance across the team.
- Project Oversight: Ensure key projects are delivered on time, within budget, and to the required quality standards. Proactively manage risks and issues throughout the development lifecycle.
- Continuous Improvement: Implement steps to enhance system quality through CI/CD, DevOps, and QA practices. Manage production issues effectively, ensuring timely root cause analysis (RCA) and resolution.
- Process Improvement: Drive the adoption of Agile practices and continuous improvement in development processes to enhance efficiency and collaboration.
- Architectural Choices: Decide on the overall architecture, including microservices design, database optimization, and integration of new technologies.
- Tool and Platform Selection: Choose the development frameworks, CI/CD tools, and cloud platforms that best meet the application's requirements.
- Hiring and Team Structure: Make decisions regarding team composition, hiring strategies, and talent development to build a high-performing engineering team.
- Quality Assurance Processes: Determine the tools and processes for code quality, unit testing, and security to ensure compliance with industry standards.
- Scalability: Continuously scale the application to handle increasing user loads without compromising performance or reliability.
- Security: Maintain stringent security standards in a rapidly evolving threat landscape, particularly within the fintech domain.
- Innovation: Balance the need for technological innovation with the operational demands of a high-traffic application.
- Resource Management: Optimize resource allocation to ensure project delivery within budget constraints while maintaining high-quality standards.
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field.
- Work Experience: 12-18 years
- Required Skills
- Technical Expertise
- Mobile Development: Hands-on with Swift (iOS) and Kotlin (Android).
- Frontend & Web: Proficient in Angular 16, JavaScript, HTML, and CSS.
- Backend & Microservices: Experience with microservices, RESTful APIs, and backend technologies (Node.js, Java, Python).
- Cloud & DevOps: Skilled in cloud platforms (AWS, Azure), DevOps practices, CI/CD pipelines, and Shell Scripts.
- Unit Testing: Proficient with tools like JUnit, Mockito, XCTest, Jest, Jasmine, Karma, Mocha, and Chai.
- Technical Expertise:
- Mobile Development: Hands-on experience with Swift and Kotlin.
- Frontend: Proficiency in Angular 16, JavaScript, HTML, CSS.
- Backend: Strong understanding of microservices, RESTful APIs, and backend technologies like Node.js, Java, Python.
- Cloud & DevOps: Expertise in AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, and proficiency in CI/CD tools like Jenkins, Azure DevOps tools.
- Unit Testing: Proficient with JUnit, Mockito, XCTest, Jest, Jasmine, Karma, Mocha, and Chai.
- Leadership Skills: Experience in leading engineering teams, strategic decision-making, and mentoring senior technical leaders.
- Quality Assurance: Strong knowledge of testing tools, static code analysis, and security practices.
- Communication Skills: Excellent ability to communicate technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.
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About Bajaj Finance
Bajaj Finance
NBFC
64.1k+
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1987
39 years old
Pune, Maharashtra
India
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