Chief SW Engineer

About the Role

Key Responsibilities

• Define and drive the overall technical strategy and architecture, ensuring alignment with business goals while accelerating innovation and time to market.
• Architect, design, and code highly scalable, reliable, and secure distributed systems and transaction processing platforms.
• Lead the adoption of Generative AI and Agentic AI to boost developer productivity by 10X, leveraging these technologies to build innovative business solutions and products.
• Establish and promote best practices for software development, including CI/CD automation and DevOps, to improve efficiency and quality across the SSDLC.
• Oversee cloud-first application development and optimization on AWS, Azure, or GCP to ensure solutions are resilient, scalable, cost-effective, and secure.
• Contribute to critical projects by developing key modules, core frameworks, automation tools, and proof-of-concepts to validate emerging ideas and technologies.
• Provide technology leadership and motivate high-performing engineering teams, setting clear priorities to achieve product and technology KPIs.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with security, privacy, governance, and business partners to deliver compliant, scalable, and reliable solutions.
• Communicate technical strategy and engineering solutions effectively to diverse stakeholders, including executives and business units.
• Mentor and coach senior engineers and engineering managers, fostering a culture of collaboration and continuous learning.
• Implement rigorous application development, testing, deployment, and monitoring practices to uphold architectural excellence and reliability standards.

Requirements

• 12+ years of relevant work experience with a Bachelor's Degree or at least 9 years of work experience with an Advanced degree (e.g., Masters, MBA, JD, MD) or 6 years of work experience with a PhD, OR 15+ years of relevant work experience.
• 15+ years in software engineering with a strong background in architecting large-scale, distributed systems.
• Proficiency in languages like Java, Python, or GoLang, and frameworks such as Spring, Node.js, React.
• Experience with RESTful and gRPC APIs, microservices, and event-driven systems.
• Strong understanding of API security, data encryption, and Hardware Security Modules (HSMs).
• Proficiency in SQL and NoSQL databases (e.g., MSSQL, MongoDB) and distributed caching technologies like Redis.
• Proven experience leveraging Generative AI and Agentic AI to drive productivity improvements and product innovation.
• Hands-on experience with cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or GCP, and DevOps practices including CI/CD, containerization (Docker), and orchestration (Kubernetes).
• Ability to automate SSDLC phases, improve efficiency and quality, and work with automated testing frameworks.
• Deep understanding of architectural patterns, designing highly available (99.999%) systems, and maintaining reliable, active-active critical systems.
• Willingness to contribute directly to codebases and validate new ideas through hands-on development.
• Proven leadership and communication skills to lead and mentor engineering teams and articulate complex technical concepts.

Nice to Have

• Familiarity with compliance and regulatory requirements in the payments industry.
• Passion for staying current with industry trends and emerging technologies.

Qualifications

• Educational qualifications include a Bachelor's Degree, Advanced Degree (Masters, MBA, JD, MD), or PhD.

Benefits & Perks

• Salary range from $184,100 to $267,050 USD per year, potentially including sales incentives.
• Eligibility for bonus and equity.
• Comprehensive benefits package including Medical, Dental, Vision, 401(k), FSA/HSA, Life Insurance, Paid Time Off, and Wellness Program.