The successful candidate is a technology expert, experienced in all aspects of software and technical infrastructure design who partners with global and local development leads, engineering teams, client and external partner technology teams, regulators, market participants and is responsible for ensuring cross functional development teams use best in class technology to produce the following results:
Delivery of new products and major enhancements on time and within budgetDeployment of global platforms adapted to the local markets in Latin AmericaBuilding technology teams that progressively grow in the practice of agile developmentGreater automation of business processes and operational efficiencyEmpowered sales, client onboarding, client services and operations organizationsCreating scalable, resilient, highly available, performant systems that run 24/7Enabling the ability to upgrade software components without existing business disruptionDeveloping software that is compliant with technology lifecycle management demandsProducing software that withstands scrutiny of security reviews and risk assessmentsPlatform execution that consistently meets client and market service level agreementsSeamless interlock, engagement and collaboration with global development teamsAutomation of Dev/Ops, testing, continuous integration and deploymentGeneral Tasks & Responsibilities Foster a culture of technical excellence across the regional teams in LATAMEstablish a Dev/Ops, agile development practice and organization structure for development teams enabling federated collaborative engagement with global teamsEnsure all development produces scalable, resilient, fault tolerant, high quality softwareCreate and publish design patterns to guide development efforts across the regionInterlock with technology architecture groups to ensure solutions adhere to risk, architecture, cyber and other relevant firm-wide guidelinesWork closely with development teams to design, system interfaces, APIs, services and adapters required to deploy global platforms in the local LATAM marketsDevelop, capture and report on productivity metrics enabling development teams to continually improveGuide the selection of technology services and components for building our solutionsPromote a strong technology controls agenda to keep software and infrastructure up to date, secure and compliant with firm and market standards.Evaluate vendor software platforms and services integrated with our solutionsIdentify opportunities to create automation that optimizes developer efficiencyRepresent the LATAM technology organization in external technology forumDesired Skills Fluent in English and Spanish. Portuguese is desired.Must have a strong technical background, be detail-oriented and well-organized.Experienced in building agile development teams, mentoring and coaching developers to effect a program of continuous improvement.Must possess excellent risk management skills, and the drive to proactively mitigate business and technology riskMust demonstrate the ability to effectively communicate verbally and in writing to the team, business partners, vendors and clients.Must be able to work calmly and effectively in a fast-paced, high-pressure environment while balancing competing prioritiesMust have a "Can do" attitude which can identify problems, take ownership, and provide solutions.Desired Experience: 10+ years' experience as a technology leader working within Banking industry10 years hands-on experience using agile methodologies5+ years' experience building distributed applications using modern technology (Cloud, Micro Services, Web Services, APIgee, Kubernetes, Kafka, RabbitMQ, Gemfire, Spring, Oracle, SQL Server, Linux, Java, Python, Grafana, Prometheus, Dynatrace)5+ years' experience designing infrastructure components including network firewalls, switches, routers, DR-pairsExperience with Disaster Recovery planning, stress testing and software quality assuranceExperience designing mission-critical systems in financial services industry, particularly in payments technology, is a big plus.
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