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SMBC Group

AVP/VP, Full Stack Engineer

5-7 Years
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Job Description

About The Opportunity

  • Technical Impact: Lead solution design for major features while remaining deeply hands-on with code
  • Architectural Influence: Shape the technical direction of SMBC's digital banking platform
  • Global Collaboration: Partner with onshore and offshore delivery teams to deliver enterprise-scale banking solutions

Key Responsibilities

Solution Design & Architecture

  • Break down complex, ambiguous problems into actionable solutions with clear knowns, unknowns, and resolution paths
  • Design cloud-native architecture that enables multiple future scenarios without over-engineering for uncertainty
  • Understand and articulate scaling and reliability limits across major business-critical systems
  • Map data relationships and dependencies across technology domains and their impact on the platform

Technical Delivery & Excellence

  • Work directly with project delivery teams to translate requirements into high-quality technical implementations
  • Write clean, maintainable, well-tested code across the full stack as needed
  • Conduct proof-of-concepts to evaluate new technologies and approaches when needed
  • Ensure comprehensive observability: everything that can be measured is measured
  • Champion engineering best practices including testing, documentation, and code quality standards

Mentorship & Knowledge Sharing

  • Pair with engineers to elevate software development practices and accelerate knowledge transfer
  • Foster a culture of continuous learning and technical excellence within the team

Collaboration & Communication

  • Coordinate across technology domains to ensure alignment and integration
  • Create clear, effective technical documentation for diverse audiences
  • Facilitate honest technical debates that strengthen decision-making and team dynamics
  • Evangelize new ideas, tools, and processes through compelling presentations
  • Collaborate with DevOps teams on infrastructure and deployment strategies

Continuous Improvement

  • Stay current with emerging software technologies and share knowledge with the team
  • Proactively seek feedback on architecture decisions to refine approaches
  • Bring new ideas and present them in clear, well-reasoned ways
  • Identify technical debt and advocate for its resolution

Required Qualifications

Technical Expertise

Must demonstrate high proficiency in at least 4 of the following areas:

  • Full Stack Development: 5+ years of hands-on experience with modern web technologies like React/Next.js, Node.js for front-end and/or Java/Spring Boot or similar for back-end technologies
  • Cloud Architecture: Solid experience designing and implementing solutions on Azure (preferred) or AWS/GCP, including microservices and cloud-native patterns
  • Mobile Development: Experience with React Native, Flutter, or native iOS/Android development
  • Testing & Quality: Strong experience with test automation frameworks and strategies across the testing pyramid (unit, integration, end-to-end)
  • DevOps Practices: Good understanding of CI/CD, Infrastructure as Code, containerization (Docker/Kubernetes), and observability
  • Database & Data Systems: Experience with both SQL and NoSQL databases, caching strategies, and event streaming
  • API Design: Strong skills in RESTful API design, GraphQL, and API gateway patterns

Professional Qualities

  • Demonstrated ability to learn new domains and technologies quickly (growth mindset)
  • Strong sense of appropriate technical trade-offs in design and implementation
  • Track record of completing projects and finishing what you start
  • Scrappy approach: making the most with available resources
  • Clear, effective communication in both written and verbal formats
  • Comfortable facilitating conference calls and remote collaboration
  • Ability to communicate effectively with technical and non-technical stakeholders
  • Strong mentoring and teaching abilities - able to explain complex concepts clearly
  • Proactive in seeking feedback and continuously improving
  • Comfortable with honest, constructive debate that strengthens outcomes
  • Hands-on mentality: willing to roll up sleeves for both strategic work and day-to-day delivery

Preferred Qualifications

  • Previous experience in banking, financial services, or highly regulated industries
  • Exposure to corporate/institutional or wealth management/private banking business domains
  • Experience working in distributed teams across multiple time zones
  • Track record of successfully evangelizing technical change in large organizations
  • Experience mentoring or training junior engineers in previous roles
  • Active participation in tech communities through speaking, writing, or open source contributions

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