Director of Engineering - Financial Services
Recruiter
Publicis Sapient
Listed on
26th April 2023
Location
London
Type
Permanent
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Job DescriptionAs our Director of Engineering you'll be an hands-on software engineering expert with an agile mindset who is accountable for high-quality delivery of the software across all phases of the SDLC. You will possess deep understanding and experience of driving enterprise-level modern architecture, robust software engineering practices and cloud adoption. As well as being collaborative with senior clients across technology and business domains and wider Publicis Sapient delivery and consulting teams to achieve business outcomes.
Your Impact:
Understand financial services clients' business outcomes and help define future/evolutionary architecture (e.g. distributed enterprise-scale cloud-native solutions & products), transition states, technology choices and operating modelHelp to drive enterprise-scale engineering transformation to enable accelerated growth initiatives and best-in-class customer experiencesRearchitect client monoliths into highly robust, scalable microservices-based digital platformsContribute towards Publicis Sapient best in class engineering practices & initiatives, mentor and inspire a diverse and highly motivated engineering talentRepresent Publicis Sapient in industry forums and platforms
Designing and building solutions that transform our clients will be what drives you. As our Director of Engineering you will relish the role of technical expert across software development and DevOps, bringing with you high engineering standards, leadership and motivational skills.
Qualifications
Your Technical profile:
Extensive experience in defining end-to-end enterprise architectureExperience in leading large-scale, complex, and distributed applications development of Cloud-native solutions (at least one of AWS, GCP, Azure, OCI)Excellent knowledge and understanding of software design/architectural concepts like Event-driven Architecture, Microservices, Domain-driven design, SOLID, DRY, SoC, etc.Software development background of large-scale distributed systems with exposure to multiple languages (like Java, C#, Go, Scala, Python etc.) Hands-on experience with frameworks like Spring Boot, Node.jsExperience with/exposure to frontend technology frameworks like React, Angular etcExperience in API styles such as Async API, REST, SOAP, GraphQl, gRPC. Understanding of the various data solutions (like OLAPs, OLTP, graph, no-SQL etc.) and respective applications.Containers and building container-based platforms using Docker, GKE, AKS etc.DevOps/automation experience (CI, CD, Observability, Aggregated Logging & Engineering Metrics)Quality Engineering (e.g., Test Pyramid, Automated Testing etc.)Non-functional testing (e.g., performance, accessibility, multilingual, multi-device etc.)
Your People, Consulting and Delivery profile:
People Management - You will have proven experience of leading distributed teams of 50+ engineers and be responsible for their growth, learning and mentorshipConsulting experience and Communication skills - You will be experienced in managing senior stakeholders on the client side and responsible for building client advocates. You will also be experienced in running workshops with clients in a collaborative manner and achieving outcomesAgile Delivery experience - You will be experienced in agile-based delivery across the entire SDLC and have good hands-on experience in managing the agile ceremonies and practicesWorking with unknowns - You'll have the ability to navigate the unknown and lead from the front in helping structure work and drive solution options and estimations at different RFP stagesDelivering Business Outcomes - You will be experienced in delivering end-to-end outcomes for clients starting from ideation to value realisation
Additional Information
Additional information
There's a superb package of benefits waiting for you at Publicis Sapient.
We cover all the basics generously, with 25 days paid annual leave, life assurance, dental insurance, income protection, private healthcare for you AND your family (pre-existing conditions included), and a pension.
The learning opportunities here are endless. Most importantly, of course, there's the chance to be part of a game-changing organisation that celebrates creative thinking and empowerment.
The creature comforts are super: free barista coffee bar (the best in town), gym-fee reimbursement and working in the most exciting, colourful and diverse local area you could imagine.
Flexibility and mobility are needed for this role. You might need to spend time on-site with our clients to deliver our world-class services
Company Description
Publicis Sapient is a digital transformation partner helping established organisations get to their future, digitally-enabled state, both in the way they work and the way they serve their customers. We help unlock value through a start-up mindset and modern methods, fusing strategy, consulting and customer experience with agile engineering and problem-solving creativity. United by our core values and our purpose of helping people thrive in the brave pursuit of next, our 20,000+ people in 53 offices around the world combine experience across technology, data sciences, consulting and customer obsession to accelerate our clients' businesses through designing the products and services their customers truly value
