
VP, Engineering Lead
- Bukit Jalil, Kuala Lumpur
- Tetap
- Sepenuh masa
- Deliver solution intent and application designs, produce clear and comprehensive design and solution intent documents
- Support business in appropriate sequencing of the backlog, refinement, and rationalization through a technical lens
- Oversee the implementation of microservices architecture where applicable
- Design APIs and ensure they are secure, scalable, and well-documented according to standards
- Manage and mitigate technical risks in the delivery
- Present Solutions to the architecture review forum
- Architecture Review Forum: 4 statements that requires PO's attestation (part of LuW)
- Where I have started but not completed these requirements, this is in accordance with the requirements from the risk group
- Where I have not started, I have received dispensation from the respective risk group(s) to proceed without fulfilling the requirements, in part or in full
- Where I have not received dispensation, I have received approval from the QPR Coordinator to submit this initiative into the proposed backlog for approval * Align with technology architects on the target solution design to minimize technical debt
- Align technical solutions and the applications with established security control requirements, ensuring compliance and risk mitigation to avoid potential penalties
- Collaborate with Security Champions to identify and implement the necessary security controls tailored to the specific delivery or process
- Identify Applicable Security controls by engaging with Security Champs
- Review and approve the chapter 1 & 2 of the Solution Intent within the eSDLC framework before it proceeds to Domain or Country Architect approval
- Technology Governance
- The controls cover: Requirements, Architecture (see Architecture Review Forum below), Security (see Cyber Security Services below), Development, Testing, IT Resilience, Service Level * Management, Tech Operations & Support, Release Management, SW Configuration Management
- Complete comprehensive security impact assessments to ensure compliance with governance requirements and mitigate potential risks
- Ensure compliance with bank compliance guidelines & standards (e.g., data protection), address tech compliance (ESDLC) requirements throughout the delivery lifecycle
- Perform solution sizing, design detailed technological solutions for platforms, applications, or collections of applications
- Collaborate with IT Change and Release Managers to develop strategic delivery and release plans with technical dependencies
- Proactively identify cross-hive or squad dependencies and risks, and develop mitigation plans to address them without waiting for formal planning sessions
- Develop change implementation, release plans, and run books with technical dependencies, aligning all partners with support from the squad and architect
- Regularly reviews squad metrics in regards to Predictability, Quality, Squad Sentiment and supports the team to better value delivery
- Work with chapters to promote quality engineering, technical craftsmanship and drive solution standardization and service reusability
- Develop and drive application strategy and roadmap in collaboration with the Subdomain Tech Lead
- Ensure the technical consistency of solutions in the Hive with the business architecture, technology architecture and enterprise technology standards
- Execute the Hive's product vision with the Chief Product Owner
- CPO drive technology roadmap collaboration with the SDTL and Engineering Lead
- Communicate technical feasibility and constraints, articulate clear explanation of technical issues to stakeholders
- Contribute to technical innovation and share knowledge within the engineering community
- Stay updated on emerging technologies, lead internal workshops and seminars, encourage team participation in innovation initiatives
- Influence prioritization for technology backlog and strategic initiatives
- Incorporate considerations of technical debt into the roadmap alongside customer outcomes, ensuring a balanced approach to long-term sustainability
- Align detailed technical solutions with strategic roadmaps, long-term architecture and product/platform vision and with overall organization's technology direction and standards
- Support the squad in clearly slice the back log into independently shippable experience for customers and responsible for technical delivery and technical excellence across the squads
- Identify and address technical and design dependencies to enhance the speed and quality of delivery, ensuring smooth delivery
- Accountable to work with technical counterparts to mitigate technical debt and balance risk, and regulatory items with new features, functionality, or changes to keep the cost of change low
- Responsible to work in partnership with technology to ensure a balance of functional and non-functional requirements are represented in the backlog and that there is an approach to mitigate or avoid technical debt
- Lead the squad in defining both functional and non-functional requirements, ensuring critical aspects like API response times and overall system performance are met
- Act as an expert for resolving technical and design issues
- Drive an accountable and sensible technical direction to build reusable, scalable and interoperable solutions that integrate with existing investments
- Collaborate with vendors to integrate vendor deliverables with internal systems and resolve any issues impacting delivery
- Drive POC or RFP and vendor evaluation exercise along with PO to ensure SCB technical standards are evaluated
- Programming languages(Java/J2EE/Rest API)
- Design Principles
- Operating systems (Linux)
- Architecture knowledge
- Database(DB2/PostGres)
- Infrastructure & Application Servers(Webshpere/AWS/JBOSS)
- Enterprise Architecture(J2EE)
- Modeling Language
- Software Config Management
- Development toolkits
- Scripting (Shell,ANT,DB)
- Support system interface
- Process standards
- Application knowledge
- Systems documentation
- Middleware Knowledge
- Desired: Professional qualification, - BE/ME or Any postgraduate degree with computer science background
- Do the right thing and are assertive, challenge one another, and live with integrity, while putting the client at the heart of what we do
- Never settle, continuously striving to improve and innovate, keeping things simple and learning from doing well, and not so well
- Are better together, we can be ourselves, be inclusive, see more good in others, and work collectively to build for the long term
- Core bank funding for retirement savings, medical and life insurance, with flexible and voluntary benefits available in some locations.
- Time-off including annual leave, parental/maternity (20 weeks), sabbatical (12 months maximum) and volunteering leave (3 days), along with minimum global standards for annual and public holiday, which is combined to 30 days minimum.
- Flexible working options based around home and office locations, with flexible working patterns.
- Proactive wellbeing support through Unmind, a market-leading digital wellbeing platform, development courses for resilience and other human skills, global Employee Assistance Programme, sick leave, mental health first-aiders and all sorts of self-help toolkits
- A continuous learning culture to support your growth, with opportunities to reskill and upskill and access to physical, virtual and digital learning.
- Being part of an inclusive and values driven organisation, one that embraces and celebrates our unique diversity, across our teams, business functions and geographies - everyone feels respected and can realise their full potential.