Principal Lead, API & AI Enterprise Integration Services

First Abu Dhabi Bank (FAB); Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 400,000 - 700,000; Full time

Job summary

First Abu Dhabi Bank (FAB) seeks a senior engineering leader to define and lead the strategic vision for API, AI, and domain services engineering across value streams. Break legacy systems into reusable API services and build scalable, secure platforms powering digital transformation.

The role drives cross-value stream collaboration to align platform services with business outcomes, and fosters innovation and operational excellence through modern engineering practices and emerging technologies.

Qualifications

• Exp Overall: 15+ years.
• Implement API-first - prioritizes APIs at the beginning of the SDLC.
• Domain services reflect real-world business capabilities.
• Architectural integrity, scalability, and performance of platform components.
• Promote engineering best practices, including CI/CD, DevSecOps, and test automation.

Responsibilities

• Lead engineering teams in building robust domain services.
• Promote API reuse and developer enablement across value streams.
• Define and evolve the enterprise API, AI, and domain services strategy.
• Collaborate with product owners, architects, and engineering leads across value streams.
• Identify common capabilities and build shared services to support multiple domains.
• Ensure platform services are extensible, discoverable, and well-documented.
• Adopt emerging technologies (e.g., GenAI Agentic).
• Provide leadership to delivery teams, fostering accountability and continuous improvement.
• Maintain delivery roadmaps, capacity plans, and resource forecasts.
• Ensure compliance with IT governance, risk, and regulatory requirements.
• Collaborate with enterprise architecture, security, infrastructure, and operations teams.
• Track and report KPIs, including audit and risk metrics.
• Promote innovation, agility, and continuous learning.

Skills

API-first

Domain-driven design

Engineering leadership

CI/CD

DevSecOps

Cross-functional collaboration

GenAI

Job description

• Define and lead the strategic vision for API, AI, and domain services engineering across the value streams.
• Break the bank into reusable API services by decomposing legacy systems into modular, discoverable, and consumable capabilities.
• Provide engineering leadership to build scalable, secure, and scalable platforms that power digital transformation.
• Drive cross-value stream collaboration to ensure platform services are aligned with business outcomes and domain-specific needs.
• Foster innovation and operational excellence through modern engineering practices and emerging technologies.

Job Summary / Introduction

• Define and lead the strategic vision for API, AI, and domain services engineering across the value streams.
• Break the bank into reusable API services by decomposing legacy systems into modular, discoverable, and consumable capabilities.
• Provide engineering leadership to build scalable, secure, and scalable platforms that power digital transformation.
• Drive cross-value stream collaboration to ensure platform services are aligned with business outcomes and domain-specific needs.
• Foster innovation and operational excellence through modern engineering practices and emerging technologies.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead engineering teams in building robust domain services.
• Promote API reuse and developer enablement across value streams.
• Define and evolve the enterprise API, AI, and domain services strategy.
• Collaborate with product owners, architects, and engineering leads across value streams.
• Identify common capabilities and build shared services to support multiple domains.
• Ensure platform services are extensible, discoverable, and well-documented.
• Adopt emerging technologies (e.g., GenAI Agentic).
• Provide leadership to delivery teams, fostering a culture of accountability and continuous improvement.
• Maintain delivery roadmaps, capacity plans, and resource forecasts.
• Ensure compliance with IT governance, risk, and regulatory requirements.
• Collaborate with enterprise architecture, security, infrastructure, and operations teams.
• Track and report KPIs, including audit and risk metrics.
• Promote a culture of innovation, agility, and continuous learning.

Requirements / Qualifications

• Exp Overall: 15+ Years, Banking 10+ Years.
• Implement API-first - prioritizes APIs at the beginning of the SDLC process, positioning APIs as the building blocks.
• Ensure domain services reflect real-world business capabilities and priorities.
• Ensure architectural integrity, scalability, and performance of platform components.
• Promote engineering best practices, including CI/CD, DevSecOps, and test automation.
• Translate enterprise goals into platform engineering strategies.
• Champion platform modernization and domain-driven design.
• Build and mentor high-performing engineering teams.