Head of Software Engineering-Trade Finance

Mployee.me; Mumbai; On-site; INR 4,500,000 - 7,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Mployee.me in Goregaon, Mumbai is seeking a Head of Engineering to lead the technology charter for Trade and Supply Chain Finance. The role demands a technology-first engineering leader who can shape architecture, scale products and drive engineering excellence across teams.

You will own end-to-end engineering, define the tech roadmap, advocate microservices and cloud-native patterns, and remain close to the product build lifecycle.

Qualifications

• 20+ years of technology/Banking/Engineering experience.
• 15+ years in Banking/BFSI technology.
• Direct experience in Trade Finance or Supply Chain Finance tech.
• Proven product engineering/build experience shaping scalable banking products.
• Strong microservices, API design and distributed systems knowledge.
• AWS/cloud native development experience.
• Java and open‑source technology foundation.
• Experience leading senior engineering teams and enterprise architecture decisions.
• Ability to drive architecture with security, performance and reliability.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end engineering charter for Trade and Supply Chain Finance products.
• Define and drive engineering and technology roadmap aligned with business strategy.
• Make architecture decisions ensuring scalability, security, and reliability.
• Drive evolution to microservices, API-first and cloud-native architectures.
• Lead and develop high-performing engineering teams while staying hands-on.
• Drive engineering excellence across design standards, DevSecOps, testing and release quality.
• Lead AWS-based cloud-native engineering and deployment practices.
• Promote use of Java, Python and open-source technologies across stacks.
• Collaborate with Product, Architecture, Delivery and Business teams.
• Identify opportunities to apply AI/ML and GenAI in workflows.

Skills

Engineering leadership

Architecture decisions

Microservices architecture

API design

Cloud-native

AWS

Java

Open-source tech

DevSecOps

AI/GenAI awareness

Job description

Role-Head of Engineering – Trade & Supply Chain Finance

Location: Goregaon, Mumbai

Experience: 20+ years

Domain: Trade Finance / Supply Chain Finance

Ideal Leadership Profile

A technology-first engineering leader who combines deep technical credibility with the ability to lead engineering at scale. The individual should be capable of challenging architecture decisions, driving product engineering excellence and building modern, scalable banking technology platforms.

Role Overview

We are looking for a Head of Engineering to lead the technology and engineering charter for our Trade and Supply Chain Finance products.

The ideal candidate should be a strong product engineering leader with deep experience in building and scaling enterprise banking platforms. The role requires a solid engineering foundation, strong understanding of microservices architecture, API design and cloud-native technologies, and the ability to make critical architectural and technology decisions.

This is not purely a people-management role. We are looking for someone who has personally grown through engineering and product development and continues to remain close to architecture, technology and the product build lifecycle.

Key Responsibilities

• Own the end-to-end engineering charter for Trade and Supply Chain Finance products, covering architecture, development, engineering quality, scalability and technology evolution.
• Define and drive the engineering and technology roadmap aligned with product and business strategy.
• Own key architecture and technology decisions, ensuring scalability, performance, security, reliability and maintainability.
• Drive the evolution of products toward microservices, API-first and cloud-native architectures.
• Lead and develop high-performing engineering teams while maintaining strong technical depth and staying close to the engineering lifecycle.
• Drive engineering excellence across design, coding standards, DevSecOps, automation, testing, performance and release quality.
• Lead AWS-based/cloud-native engineering and deployment practices.
• Drive effective adoption of Java, Python and open-source technologies across the engineering stack.
• Partner closely with Product, Architecture, Delivery and Business teams to translate product strategy into scalable technology solutions.
• Identify opportunities to incorporate AI/ML and GenAI capabilities into product and engineering workflows.

Must-Have Experience

• 20+ years of overall technology/Banking/Engineering experience, with significant leadership experience.
• 15+ years of experience in Banking/BFSI technology.
• Strong preference for direct experience in Trade Finance and/or Supply Chain Finance technology/products
• Proven product engineering/build experience — must have built and scaled technology products, rather than primarily managing delivery or teams.
• Strong understanding of microservices architecture, API design and distributed systems.
• Strong experience with AWS/cloud and cloud-native application development.
• Strong technology foundation in Java and open-source technologies.
• Demonstrated experience leading senior engineering teams and making enterprise-level architecture and technology decisions.

Good-to-Have

• Experience modernizing large or legacy banking platforms into cloud-native, API-led architectures.
• Understanding of Trade Finance ecosystems, integrations and banking platforms.
• Awareness of AI/ML and GenAI use cases and their application to banking products and engineering productivity.