Head of Software Engineering-Trade Finance

Intellect Design Arena Ltd; Mumbai; On-site; INR 3,500,000 - 7,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Intellect Design Arena Ltd in Mumbai is seeking a technology-first Head of Engineering for Trade and Supply Chain Finance products. The role demands deep engineering credibility, architectural judgment and a hands-on product development mindset.

You will own the end-to-end engineering charter, define the technology roadmap, and drive microservices, API-first and cloud-native architectures on AWS. The ideal candidate will have 20+ years in technology and 15+ years in Banking/BFSI, with a proven

Qualifications

• 20+ years in technology/Banking/Engineering with leadership
• 15+ years in Banking/BFSI tech
• Experience in Trade Finance / Supply Chain Finance tech
• Proven product engineering/build experience
• Strong knowledge of microservices, API design and distributed systems
• Experience with AWS/cloud-native development
• Solid Java and open-source tech foundation
• Experience leading senior engineering teams and high-stakes decisions

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end engineering charter for Trade and Supply Chain Finance products
• Define and drive engineering and technology roadmap
• Make architecture decisions ensuring performance, security and reliability
• Lead migration towards microservices, API-first, cloud-native
• Develop and mentor high-performing engineering teams
• Advance DevSecOps, automation, testing and release quality
• Lead AWS-based deployment practices
• Promote use of Java and open-source technologies

Skills

Leadership

Banking tech

Product engineering

Microservices

API design

AWS cloud

Java

Open-source

Tools

AWS Cloud Platform

DevSecOps tooling

Job description

Role-Head of Engineering – Trade & Supply Chain Finance

Experience: 20+ years

Domain: Trade Finance / Supply Chain Finance

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.