Vice President Technology

M1xchange; Dadri; On-site; INR 25,00,000 - 35,00,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading fintech company in Uttar Pradesh seeks a Strategic Technology Leader to define their technology strategy and oversee the development of innovative solutions. The right candidate will have over 16 years of experience in technology leadership, with specific expertise in fintech domains like payments and banking. This role involves driving R&D initiatives, ensuring compliance, and fostering a high-performance culture within the organization.

Qualifications

• 16+ years in software engineering and technology leadership roles, with at least 10 years at the executive level.
• Deep fintech domain experience, ideally in payments, banking, or related sectors.
• Proven experience scaling microservices-based platforms to enterprise-grade standards.

Responsibilities

• Define and execute a long-term technology roadmap aligned with business strategy.
• Architect, build, and maintain scalable systems and platforms.
• Champion a security-first culture, ensuring compliance with industry standards.

Skills

Leadership in technology strategy

Expertise in AI/ML and blockchain

Experience in cloud-native architecture

Strong communication skills

Tools

AWS

SQL

Oracle

Job description

Key Responsibilities

Strategic Technology Leadership

• Define and execute a long-term technology roadmap aligned with business strategy and market demands.
• Determine organization needs and identify system specifications.
• Serve as a strategic partner to the CTO in driving technology-led growth and digital innovation.
• Translate emerging technologies into competitive business capabilities.
• Oversee development and implementation of assigned programs and guide teammates.

Engineering Excellence & Platform Strategy

• Architect, build, and maintain scalable, secure, and high-performance systems and platforms.
• Plan and design the structure of technology systems, discuss these with the client.
• Communicate system requirements to software designers and developers; explain system structure to them and provide assistance throughout the assembly process.
• Oversee the design and deployment of core fintech products, APIs, and data infrastructure.
• Establish best-in-class software development, DevOps, QA, and release management practices.
• Ensure silent operations while continuously reducing cost of IT operations for running the business
• Ensure IT infrastructure and application support to provide 24*7 business operations
• Produce progress reports, AI and ML exposures. Agentic AI understandings.

Security, Risk & Compliance

• Champion a security-first culture; ensure infrastructure and applications meet or exceed industry standards (e.g., PCI DSS, ISO 27001, SOC 2).
• Collaborate with legal, risk, and compliance teams to integrate regulatory requirements (KYC/AML, data privacy, etc.) into product design and infrastructure.
• Collaborate with business to incrementally improve IT landscape to meet business goals
• Application and infrastructure modernization
• Support and address issues identified during internal and external audits

Organizational Leadership & Talent Development

• Attract, retain, and mentor top-tier engineering, data, and product talent.
• Foster a high-performance culture built on accountability, innovation, and continuous improvement.
• Scale global technology teams across geographies while maintaining velocity and cohesion.
• Work with team to devise plans for future IT requirements of the organization.

Innovation & Emerging Technology

• Drive R&D initiatives across AI/ML, blockchain, embedded finance, and intelligent automation where relevant.
• Evaluate and adopt emerging technologies that enhance competitive advantage or reduce operational risk.

Cross-functional Collaboration

• Partner with Product, Operations, Finance, and Business stakeholders to align technology investments with customer value and operational efficiency.
• Represent technology leadership in investor and partner engagements, where appropriate.
• Collaborate with Product Management and Business to deploy technology led/enabled innovative solutions

Professional Experience:

• 16+ years in software engineering and technology leadership roles, with at least 10 years at the executive level.
• Deep fintech domain experienceideally in payments, supply chain finance, banking, lending, digital assets, or related sectors.
• Proven experience scaling cloud-native, microservices-based platforms to enterprise-grade standards.
• Strong understanding of the technical architecture along with infra estimation planning based upon ongoing/future usage of system.
• Experience in working with relational database like Oracle, proficient in using SQL and migration process to Non RDBMS

Technical Expertise

• Proficiency in system architecture, API-first design, real-time data processing, and distributed systems.
• Expertise in cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, or Azure), and modern engineering practices.
• Strong understanding of cybersecurity, data governance, and compliance frameworks.

Leadership Competencies

• Visionary yet pragmatic leadership style with a track record of building and inspiring world-class teams.
• Excellent communication skills; ability to engage effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.