Director, Digital Channels Platform Engineering

BDO Unibank, Inc.; Metro Manila; On-site; PHP 3,500,000 - 6,500,000; Full time

Job summary

BDO Unibank, Inc. in Metro Manila seeks a seasoned Section Head of Digital Channels Engineering to lead the operational health, performance, and day-to-day management of our digital banking applications.

You will oversee multiple teams, reduce technical debt, optimize speed and availability, and partner with stakeholders to translate strategy into execution while fostering operational excellence. This onsite role is based in Ortigas, Philippines.

Qualifications

• 10–12 years in enterprise software development and implementation.
• 5–7 years in technical leadership or management.

Responsibilities

• Execute the technical roadmap for the digital banking platform.
• Lead strategy to manage and reduce platform technical debt.
• Identify and implement optimizations to improve speed and availability.
• Directly manage a team of Resolution Managers and improve incident response.
• Oversee day-to-day stability of the back-office portal.
• Monitor KPIs and SLAs for platform performance.
• Lead and coach multiple technical teams for high performance.
• Conduct performance reviews and support hiring and development.
• Manage capacity and resources for projects.
• Serve as point of contact for stakeholders on platform updates.
• Manage relationships with vendors and third parties.

Skills

Technical leadership

Team management

Stakeholder communication

Onsite work

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science / IT

Tools

Java

Spring Framework

Angular

Kotlin

Swift

Maven/Gradle

Docker

Kubernetes

AWS/Azure

SQL

REST/SOAP

Job description

BDO Unibank, Inc. in Metro Manila seeks a seasoned Section Head of Digital Channels Engineering to lead the operational health, performance, and day-to-day management of our digital banking applications.

You will oversee multiple teams, reduce technical debt, optimize speed and availability, and partner with stakeholders to translate strategy into execution while fostering operational excellence. This onsite role is based in Ortigas, Philippines.