Director of Technology - Financial Services

Sapient Corporation; Boston (MA); On-site; USD 210,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Publicis Sapient in Boston seeks a Director of Technology to lead the delivery of software and enterprise solutions across the full SDLC, driving modern architecture, cloud adoption, and high engineering standards. You will collaborate with senior clients up to the C-suite, shape strategic options, and guide end-to-end transformations for Financial Services with a practical, revenue‑oriented PoV.

This leadership role requires hands-on influence, structured estimation at RFP stages, and a track

Qualifications

• Experience delivering Digital Business Transformation for Financial Services clients underpinned by modern technology.
• Ability to structure work and lead solution options and estimations at different RFP stages.
• End-to-end enterprise architecture experience for large-scale distributed applications.

Responsibilities

• Lead enterprise software delivery across the full SDLC.
• Collaborate with senior clients up to the C-suite to shape outcomes.
• Guide transformations for Financial Services using modern tech and methodologies.

Skills

Banking sector knowledge

Executive stakeholder influence

End-to-end architecture

Cloud platforms

Event-driven & microservices

Data architecture

Distributed systems leadership

Java/Go/Scala/Python

Agentic AI systems

API design

Container platforms

Tools

Docker

GKE

AKS

Job description

Job Description

A Director of Technology is a software engineering expert who leads the high-quality delivery of software and enterprise technology solutions across all phases of the SDLC. They possess deep understanding and experience of driving enterprise-level modern architecture, robust software engineering practices and cloud adoption. They also collaborate with senior clients (up to C-suite) across technology and business domains and wider Publicis Sapient delivery and consulting teams to create, shape and achieve business outcomes. They relish the role of a technical leader, bringing high engineering standards, leadership and motivational skills.

Qualifications

Qualifications - Skills, Experience & Differentiators

• You will possess strong knowledge of at least one segment of the NA Banking Sector (e.g. Core Banking, Payment Systems and Flows, Regulatory Frameworks, Risk Management)
• You will be experienced in influencing very senior client stakeholders (up to the C-suite) and be responsible for building client advocates across all levels
• You will bring a mature PoV on the topics that matter the most across the NA FS sector and a strategy of how to convert ideas into revenue
• You will have experience delivering Digital Business Transformation for Financial Services sector clients underpinned by modern technology and methodology
• You’ll have the ability to navigate the unknown and lead from the front in helping structure work and drive solution options and estimations at different RFP stages
• You will be experienced in delivering end-to-end outcomes for clients starting from ideation to value realization

Your Technology & Engineering skills

• You have extensive experience in defining end-to-end enterprise architecture and leading complex distributed applications development that leverages Cloud platforms (e.g. AWS, GCP, Azure, OCI)
• You possess strong knowledge and understanding of software design/architectural concepts like Event-driven Architecture, Microservices & Domain-driven design
• You have a strong understanding of data architecture concepts, including transactional consistency, data modelling, and the trade-offs between different storage and processing paradigms across modern data platforms
• You bring extensive software development leadership experience of large-scale distributed systems, supported by a hands on development background with exposure to multiple languages (e.g. Java, Go, Scala, Python) and frameworks
• You bring hands-on experience designing and implementing Agentic AI systems leveraging frameworks such as LangChain, LangGraph, HuggingFace, LlamaIndex, AutoGen, or CrewAI, and deep understanding of concepts like reasoning, planning, and tool invocation
• You have broad knowledge of API styles and understanding of the various data solutions and respective applications
• You have strong knowledge of containers and building container-based platforms using Docker, GKE, AKS etc

Additional Information

Compensation Range: $210,000 - $260,000 + Discretionary Bonus

The range shown reflects a grouping of compensation ranges currently in use at Publicis Sapient. Actual compensation may vary based on location and specific experience and may include additional bonus and equity components.

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