Director of Technology - Financial Services

Sapient Corporation; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 210,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Publicis Sapient is seeking a Director of Technology to lead the delivery of enterprise software and modern architecture across the full SDLC. The role collaborates with senior clients up to the C-suite to shape outcomes and drive value, leveraging cloud platforms and agentic AI capabilities.

You will define end-to-end architecture, lead large distributed systems, and guide teams across multiple languages and frameworks to deliver high-quality solutions for financial services clients, while

Qualifications

• Experience driving enterprise architecture across large-scale distributed systems.
• Proven ability to influence senior client stakeholders up to the C-suite.
• Experience delivering Digital Business Transformation for Financial Services clients.
• Ability to translate ideas into revenue and value realization.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end delivery of software and enterprise technology solutions across the SDLC.
• Shape and drive architecture and modern engineering practices.
• Collaborate with publicis sapient teams to align technology with business outcomes.
• Provide leadership, mentorship and strategic guidance to delivery teams.

Skills

Enterprise architecture

Distributed systems

Cloud platforms

Java

Go

Scala

Python

Agentic AI

LangChain

LangGraph

HuggingFace

LlamaIndex

AutoGen

CrewAI

API design

Containerization

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 - 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

Salary 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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