Director of Technology - Financial Services (CA)

Publicis Sapient; Irvine (CA); On-site; USD 210,000 - 260,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Discretionary Bonus

Job summary

Publicis Sapient in Irvine, CA seeks a Director of Technology to lead high‑quality software delivery and enterprise technology solutions across the full SDLC. You will shape modern architectures, champion robust engineering practices, and drive cloud adoption with senior client collaboration up to the C‑suite.

You will guide large‑scale distributed systems, mentor engineering teams, and translate complex business needs into technology strategies and tangible results, with a strong focus on

Qualifications

• Strong knowledge of NA Banking sector domains and regulatory considerations.
• Experience influencing senior stakeholders up to the C-suite and building client advocates.
• Experience delivering Digital Business Transformation for Financial Services with modern tech and methods.
• Ability to guide work at different RFP stages and convert ideas to revenue.
• End-to-end delivery from ideation to value realization for clients.
• Experience defining end-to-end enterprise architecture for cloud-based large-scale systems.

Skills

Enterprise architecture

Cloud platforms

Leadership

Microservices & DDD

API & data architectures

AI systems (agentic)

Languages: Java, Go, Scala, Python

Tools

Docker

GKE

AKS

LangChain

LangGraph

HuggingFace

LlamaIndex

AutoGen

CrewAI

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

• 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

As part of our dedication to an inclusive and diverse workforce, Publicis Sapient is committed to Equal Employment Opportunity without regard for race, color, national origin, ethnicity, gender, protected veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, or religion. We are also committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans in our job application procedures. If you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, you may contact us at [e-mail]

Company Description

Publicis Sapient is a digital transformation partner helping established organizations get to their future, digitally enabled state, both in the way they work and the way they serve their customers. We help unlock value through a start-up mindset and modern methods, fusing strategy, consulting, and customer experience with agile engineering and problem-solving creativity. United by our core values and our purpose of helping people thrive in the brave pursuit of next, our 20,000+ people in 53 offices around the world combine experience across technology, data sciences, consulting, and customer obsession to accelerate our clients’ businesses through designing the products and services their customers truly value.