Head of Engineering — Fintech AI Platform

Shields Group; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 200,000 - 250,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

401(k)

Hybrid work model

Job summary

Shields Group Search is partnering with an innovative fintech company building an open architecture private banking platform serving independent wealth managers. The Head of Engineering will lead the development of the entire stack across our client’s web application, backend systems, and core infrastructure.

This is a hands-on leadership role requiring strong coding ability, architecture skills, and mentoring of engineers.

Qualifications

• B.S. or Graduate Degree in Computer Science/Engineering or a related field.
• 10–15 years of experience developing enterprise applications at a bank, ideally in private banking, commercial banking, or payments; startup experience strongly preferred.
• 2+ years of management experience.
• Expertise in modern web stacks, cloud platforms, microservices/monolith frameworks, APIs, automated testing, and security.
• A desire to use and build at the frontier of AI/ML solutions in finance, driving innovation in private banking infrastructure, with hands-on experience across modern AI/ML platforms.

Responsibilities

• Manage a team of highly skilled engineers with frontend, backend, and infrastructure responsibilities.
• Maintain the platform's security, including SOC 2 compliance across multiple Trust Services Criteria and building/managing required infrastructure for our cybersecurity roadmap.
• Enforce the firm’s regulatory policies and procedures.
• Develop applications across web, mobile, and API interfaces.
• Develop platforms for end users, partners, and internal stakeholders.
• Recruit and maintain a pipeline of engineers capable of delivering innovative, world-class solutions using Next.js, Typescript, FastAPI, Python, AWS, Terraform, and other technologies as we expand our stack.

Skills

Team leadership

Hands-on coding

AI/ML in finance

Communication

Education

B.S. or Graduate Degree in CS/Engineering

Tools

Next.js

Typescript

FastAPI

Python

AWS

Terraform

Job description

Shields Group Search is partnering with an innovative fintech company building an open architecture private banking platform serving independent wealth managers. The Head of Engineering will lead the development of the entire stack across our client’s web application, backend systems, and core infrastructure.

This is a hands-on leadership role requiring strong coding ability, architecture skills, and mentoring of engineers.