Senior Hands-on Tech Lead for Banking & Capital Markets

EXL; Pittsburgh (Allegheny County); On-site; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

EXL is seeking a dynamic, hands-on Tech Lead for its Banking and Capital Markets practice in the United States. You will drive collaboration across internal teams and clients to deliver integrated solutions with measurable business impact.

This role connects advisory, technology, and operations, strengthening client relationships and supporting revenue growth across multiple engagements. You will lead solution development, data modernization, and fintech integration while guiding

Qualifications

• Strong hands-on development experience; Tech Lead with ETL, SQL and Big Data.
• MongoDB, Kafka, Elasticsearch and APIs.
• Experience building data pipelines to load/unload data from NoSQL and in-memory caching databases.
• Experience in processing large amounts of structured and unstructured data, including integrating data from multiple sources.
• Experience in streaming technologies.
• Experience in cloud technologies (AWS/GCP/Azure) and key services (Storage, Compute, and Databases).
• 10+ years in banking, capital markets, or financial consulting, with at least 5 years in a leadership or client-facing role.
• Proven track record in managing multimillion-dollar accounts, driving revenue growth, and leading cross-functional teams.
• Strong expertise in technical design discussions and the ability to provide strategic consulting to enable large-scale engagements is essential for this role.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain relationships with key banking and capital markets clients.
• Act as the primary contact for strategic discussions and identify opportunities for value creation.
• Lead development of tailored technical proposals with cross-functional teams.
• Design innovative solutions in data modernization, digital transformation, and fintech integration.
• Monitor account performance and drive growth through upsell and cross-sell opportunities.
• Coordinate across advisory, technology, and operations teams to ensure seamless delivery.
• Stay current on industry trends, regulatory changes, and competitive dynamics; contribute to thought leadership.
• Enable communication between clients, EXL units, support staff, and multi-shore project teams.
• Mentor junior team members and foster a high-performance culture.

Skills

Tech Lead

ETL technologies

SQL

Big Data

MongoDB

Kafka

Elasticsearch

APIs

Data pipelines

Cloud (AWS/GCP/Azure)

Tools

Databricks

Snowflake

Job description

EXL is seeking a dynamic, hands-on Tech Lead for its Banking and Capital Markets practice in the United States. You will drive collaboration across internal teams and clients to deliver integrated solutions with measurable business impact.

This role connects advisory, technology, and operations, strengthening client relationships and supporting revenue growth across multiple engagements. You will lead solution development, data modernization, and fintech integration while guiding