Tech Lead: Cloud-Native Backend & AI-Driven Systems

BOK Financial Corporation; Tulsa (OK); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Industry-leading benefits

Training and development opportunities

Job summary

BOK Financial Corporation is seeking a Tech Lead Software Engineer to own end-to-end technical direction, architecture, and production reliability. You will mentor engineers, drive cloud-native modernization from on-prem to AWS, and ensure security, observability, and scalable performance across services.

The role emphasizes building event-driven architectures, setting standards for quality, and collaborating with product, platform, and partner teams to deliver durable solutions.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated technical leadership as a Tech Lead or senior IC—owning service-level architecture and influencing decisions.
• Strong backend engineering experience in secure, scalable services (Java/JVM preferred).
• Production experience building cloud-based systems with AWS and cloud-native patterns.

Responsibilities

• Set and communicate technical direction, aligning engineers around priorities and architectural intent.
• Lead system modernization and decomposing monoliths into cloud-native services.
• Design and evolve event-driven systems with reliable pub/sub patterns and versioning.

Skills

Technical leadership

Backend engineering

Cloud-native design

System reliability

Code reviews

Education

Bachelor’s degree in technology or related field

Technology certifications (preferred)

Tools

AWS

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

BOK Financial Corporation is seeking a Tech Lead Software Engineer to own end-to-end technical direction, architecture, and production reliability. You will mentor engineers, drive cloud-native modernization from on-prem to AWS, and ensure security, observability, and scalable performance across services.

The role emphasizes building event-driven architectures, setting standards for quality, and collaborating with product, platform, and partner teams to deliver durable solutions.