Engineering Functional Lead - Innovation
Core
Lead early-stage technical strategy, architecture definition, and feasibility validation for new product concepts at the intersection of business and engineering.
Role type
Senior IC Engineering Functional Lead (Innovation)
Builds
Early-stage product concepts, prototypes, and technical interfaces for future new businesses
Domain
Financial Services / Digital Product Innovation
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | research
Required skills
Technical architecture design, feasibility assessment, financial modeling for technology investments, cloud-native application architecture, API design, SaaS platforms, AI/ML, Generative AI, Agile frameworks (Scrum, Kanban, SAFe), cross-functional leadership, risk analysis, technical communication
Preferred skills
Experience delivering cloud-based and enterprise-grade B2B solutions, experience with external fintech partnerships, background in digital product innovation
Technologies
Cloud-native, APIs, SaaS platforms, AI/ML, Generative AI
Responsibilities
Translate ambiguous product ideas into concrete technical approaches, guide multiple concept teams through ambiguity, assess technical implications of product direction decisions, lead structured feasibility assessments, explain technical choices to non-technical peers, develop financial models for technical aspects of product business plans, partner with enterprise architecture to ensure alignment, support development of prototypes and lightweight implementations, provide oversight of external development partners
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC with strategic influence
