Chief Engineer
Core
Lead the modernisation of Operations tech platforms, establishing engineering standards for software, data, and AI engineering to ensure resilience, scalability, and security for critical Finance & Risk systems.
Role type
Chief Engineer (Operations Technology)
Builds
Enterprise-wide platform architecture, data governance frameworks, and responsible AI integration for 3000+ internal users.
Domain
Banking / Financial Services / Operations Technology
Required skills
Enterprise-scale distributed systems, cloud platforms (AWS/Azure/GCP), data platform architecture, AI engineering and governance, secure engineering practices, SDLC governance (CI/CD), legacy system modernisation, regulatory compliance (APRA/Basel), technical leadership, stakeholder management at executive level.
Preferred skills
Agentic solutions, microservice architecture, core banking transformation, platform engineering.
Technologies
AWS, Azure, GCP, CI/CD, vector search, RAG, API-first patterns, event-driven architecture.
Responsibilities
Lead modernisation initiatives for cloud adoption and legacy decommissioning; establish best practices for high availability and disaster recovery; design and govern AI-ready data architectures; mentor principal engineers and engineering leaders; partner with senior leaders on risk and resilience strategies.
Seniority
Executive-level individual contributor (Chief Engineer)