Chief Engineer
Core
Lead the modernisation of Operations tech platforms, establishing engineering standards for software, data, and AI engineering to ensure resilience, scalability, and reliability for critical Finance & Risk systems.
Role type
Chief Engineer (Enterprise Platform & AI Strategy)
Builds
Enterprise-wide platform adoption, cloud-native architectures, AI-ready data foundations, and operational resilience frameworks.
Domain
Banking / Financial Services / Enterprise Platform Engineering / AI
Deliverable
production ML models | infrastructure | product features
Required skills
Enterprise-scale distributed systems, cloud architecture (AWS/Azure/GCP), data governance, AI engineering & governance, secure engineering practices, SDLC governance (CI/CD), legacy modernisation, executive technical leadership, regulatory compliance (APRA/Basel), incident management, observability.
Preferred skills
Agentic solutions, microservice architecture, platform engineering, core banking transformation, regulatory reporting.
Technologies
AWS, Azure, GCP, Vector Search, RAG, CI/CD pipelines, Event-driven architecture, API-first patterns.
Responsibilities
Lead modernisation of legacy systems and cloud adoption; establish enterprise engineering standards and AI governance; drive high availability and disaster recovery strategies; mentor principal engineers and influence workforce strategy; partner with senior leaders to align technical strategy with business outcomes.
Seniority
Principal, strategic leadership & hands-on architecture