VP, Full Stack Engineering Lead (FX/FXD), Wealth Management Technology

About the role

DBS is looking for a VP, Full Stack Engineering Lead for FX and FXD products and execution within its Wealth Management Technology and Group Technology teams. The role drives the technical vision, architectural strategy and delivery of a next-generation Foreign Exchange and Foreign Exchange Derivatives ecosystem, aligning FX product lines and building connected employee and client journeys across Spot, Forwards, Swaps, Options and Structured FX products.

Key responsibilities

• Drive the technical vision and evolution of the FX/FXD execution ecosystem toward a cloud-native, microservices-based architecture on container platforms such as OpenShift or Kubernetes.
• Identify commonalities across Spot FX, Outrights, FX Swaps, FX Options and Structured FX products and design reusable services for execution, pricing and platform needs.
• Lead and mentor engineering squads, set common engineering standards, reusable code patterns and unified design reviews.
• Design low-latency transaction flows, real-time market data distribution and event-driven architectures using WebSockets and messaging platforms such as AMQ or Kafka.
• Deliver resilient server-side architectures in Java, Spring Boot and Python, with ReactJS frontends supporting real-time operational workflows, FX risk views and trade lifecycle flows.
• Integrate real-time market data from Bloomberg, Reuters and EBS/EBS Direct, and pricing models, curve builders and analytics engines into the FX transaction lifecycle.
• Evaluate and deploy emerging technologies such as AI coding assistants, NLP and LLM integrations to improve developer productivity.
• Act as technical advisor to product owners, business heads and senior leadership, turning business needs into technical roadmaps.

Required profile

• 9+ years of experience in enterprise financial environments such as Tier 1 investment banks or institutional FinTechs, leading Agile engineering squads on FX/FXD platforms.
• Expert-level hands-on engineering across Java (Spring Boot), ReactJS and Python.
• Experience architecting and migrating platforms to Kubernetes or OpenShift, with strong CI/CD automation.
• Proven success delivering high-performance, low-latency FX platforms such as electronic pricing engines, algorithmic execution hubs or real-time risk platforms.
• Strong expertise in Spot FX, FX Forwards and Swaps, vanilla and exotic options, and structured FX, including trade lifecycles, STP and electronic distribution.
• Commitment to software craftsmanship: TDD, automation, memory profiling, performance stress testing and clean code.
• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering or a related field; Agile or cloud certifications such as PMI-ACP or CKAD preferred.