SVP, Engineering Lead, Core Banking Technology

About the role

DBS is seeking an experienced Senior Vice President, Engineering Lead to drive the design, development and modernization of its mission-critical Core Banking platforms. The role combines deep technical expertise with engineering leadership, involving architecture, solution design, engineering governance and delivery execution across Core Banking domains. It sits within Group Technology and Operations, which builds an efficient, nimble and resilient infrastructure.

Key responsibilities

• Lead the architecture, design and development of large-scale Core Banking applications and services, covering Customer Management, Deposits, Loans, Transaction Processing, Settlement and General Ledger integration.
• Drive cloud-native architectures, microservices, event-driven design patterns and engineering best practices, and evaluate emerging technologies such as AI-assisted software development.
• Conduct architecture, design, code and technical reviews across multiple delivery teams.
• Lead multiple engineering squads, partner with business, product and architecture teams, and own end-to-end delivery accountability.
• Ensure engineering quality through automated testing, CI/CD, DevSecOps and modern software practices, and drive improvements in performance, reliability, observability and stability.
• Define technical roadmaps, identify capacity, performance and resiliency gaps, and support incident resolution and root-cause analysis.
• Mentor engineers and technical leads, build an engineering culture, and advise senior stakeholders on technology decisions.

Required profile

• Strong software engineering experience with significant exposure to Core Banking or large-scale transaction processing systems.
• Proven experience leading engineering teams while staying actively involved in architecture and technical decisions.
• Deep understanding of distributed systems, scalability, resiliency, performance engineering and high-availability platforms.
• Strong Core Banking domain expertise and proven experience driving platform modernization and legacy transformation.
• Strong stakeholder management, communication and problem-solving skills.

Required skills

• Java / Spring Boot, Angular or React
• Microservices and API architecture, event-driven systems
• CI/CD and DevSecOps
• Kubernetes / OpenShift or equivalent cloud-native platforms
• Linux and middleware platforms; MongoDB exposure is an advantage