About the Opportunity :

Our client is a leading WealthTech company transforming the digital investing experience through innovative technology and customer-centric products. As the organization continues its rapid growth, we are looking for an experienced VP / AVP Engineering (Java) to lead engineering teams, drive technical excellence, and build highly scalable platforms powering millions of investment transactions.

This is a strategic leadership role for someone passionate about engineering, innovation, and building high-performing technology organizations.

Key Responsibilities :

Engineering Leadership :

- Lead and scale multiple engineering teams across Backend, Platform, and Full Stack development.
- Build a culture of engineering excellence, innovation, accountability, and continuous improvement.
- Mentor Engineering Managers, Tech Leads, and Senior Software Engineers while strengthening leadership capability across the organization.

Technology & Architecture :

- Drive architecture and technical strategy for scalable, secure, and high-performance financial applications.
- Lead architectural decisions around Java, Microservices, Distributed Systems, Cloud Infrastructure, and Event-Driven Architecture.
- Ensure systems are highly available, resilient, and capable of handling high transaction volumes with low latency.

Product Delivery :

- Partner closely with Product, Design, Data, and Business teams to deliver customer-centric products.




- Drive execution of strategic technology initiatives while maintaining engineering quality, speed, and reliability.
- Champion Agile delivery, engineering governance, and continuous improvement.

Platform & Engineering Excellence :

- Improve platform scalability, observability, reliability, and security.
- Strengthen CI/CD pipelines, automation, release management, and engineering productivity.
- Establish best practices around code quality, architecture reviews, testing, and secure software development.

Stakeholder Management :

- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to align technology strategy with business objectives.
- Present engineering roadmaps, delivery updates, technical risks, and platform strategy to executive leadership.

What We're Looking For :

- 1015 years of software engineering experience with 5 years in engineering leadership roles.
- Strong hands-on expertise in Java, Spring Boot, Microservices, Distributed Systems, and REST APIs.
- Proven experience leading engineering teams within WealthTech, FinTech, Stock Broking, Capital Markets, Trading Platforms, or Digital Banking.
- Strong understanding of scalable system architecture, cloud-native applications, and up-to-date engineering practices.
- Experience leading Engineering Managers, Tech Leads, and cross-functional engineering teams.
- Excellent leadership, communication, and stakeholder management skills with a product-first mindset.

📌 Engineering Vice President/Associate Vice President - Java (India)
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📍 India