Head of Application Development

Purpose:

• This new role is to oversee end-to-end software delivery, lead and scale part of offshore development teams, execute the technology modernizations within our digital transformation roadmap, and ensure banking platform remains robust, scalable, and secure, while maintaining operational resilience during incidents.

Job Roles & Responsibilities

• Lead, build, and scale high-performing offshore development teams.
• Establish delivery governance, code quality standards, automated testing protocols, and performance KPIs.
• Define and drive the digital transformation roadmap for engineering, accelerating time-to-market for innovative financial products.
• Modernize enterprise architecture by introducing modern frameworks, automation, and tech stack evolutions.
• Champion best practices in cloud-native deployment (AWS / GCP / Azure), DevOps pipeline automation, and containerization.
• Serve as the ultimate tech authority and escalation point for production incidents.
• Drive robust Incident Management, Root Cause Analysis (RCA), and continuous resiliency enhancement.

Key Requirements

• 10+ years of software engineering experience, with at least 5+ years in a senior leadership position within Banking, Digital Banking, or Fintech firms.
• Proven track record of leading digital transformation initiatives, platform revamp, or large-scale system evolution.
• Extensive experience in managing and optimizing offshore development models.
• Strong technical foundation in Java / Spring Boot microservices and enterprise backend systems.
• Proven experience with Cloud platforms (AWS/GCP/Azure), Kubernetes, Docker, and CI/CD pipelines.
• Expertise in scalable, high-throughput system design (REST APIs, Kafka etc).
• Rich, hands-on experience in Incident Management, Disaster Recovery (DR), and High Availability (HA) design under strict regulatory frameworks.
• Strategic mindset with the ability to articulate technology strategies to C-level stakeholders.
• Exceptional cross-cultural communication, vendor negotiation, and leadership skills.
• Calm and decisive leader in crisis management and incident response.
• Fluent in Cantonese and Mandarin.