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We are currently seeking an experienced Principal Engineer whose main area of expertise is Database but is complemented with strong engineering skills. As a Principal Engineer you will be at the forefront of our technology, influencing the strategy and direction of our services. This is a leadership role where you will be responsible for driving technical excellence across a diverse set of tooling, mentoring, and developing a team of talented engineers, and ensuring that our services are designed and built with availability, resiliency, safety, and security, in mind. You will collaborate closely with cross-functional teams to define, design, and deliver, our next generation of products and services that meet business needs.

Job Responsibility:

  • Develop and maintain the long-term strategy for database infrastructure, ensuring alignment with the bank’s overall IT and business strategies
  • Function as a subject matter expert and advisor on all matters related to database technologies, providing guidance to senior leadership and IT teams
  • Collaborate with Product Owners, Architects, and stakeholders to define technical requirements and technical specifications
  • Co-Lead the design and architecture of the bank’s shared database solutions (DBaaS/PaaS), followed by their implementation
  • Stay informed about industry trends, emerging technologies and advancements in engineering practices, evaluating and recommending innovative solutions as appropriate
  • Support the Platform Lead and identify solutions to engineering gaps/challenges
  • Facilitate development of cross-functional capabilities to address common gaps/challenges
  • Act as key point of contact for engineering decisions from a technical and risk perspective
  • Look to innovate/improve processes, reducing hand-offs and automate processes

Requirements:

  • Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering or a relevant discipline
  • 10+ years’ experience in engineering roles, with a minimum of 5 in a senior or principal engineering position
  • Technical proficiency in Database technologies, relational, nosql, distributed sql, deployed on IaaS or part of DBaaS
  • Strong understanding of consumer use case and how databases infrastructure capabilities work
  • Expertise in infrastructure components, performance tuning, and capacity planning
  • Understanding of, and hands on experience of, micro services, software development, infrastructure automation, api development and basic application system’s design
  • Strong understanding experience on Site Reliability Engineering, DevOps Capabilities (CI/CD/CT Pipelines, Automated Testing, Code Scanning etc.) and Infrastructure as Code
  • Industry strength knowledges of testing practices and tooling
  • Proven track record of leading large, enterprise level projects and delivering quality solutions
  • Strong technical leadership skills, teambuilder and influencer
  • Exposure and success working within a global matrix organization model
  • Familiarity with regulatory requirements and best practices in the financial industry
  • Ability to liaise with other engineers, architects, and business stakeholders to understand and drive the platform, product or service’s direction
  • Gravitas and ability to interact with and advise senior executives
  • Excellent communication skills with the ability to translate and convey complex technical information to both technical and non-technical stakeholders
  • Experience of evaluating multiple technology solutions in order to define and design best fit for a particular use case
  • Deep Technical Expertise: Well-versed in engineering principles and the broader technical landscape, with strong architectural knowledge
  • Leadership & Influence: Demonstrates gravitas and the ability to lead complex initiatives, inspire confidence, and motivate cross-functional teams
  • Strategic Collaboration: Works closely with internal stakeholders and business partners to align architecture decisions with organizational goals
  • Vision & Communication: Capable of articulating technical strategies clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences, fostering alignment and buy-in

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Job Posted:
December 30, 2025

Work Type:
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