Full Stack Development Lead (Senior Manager) - Fintech Lab - Permanent - London

The financial services industry continues to undergo a period of unparalleled change. Since the financial crisis, banks and financial institutions have been subjected to more stringent regulations, increased supervision and overall global economic instability. These changes have not come without a cost and have made these institutions re-evaluate the way they have been doing business traditionally. Moreover, the proliferation of technological advances including disruptive technologies and digital innovations are compounding the pressures of maintaining market edge, being adaptable and increasing profit margins.

The EY FinTech Lab works with the world’s leading Financial Institutions and directly with best-in-class FinTechs from across the Global Ecosystem, to help create the future of Financial Services. For entrepreneurs developing potentially game-changing technologies for financial services (particularly in the areas of artificial intelligence (AI), cryptography, blockchain, and data and analytics), EY’s FinTech Lab offers access to the Fintech ecosystem which comprises user bankers, financial institutions, mentors, investors and a platform to support Go-To-Market strategy.

For Banks and incumbent FS, the Lab offers direct access and support to rapidly engage and experiment and to help bring the best ideas and opportunities to market, positively impacting the lives of their customers and society as a whole.

The opportunity

You will deliver innovation in new fintech services and solutions from idea generation to new ventures with your team based in London. Main responsibility is to proactively help identify and accelerate new business opportunities enabled by Fintech technologies, societal trends, and new business models. You will play a key role in creating the next horizon of growth for EY Fintech strategy. As part of the responsibility, this will include working with hosted start-up companies and members of the Fintech community. The role requires an agile, networked individual, with a hands-on leadership style, open mindset, and passion to create new values for our clients and for society.

Your key responsibilities

• Partner with clients and internal stakeholders to identify opportunities for implementing emerging technology.
• Help to provide technical challenge and evaluation and drive a clear, strategic focus on highest value opportunities.
• Provide technical direction and architectural oversight across multiple engagements from conception to implementation.
• Lead rapid prototype development in an Agile environment.
• Design and implement solutions that align with application strategy and standards.
• Identify and apply emerging open-source capabilities to enhance solutions.
• Manage team delivery, ensuring timely completion of tasks and regular status reporting.
• Contribute to EY’s internal knowledge base on technology best practices.
• Be the Technical face of the Lab, someone who enjoys shaping ideas and can sell the vision.
• Successfully manage multiple projects through effective task management and prioritisation.

Skills and attributes for success

• A natural technical leader proficient in identifying opportunities to implement emerging technologies.
• Demonstrated ability to engage effectively with financial services clients and start-ups, including non-technical stakeholders at all levels.
• Capability to direct delivery teams across all aspects of engineering.
• Strong client engagement skills to oversee implementation progress and ensure client satisfaction.
• Comfortable and motivated to help generate stakeholder understanding and buy-in.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to translate complex technical concepts to diverse audiences.

To qualify for the role, you must have

• 8+ years of experience in the software engineering industry and/or in a Technology Consulting domain.
• Experience in managing and owning business cases in partnership with client stakeholders from ideation to delivery, with a proven ability to demonstrate measurable business value from technical solutions by establishing clear KPIs, tracking implementation outcomes, and communicating ROI.
• Extensive experience in gathering requirements for solving a business process improvement use case and translating that into solution and delivery components for implementation.
• Dedicated experience in client delivery in the engineering space involving a variety of technology capabilities, including:

• 3+ years of experience in web application development (predominantly React and Python).
• Developing REST services (Node.js and Flask or similar).
• Database technologies (SQL and NoSQL).
• Software config tools (Git, Azure DevOps etc.) and experience in using cloud platforms (preference for Azure).
• Modern engineering architectural patterns (Microservices based architecture and serverless event-based solution designs).
• Knowledge in Cloud (Docker containerisation), and container orchestration.
• Understanding of modern development methodologies and tools such as Agile.

Ideally, you’ll also have

• Experience leading and delivering rapid prototypes that demonstrate measurable business value.
• Proven ability to work in an innovative environment with minimal direction.
• Strong communication skills to articulate complex technical solutions.
• Experience with emerging technologies such as AI, blockchain, etc.
• A level of existing network and market connectivity.
• Experience of working directly for or with a FinTech.
• A track record of identifying and capitalising on opportunities with clients.
• Previous experience in a consulting environment managing client expectations and delivery timelines.

What we look for

• Technical thought leaders who can translate business challenges into solutions.
• A growth mindset with a passion for continuous learning and professional development.
• Exceptional stakeholder management skills at all levels of an organisation.
• A collaborative approach that brings together diverse perspectives to deliver the best outcomes.

What we offer

We offer a competitive remuneration package where you’ll be rewarded for your individual and team performance. Our comprehensive Total Rewards package includes support for flexible working and career development, and with MyReward you can select benefits that suit your needs, covering holidays, health and well-being, insurance, savings and a wide range of discounts, offers and promotions.

Plus, we offer:

• Continuous learning: You’ll develop the mindset and skills to navigate whatever comes next.
• Success as defined by you: We’ll provide the tools and flexibility, so you can make a meaningful impact, your way.
• Transformative leadership: We’ll give you the insights, coaching and confidence to be the leader the world needs.
• Diverse and inclusive culture: You’ll be embraced for who you are and empowered to use your voice to help others find theirs.

Please note: Prior to finalising your application, you will be asked to provide personal information across several dimensions of diversity and inclusiveness. The information you provide is kept entirely confidential and will not be used to evaluate your candidacy. We collect this data to help us analyse our recruitment process holistically and implement actions that promote diversity and inclusiveness. While optional, we encourage you to provide this information to hold us accountable towards our goal of building a better working world.

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