Overview
The Technical Lead will play a pivotal role in a Pricing Transformation Programme for a financial services organization, focusing on modernizing core products and engineering tooling. This contractor will collaborate with both technical teams and senior business stakeholders to provide strategic technical guidance, assess legacy systems, and drive the adoption of modern technologies. The role offers an excellent opportunity for an engineering leader to influence and shape the future of the technology architecture.
Responsibilities
- Lead engineering activities across the pricing transformation initiative.
- Assess existing legacy systems to identify improvement opportunities.
- Provide technical guidance on modernization strategies and investments.
- Support engineering teams in adopting modern technologies and practices.
- Communicate technical challenges and options to non-technical stakeholders.
- Influence technical direction across products and platforms.
- Drive architectural decision-making in both legacy and modern environments.
- Promote engineering excellence and continuous improvement initiatives.
Requirements
- Proven experience as an Engineering Manager in complex tech environments.
- Strong background in technology transformation and modernization initiatives.
- Experience with both legacy and modern technology stacks.
- Solid understanding of software engineering principles and architecture.
- Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills.
- Ability to translate business goals into actionable technical strategies.
- Experience influencing technical decisions across various teams.
- Broad exposure to diverse technologies and approaches.