VP, Technical Development Lead -Corporate Tooling, Group Technology

About UOB

United Overseas Bank Limited (UOB) is a leading bank in Asia with a global network of more than 500 branches and offices in 19 countries and territories in Asia Pacific, Europe and North America. In Asia, we operate through our head office in Singapore and banking subsidiaries in China, Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand, as well as branches and offices. Our history spans more than 80 years. Over this time, we have been guided by our values – Honorable, Enterprising, United and Committed. This means we always strive to do what is right, build for the future, work as one team and pursue long-term success. It is how we work, consistently, be it towards the company, our colleagues or our customers.
 

About the Department

Group Technology and Operations (GTO) provides software and system development, information technology support services and banking operations.

We have centralized and standardized the technology components into Singapore, creating a global footprint which can be utilized for supporting our regional subsidiaries and the branches around the world. We operate and support 19 countries with this architecture to provide a secure and flexible banking infrastructure.

Our Operations divisions provide transactional customer services for our businesses while also focusing on cost efficiency through process improvements, automation and straight through processing.

Job Responsibilities

Corporate Tooling team in GMET Shared Platforms is responsible for process automation & re-engineering to simplify complex processes and provide benefits like Improved Efficiency & Productivity, Commoditized & Industrialized processes, Reduced Operational Risk and Measurable & Accurate Outcomes.

• Lead and manage a technical team with focus on delivering banking systems and solutions.
• Implement Python based full stack application instances; analyze the impact on current/new system, research problems and design and implement optimal solutions. Maintain an awareness of the latest technological trends and developments to introduce new processes and products to make things better for the users. 
• Collaborate with Enterprise and Solution Architects to ensure application solution delivered comply with established enterprise application, security and control standards, design principles and guidelines.
• Partner with Solution and Enterprise Architects to deliver technical innovations in support of emerging business needs and progressing these ideas from concepts to working solutions.
• Follow all the Change Management and Engineering Review processes. Ensure changes are completed according to the project and/or release schedule.
• Develop and maintain documentation which will include but is not limited to Standard Operating Procedures and System Architecture Guides and Diagrams adhering to organizational templates, policies, and standards.
• Ensure that the systems built conform to the requirements, principles and models that support the solution architecture overall roadmap.
• Communicate effectively with vendors and internal teams on technical delivery and system maintenance.
• Enforce technical quality in all aspects of project delivery.
• Lead, mentor, and provide technical decisions to develop internal technical team to improve productivity and enhance job satisfaction.
• Perform technical audits to identify lapses in system and recommend upgrade and updates.
• Leading and contributing to cross-team improvement initiatives relating to agile methods, CI/CD tools, people, architecture, project management and governance, including further adoption and improvements to the Bank’s System Development Methodology (SDM)

Job Requirements

• At least 8 years of experience in technical delivery and/or technology implementation 
• Experience in supporting implementing large-scale, highly available applications or large project implementation.
• Strong experience with Python based backend and high-end frontend frameworks.
• Experience with Waterfall/Agile best practices and methods such as Scrum, Continuous Integration, Test Driven Development 
• Good interpersonal and communication skills, both verbal and written.
• Solid experience in solutioning and system design
• Experience in designing and implementing integration with MQ, microservices and high-volume batch processing.
• Strong experience in unit testing concepts and implementation for python & JavaScript components 
• Solid experience in object-oriented design techniques, UML, and object modelling
• Experience with a variety of source control and development tools. 
• Experience with Dev-Ops concepts, practice, and tools.
• Excellent analytical skills (critical thinking, problem solving, and decision-making skills) with a history of driving the development of large software components.
• Hands on experience in development using following technical stack:
  • Frontend development:  Vue/Nuxt3, CSS (SCSS). 
  • Backend development:  Python/Django/REST API Frameworks.
  • OS skills: Linux/Unix with Shell Scripting.
  • Database skills: MS-SQL / Oracle. (Design, Query using SQL , Optimize Queries). 

Be a part of UOB Family

UOB is an equal opportunity employer. UOB does not discriminate on the basis of a candidate's age, race, gender, color, religion, sexual orientation, physical or mental disability, or other non-merit factors. All employment decisions at UOB are based on business needs, job requirements and qualifications. If you require any assistance or accommodations to be made for the recruitment process, please inform us when you submit your online application.

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