Engineering Lead Domestic Payments Platform

Role Overview: As a Solution Architect at Standard Chartered, you will collaborate with stakeholders to translate business requirements into scalable and maintainable technology solutions. You will conduct performance optimization and implement best practices to enhance reliability and scalability. Additionally, you will work closely with Product Owners, Security, and Chapters to define and implement Solutions, providing technical leadership and mentorship to development teams for ensuring high-quality software delivery. Your role will also involve fostering a culture of innovation by driving modernization initiatives and continuous improvement strategies, aligning technical solutions with the organization's long-term technology vision and business goals, and leveraging automation CI/CD and Sec Devops practices to improve software development efficiency. Key Responsibilities: - Collaborate with stakeholders to translate business requirements into scalable and maintainable technology solutions - Conduct performance optimization and implement best practices to enhance reliability and scalability - Identify and implement security controls by collaborating with Security teams - Ensure adherence to regulatory compliance, risk mitigation, and governance policies - Work closely with Product Owners, Security, and Chapters to define and implement Solutions - Provide technical leadership and mentorship to development teams, ensuring high-quality software delivery - Foster a culture of innovation by driving modernization initiatives and continuous improvement strategies - Align technical solutions with the organization's long-term technology vision and business goals - Leverage automation CI/CD and Sec Devops practices to improve software development efficiency Qualification Required: - Education: B TECH or BE or MBA grade in Computer Science/ Information Systems or related IT Area; 8 to 16 Years - Knowledge of ATM/POS switching, Debit Card Issuance/Management, Digital Channels interface, Encryption, HSM, and ISO8583 messaging standards - Familiarity with EMV Contact/Contactless, VISA and MasterCard Card Issuing & Acquiring, Scheme compliance requirements - Experience with an EFT transaction switching and processing - Familiarity with PCI DSS and PA DSS compliance requirements - Experience on Switch integration with VISA/Mastercard is mandatory. Others such as UPI, JCB, and National switches - Experience in Web Service integration and APIs - Knowledge of end-to-end systems development life cycles (i.e., waterfall, Agile and other modern approaches to software development) - Excellent in preparing the Solution Architecture document, Functional and technical spec - Excellent problem-solving, team, and time management skills - Experience in Programming Languages and other emerging technologies - Experience in Cloud Services,