I_SDS Madrid_Digital Channel Senior Tech Lead

Position Title: Digital Channel Senior Tech Lead

Division/Soc: Banco Santander Internacional 

Area: IT – Digital Channels

Location: Madrid                                            

Banco Santander Internacional is looking for a Digital Channel Development Manager, based in our Madrid office.

WHY YOU SHOULD CONSIDER THIS OPPORTUNITY

At Santander (www.santander.com) we are key players in the transformation of the financial sector. Do you want to join us?

Santander Global Technology (SGT) is the team of technology and operations at Santander. We are convinced of the importance of technology that is aligned with the requirements of the business and that out work not only brings value to users, people and communities but also fosters individual creativity. Our team of over 2,000 people in 7 countries (Spain, Portugal, UK, USA, Mexico, Chile and Brazil) develops and/or implements financial solutions across a broad spectrum of technologies (including Blockchain, Big Data and Angular among others) on all kinds of on-premise and cloud-based platforms.

Santander is proud of being an organization where the people have equal opportunities regardless of gender identity, culture and disability. Our mission is to contribute to help more people and business prosper. We need people like you to help us with your professional experience to continue in this way.

WHAT YOU WILL BE DOING

As our new Digital Channel Senior Tech Lead, you will be a vital member of the Digital Strategy Team. Your primary responsibility will be to guide developers within the private banking sector. You will work closely with architecture, security and other departments to comprehend client requirements and expectations, manage and enhance the development process, and ensure the successful delivery of high-quality, secure software solutions in coordination with other IT and Operations teams.

This position demands technical expertise and technical leadership skills to oversee the development and optimization of digital systems.

We need someone like you to help us in different fronts:

Software development oversight

• Provide technical guidance and expertise to the development team
• Hire, coach and train new team members.
• Ensuring the use of best practices and adherence to coding standards and tools.
• Review and assess software design and architecture to ensure scalability, resilience, security and efficiency.
• Collaborate with the development team in the development, testing, deployment, and support of the software applications
• To ensure product quality and manage technical risks.
• Team leadership and management

Team leadership and management

• Lead a team of software developers, including both employees and consultants, involved in the hiring and training processes.
• Guide teams from technology view, interact with architecture, backend leads, and Front-end leads.
• Assign and prioritize tasks, setting clear objectives for the development team leads.
• Promote a collaborative and positive work environment, fostering teamwork, system documentation, and best practices sharing.
• Ability to be lead in various developments in parallel.
• The ability to analyze, validate, test, and integrate third-party technical solutions

Project Execution

• Contribute to the successful development of project plans; contribute to the estimation of timelines, plant the right resource allocation.
• Coordinate with streams technical leads to ensure smooth project execution.
• Monitor progress, identify and mitigate risks, resolve blocker and, ensure the quality of the deliverable from a technical perspective

Stakeholders Management

• Serve as primary point of contact for developers and tech leads
• Collaborate with other teams to understand business needs, goals and technical requirements.
• Closely collaboration with the Digital Channel manager with the ability to influence technical decisions

Continuous Improvement

• Stay up to date with industry trends, emerging technologies, and best practices in software development.
• Identify opportunities to improve development processes, and tools
• Foster culture of continuous learning, collaboration within the different development teams,

EXPERIENCE

Minimum of 5-8 years as Software Engineer experience with 3+ years of management experience. Proven experience in leading technical teams in the banking or financial service industries

EDUCATION

Bachelor’s or master’s degree in computer science, Software Engineering, or related field

SKILLS & KNOWLEDGE

• Strong knowledge of software development, tools and technologies.
• Deep understanding of programming languages, software development, relevant technologies and methodologies, with proven previous experience with technical stack used by BSI
  • Front End: Angular, Swift and Kotlin
  • Back End: Java, Javascript, Spring Boot, Microservices, Zuul and Spring cloud gateways
  • Infrastructure: Openshift, Azure, ApiConnect, IIB and Rabbit MQ
  • Oracle and PostgreSQL data base
• Excellent technical leadership and communication skills.
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously.
• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills been able to effectively analyze complex technical issues, investigate root causes, and innovate creative solutions and decision-making abilities.
• Ability to become the technical reference point around which projects pivot from a technological perspective.
• English and Spanish (both spoken and written).

OTHER INFORMATION

If you want to know more about us, follow us on https://es.linkedin.com/company/banco-santander