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Chief Architect

Intellect Design Arena Ltd·Posted yesterday

Location

All India, Chennai

Experience

20+ years

Required Skills

ArchitecturePaymentsCash ManagementTrade FinanceMicroservicesAPIsContainerizationEnterprise IntegrationJ2EEStakeholder ManagementCommunicationEnterprise Technology LeadershipEngineering DeliveryDigital Transaction BankingCorporate Banking PlatformsCloudNative ArchitecturesDevSecOpsAIEnabled Engineering TransformationAIDLC PracticesCustomerFacing Leadership

About the Role

As a Chief Technology Officer (CTO) at Intellect, your role will involve driving the technology strategy, architecture, scalability, and modernization of Intellects Digital Transaction Banking platform. You will be required to have deep expertise in enterprise banking platforms, transaction banking architecture, cloud-native engineering, and large-scale transformation programs. It is essential that you work closely with customers, product leadership, engineering, delivery, and business stakeholders to build highly scalable, resilient, AI-enabled, and future-ready banking platforms across various banking domains such as Payments, Cash Management, Liquidity Management, API banking, Trade Finance, and Corporate Banking transformation initiatives globally.

Key Responsibilities: - Define and drive the technology vision, enterprise architecture, and modernization roadmap for the Digital Transaction Banking platform. - Lead architecture and engineering strategy across cloud-native, microservices-based banking platforms. - Drive platform scalability, resiliency, security, observability, and high-availability initiatives.

  • • Partner with CIOs, CTOs, enterprise architects, and senior customer stakeholders on large-scale digital transformation programs.

  • • Lead architecture governance, solution reviews, and strategic technology decision-making.

  • • Collaborate closely with Product, Engineering, Delivery, and Sales teams to support platform evolution and customer success.

  • • Guide enterprise cloud adoption, DevSecOps practices, API strategy, integration frameworks, and deployment models.

  • • Provide hands-on technical guidance to development and engineering teams, particularly around J2EE and modern cloud-native technologies.

  • • Mentor senior architects and engineering leaders across the organization.

  • • Drive adoption of AI-led development and transformation initiatives, including AIDLC practices.

  • • Stay updated on emerging trends in banking technology, enterprise platforms, cloud, and AI-driven engineering.
  • Required Skills / Abilities: - 25+ years of experience in enterprise technology leadership, architecture, and engineering delivery.

  • • Strong domain expertise in Digital Transaction Banking, Payments, Cash Management, Trade Finance, or Corporate Banking platforms.

  • • Proven track record in designing and scaling enterprise-grade banking solutions within regulated environments.

  • • Deep expertise in cloud-native architectures, microservices, APIs, containerization, DevSecOps, and enterprise integration.

  • • Strong hands-on experience with J2EE and modern engineering frameworks.

  • • Solid understanding of enterprise infrastructure, platform security, observability, resiliency, and high-availability systems.

  • • Demonstrated experience driving AI-enabled engineering transformation and AIDLC adoption.

  • • Excellent stakeholder management, communication, and customer-facing leadership capabilities.

  • • Experience working with global banking customers, product organizations, or BFSI technology firms preferred.

  • • Ability to influence cross-functional teams and drive strategic technology initiatives end-to-end.
  • Qualifications: - Bachelors or Masters degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Information Technology, or related discipline from a premier institute.

  • • MBA or advanced technology/business certifications preferred. As a Chief Technology Officer (CTO) at Intellect, your role will involve driving the technology strategy, architecture, scalability, and modernization of Intellects Digital Transaction Banking platform. You will be required to have deep expertise in enterprise banking platforms, transaction banking architecture, cloud-native engineering, and large-scale transformation programs. It is essential that you work closely with customers, product leadership, engineering, delivery, and business stakeholders to build highly scalable, resilient, AI-enabled, and future-ready banking platforms across various banking domains such as Payments, Cash Management, Liquidity Management, API banking, Trade Finance, and Corporate Banking transformation initiatives globally.
  • Key Responsibilities:

  • • Define and drive the technology vision, enterprise architecture, and modernization roadmap for the Digital Transaction Banking platform.

  • • Lead architecture and engineering strategy across cloud-native, microservices-based banking platforms.

  • • Drive platform scalability, resiliency, security, observability, and high-availability initiatives.

  • • Partner with CIOs, CTOs, enterprise architects, and senior customer stakeholders on large-scale digital transformation programs.

  • • Lead architecture governance, solution reviews, and strategic technology decision-making.

  • • Collaborate closely with Product, Engineering, Delivery, and Sales teams to support platform evolution and customer success.

  • • Guide enterprise cloud adoption, DevSecOps practices, API strategy, integration frameworks, and deployment models.

  • • Provide hands-on technical gui
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