Technical Lead - Fraud & Risk Platforms

Lead Developer

A leading financial services organization is seeking a hands-on Lead Developer to support the buildout of a next-generation fraud prevention and risk intelligence platform. This initiative focuses on creating real-time event-streaming and authentication systems capable of identifying suspicious behavior and fraudulent activity across digital channels.

This role will serve as a technical lead for a newly expanding engineering team and will play a key role in designing scalable, cloud-native fraud detection applications leveraging Apache Flink and AWS technologies.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and develop scalable fraud detection and event-streaming applications
• Build and maintain Apache Flink streaming pipelines processing millions of events daily
• Develop cloud-native applications using AWS services including EKS, Lambda, API Gateway, DynamoDB, S3, and Step Functions
• Design RESTful APIs and backend services using Java and Spring Boot
• Build asynchronous event-driven solutions using Kafka and Apache Confluent
• Participate in Agile ceremonies, architecture discussions, and SDLC activities
• Provide technical leadership, mentorship, and engineering guidance across teams
• Collaborate closely with architects, engineering leadership, and cross-functional partners

Required Qualifications

• Strong hands-on experience with Apache Flink pipeline development
• Experience building large-scale streaming and event-processing systems
• Strong AWS cloud engineering experience
• Experience with:
• EKS
• Lambda
• API Gateway
• DynamoDB
• S3
• Step Functions
• Java and Spring Boot development experience
• RESTful API development experience
• Kafka or Apache Confluent experience
• Strong communication and problem-solving skills