Digital Software Engineering Lead Analyst -Vice President

Digital Software Engineering Lead Analyst -Vice President

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Job Overview

The Digital Software Engineering Lead Analyst is a strategic professional who stays current with developments in their field and contributes to the overall technology strategy. As a recognized technical authority, this role requires strong communication and diplomacy skills to guide and influence cross-functional teams and occasionally external stakeholders. The role impacts an entire functional area through the execution of complex deliverables, offering expert advice and ensuring operational excellence.

Responsibilities

• Manage one or more Applications Development teams to achieve established goals, including performing personnel duties (performance reviews, hiring, disciplinary actions).
• Apply deep knowledge across multiple development areas to provide technical oversight of systems and applications.
• Review and analyze proposed technical solutions for ongoing and upcoming projects.
• Contribute to strategy formulation for applications development and related functional partners.
• Develop strong understanding of business areas and how they integrate to meet objectives.
• Provide evaluative judgment in complex, unique scenarios based on factual analysis.
• Monitor delivery outcomes, support budget management, and oversee day-to-day team management including resource planning and work allocation.
• Ensure compliance with operational procedures and contribute to standards definition; negotiate with external vendors/partners as needed.
• Appropriately assess and mitigate risk, ensuring adherence to policies, regulatory requirements, ethical standards, and transparency in managing control issues. Provide effective supervision and establish accountability standards for the team.

Qualifications

Experience

• 10–14 years of relevant experience in the Financial Services industry.

Core Front-End Development Skills

• HTML/CSS: Expertise in semantic HTML, accessibility, web standards, responsive design.
• Strong command of CSS3, Flexbox, Grid, preprocessors (Sass/Less), or CSS-in-JS (Styled Components, Emotion).
• Knowledge of cross-browser compatibility.

Angular Expertise

• Deep understanding of Angular architecture (components, modules, services, directives, pipes).
• Proficiency with Angular CLI, Angular Material, and UI component libraries.
• Experience with NgRx or alternative state management solutions.
• Expertise with Angular Router, lazy loading, guards, resolvers.
• Strong experience with RxJS and handling asynchronous data streams.
• Experience with reactive and template-driven forms including validation.

React Expertise

• Strong understanding of React.js, lifecycle, hooks (useState, useEffect, useContext), functional components.
• Proficiency in JSX, virtual DOM, React Router.
• Experience with Create React App or Next.js/Gatsby.
• Expertise with Redux (Redux Toolkit preferred) and Context API.
• Experience with Formik or React Hook Form.

JavaScript Ecosystem & Tooling

• TypeScript: Strong proficiency with advanced types.
• Node.js & Package Managers: Familiarity with npm/yarn.
• Bundlers: Webpack, Rollup, Vite.
• Linting/Formatting: ESLint, Prettier.

API & Integration

• Strong understanding of RESTful principles, methods, status codes, OAuth/JWT.
• Familiarity with GraphQL.
• Experience with Axios, fetch, and similar libraries.

UI/UX & Performance

• Expertise in responsive/adaptive UI development.
• Understanding of WCAG accessibility standards.
• Knowledge of performance metrics (LCP, FID, CLS) and optimization techniques (lazy loading, code splitting, image optimization).

Development Practices & Tools

• Version Control: Git, GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket.
• CI/CD: Familiarity with automated pipelines.
• Agile: Experience in Agile/Scrum environments.
• Browser Dev Tools: Strong debugging and profiling skills.

Technical Skills

• Languages: Java (Java 8+), Spring Boot, TypeScript/JavaScript, PL/SQL
• Front-End Frameworks: Angular, React
• Back-End Frameworks: Spring Boot, Spring Cloud, RESTful APIs
• Databases: Oracle (SQL, PL/SQL), MongoDB, PostgreSQL, Redis
• DevOps: Docker, Kubernetes, Jenkins, GitLab CI/CD, Maven/Gradle
• Tools: Git, Jira, Confluence, Slack

Education

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience required.