Technical Lead - FinTech

Technical Lead (Platform) – FinTech

Location: Plantation, FL | On-site

Employment Type: Full-time

Department: Engineering – FinTech

NationsBenefits is looking for a Technical Lead (Platform) to join our FinTech Engineering team in Plantation, FL.

This role is ideal for an experienced Java engineering leader with strong hands-on expertise in Spring Boot, microservices, cloud platforms, DevOps, scalable application architecture, and secure FinTech systems .

What You’ll Do

• Lead, mentor, and grow a team of high-performing engineers.
• Recruit, onboard, and train engineering talent while promoting development best practices.
• Conduct performance reviews, one-on-ones, and knowledge-sharing sessions.
• Define and execute technical strategy and architecture for scalable, secure, and high-performance FinTech applications.
• Guide engineers through software design, code reviews, debugging, and performance optimization.
• Lead the design, development, and deployment of Java-based microservices using Spring Boot, Hibernate, and RESTful APIs .
• Build fault-tolerant, scalable, and low-latency systems capable of handling high transaction volumes.
• Architect and maintain microservices-based solutions across Azure, AWS, or GCP .
• Work with Docker, Kubernetes, Jenkins, Git, and CI/CD pipelines .
• Collaborate with Product Managers, Program Managers, Business Leaders, and cross-functional teams.
• Promote Agile, DevOps, automation, and continuous improvement.
• Ensure applications comply with financial regulations, data security, privacy standards, GDPR, and PCI DSS .
• Design and optimize SQL/NoSQL databases for large-scale financial transaction processing.
• Work with real-time data processing technologies such as Kafka and Hadoop .

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field.
• 8–12 years of Java development experience .
• 5+ years of experience mentoring or coaching individual contributors .
• Strong experience with:
• Java
• Spring Boot
• Hibernate
• Microservices
• RESTful APIs
• SQL / NoSQL databases
• Experience with AWS, GCP, or Azure .
• Hands-on experience with Git, Jenkins, Kubernetes, Docker, and CI/CD pipelines .
• Strong understanding of Agile methodologies, team leadership, and cross-functional collaboration.
• Proven ability to design and deploy secure applications within regulated environments.

Preferred Experience

• Payment Tokenization and MDES
• Hands-on experience with Mastercard Digital Enablement Service (MDES) APIs, integration patterns, and digital wallet token lifecycle.
• Secure credential provisioning and token management.
• Key and certificate lifecycle management.
• Experience with EMVCo and PCI DSS standards.
• Experience integrating Azure services with payment ecosystems .
• Hands-on experience with:
• Azure Functions
• Azure Key Vault
• Azure App Service
• Strong cloud security knowledge for handling sensitive payment data.
• Experience with Jenkins, Kubernetes, and cloud-based CI/CD pipelines .
• Familiarity with front-end frameworks such as React or Angular .
• Knowledge of Kafka, Hadoop, and distributed data processing tools .

If you have deep Java engineering experience and enjoy leading teams while building scalable, secure FinTech platforms, we’d love to hear from you.