The world’s top banks use Zafin’s integrated platform to drive transformative customer value. Powered by an innovative AI-powered architecture, Zafin’s platform seamlessly unifies data from across the enterprise to accelerate product and pricing innovation, automate deal management and billing, and create personalized customer offerings that drive expansion and loyalty.

Zafin empowers banks to drive sustainable growth, strengthen their market position, and define the future of banking centered around customer value.

Technical Lead

Established in 2002, Zafin is the award-winning global leader in cloud-based product and pricing solutions for banks, enabling its clients to create and execute innovative products and propositions to respond to market challenges and opportunities at speed. The company is transforming the banking industry—catalyzing core modernization and digital transformation strategies, enabling improved customer experiences, driving revenue, and increasing operational efficiency across the globe. Zafin’s platform is proven. The company has high impact installations in place delivering value at more than 30 banks worldwide.

Zafin is privately owned and operates out of multiple global locations including North America, Europe, and Australia. Zafin is backed by significant financial partners committed to accelerating the company’s growth, fuelling innovation, and ensuring Zafin’s enduring value as a leading provider of cloud-based solutions to the financial services sector.

Zafin is proud to be recognized as a top employer. In Canada, UK and India, we are certified as a “Great Place to Work”. The Great Place to Work program recognizes employers who invest in and value their people and organizational culture. The company’s culture is driven by strategy and focused on execution. We make and keep our commitments.

What is the opportunity?

Reporting to the Senior Product Architect, the Technical lead will provide solutions to technical issues, and will be responsible for meeting development schedules and ensuring the delivered solution meets the technical specifications and design requirements.

Location – Trivandrum, India

What will you do?

Thoroughly understand the requirements and design.
Collaborate with internal teams on various deliverables.
Understand High Level Design and prepare the Low-level design (the Integration / Interface modules) for the module assigned.
Code reviews and other project documents developed by juniors / peers.
Collaborate & work closely with Product teams, Project Managers, Architects, Software Engineers, Business Analysts & QA teams in different locations.
Review and report the status of development & proactively address issues/challenges which might impact the timelines.
Embed & enforce quality and standards with Development team.
Continually improve quality of delivery and capability by building and growing a high-performance team.
Review and report the deliverables to manager.
Contribute to company’s KB and Process improvements.
Adhere to company core standards & guidelines.
Assign accurate & detailed tasks regularly to the team.
Conduct model level effort estimation and integrate for complete application.
Performance Engineering, Tuning, and architecting scalable

What do I need to succeed?

Must have:

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science/Engineering, Information Technology, or related field
10+ years of work experience, along with equivalent lead experience.
Strong database and query building knowledge across multiple databases
Knowledge on Application Servers like JBoss / Websphere / Weblogic.
Domain knowledge of banking and financial institutions and/or large enterprise IT environment will be a strong asset.
Proficient in core development tools.
8+ years of experience with enterprise software development
Product implementation experience
Experience with enterprise software development in JAVA, J2EE, Spring and Hibernate Frameworks, Web Services, MQ and REST-based APIs
Strong experience in multi-threaded server-side Java programming
Proven experience in the use of Eclipse, Maven, Sonar, JUnit tools.
Experience working with agile methodologies.
JBuilder / Java / Servlets / EJB
HTML / DHTML/ Java Script/XML/CSS
J2EE / WebLogic/ WebSphere/Spring/Hibernate/Struts/Report framework
MS SQL, Oracle, DB 2, OOAD, UML
Ability to work in remote and/or office setting
Fast paced environment with tight deadlines
Support offshore hours / time zones
Flexibility with working hours based on team and client needs

Nice to have:

Strong, clear, and concise written and verbal communication skills
Strong interpersonal skills and can foster team collaboration.
Out of the box thinking approach ability to conceptualize and articulate new approaches and solutions
Ability to collaborate and communicate to achieve positive outcomes
Detail-oriented and strong ability to prioritize and meet deadlines.
Aptitude to solve problems
Ability to conceptualize and articulate new approaches and solutions in analysis at all levels of organization
Pro-active and has a strong desire to learn.

What's in it for you?

If you work with us, we expect you’ll show the spirit, drive, and intellect that makes you great. We offer a challenging, team-oriented work environment, competitive remuneration and benefits, and excellent opportunities for professional and personal growth. If you believe you are up for the challenge, please apply.

Zafin welcomes and encourages applications from people with disabilities. Accommodations are available on request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process.

Zafin is committed to protecting both the privacy and security of the personal information collected from all applicants throughout the recruitment process. The methods in which Zafin collects, uses, stores, handles, retains or discloses applicant information can be accessed by reviewing Zafin’s privacy policy at https://zafin.com/privacy/.

What’s in it for you

Joining our team means being part of a culture that values diversity, teamwork, and high-quality work. We offer competitive salaries, annual bonus potential, generous paid time off, paid volunteering days, wellness benefits, and robust opportunities for professional growth and career advancement. Want to learn more about what you can look forward to during your career with us? Visit our careers site and our openings: zafin.com/careers

Zafin welcomes and encourages applications from people with disabilities. Accommodations are available on request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process.

Zafin is committed to protecting the privacy and security of the personal information collected from all applicants throughout the recruitment process. The methods by which Zafin contains uses, stores, handles, retains, or discloses applicant information can be accessed by reviewing Zafin’s privacy policy at https://zafin.com/privacy-notice/. By submitting a job application, you confirm that you agree to the processing of your personal data by Zafin described in the candidate privacy notice.