Senior Director, Engineering leads four full-stack teams delivering critical applications for Fitch’s Corporates, Financial Institutions & Sovereigns lines. You will shape a bold technical vision, modernize platforms, and drive greenfield innovation while maintaining reliable production systems. You’ll champion a culture of relentless experimentation and cross-functional collaboration, including ML/AI, to advance global financial intelligence. This role blends strategic leadership with hands-on technical credibility in a fast-moving, high-stakes environment.
Pay / Benefits
executive visibility
backing to innovate and rebuild platforms
opportunity to shape AI-driven fintech platforms
continuous learning and access to latest AI tools/frameworks
career acceleration to principal/executive levels
culture that rewards curiosity and bold ideas
Responsibilities
Set and own the technical vision and strategic direction for four high-performing full-stack teams
challenge existing architectures and practices to create faster, smarter platforms
oversee end-to-end lifecycle of central applications and services for analytical workflows
lead, mentor, and develop team leads and engineers across technical backgrounds
drive modernization of legacy platforms while delivering new systems
pursue greenfield opportunities to design and build new applications and platforms
advocate and implement AI/ML capabilities as core, not peripheral, components
partner with senior leadership and cross-functional stakeholders to align delivery with business goals
Key requirements
18+ years of hands-on software engineering experience with multi-team leadership
leadership of team leads and engineers across full-stack disciplines
deep technical credibility in software architecture, cloud-native platforms, and production-ready delivery
full-stack expertise with React, Java, and/or Python in production
experience on AWS and/or Azure
bias toward experimentation and innovation
modernization and greenfield delivery experience
talent development and cross-functional collaboration
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