Position Title - AVP Technology
Location - Mumbai
Reporting to - The CEO (the reporting may change as the company evolves further)
Background to the position
Credility is looking for a AVP Technology to work with us to perform following job duties.
● Design and solve complex technical challenges by building POC or coding the feature independently.
● Knowledge and experience in Finance/loan/leasing solution architecture, application management
● Perform Technical feasibility; drive shaping up the product through its life cycle to ensure scalability, performance, security & compliance standards
● Experience in setting up Architecture and technology vision and adoption of technology advancements into product delivery and produce design documents.
● Setting best practices across coding process
● Define the complete technical infrastructure environment
● Document current, intermediate, and future state technical architectures that support the product’s vision and mission.
● Assist product development teams and project team to provide technical leadership and guidance
● Drive technical issues to closure with problem solving skills and ready to do hands on work
● Should be well versed with security, performance, maintenance and usability aspects of product designs
● Stay updated of new technologies and of changes in technologies that affect back end and front-end web development
● Support architecture governance through use of effective metrics that informs and influences executive decisions.
● Effectively communicates and influences others towards moving to future state architectures.
● Acts as a mentor to less experienced colleagues
● Promote technical standards, guidelines, best practices and quality control measures for enabling and implementing software systems.
● Keeping a constant check on the quality and effectiveness of the code so that at no point there is a deviation from the industry standard
● Monitor the technical competencies of the company by looking for new technology and techniques
● Ability to solve complex IT issues.
● Ability to work under pressure and adhere to deadlines
Key Result Areas
● Helping the development teams about the quality of their code, tuning their development and testing processes
● Providing technical leadership to the dev and ops teams, solving their problems, clearing technical roadblocks they may face from time to time
● Exploring, testing, and making production-ready new software packages, technical tools and hardware accessories and plug-ins which the team may never have worked with before
● Defining release engineering processes to release new versions of the Software
Key Performance Indicators
● Number of problem escalations resolved
● Contribution towards new components that are explored and integrated into the system
● Technical leadership in improving software quality through direct assistance to developers and through setting processes and standards
● Quality of support & guidance provided to developers in technical challenges
DESIRED PROFILE
Qualification & Experience, skills
● Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent) in a technical discipline; a master’s degree would be a plus
● Experience in Fintech (Loan Industry/ LOS) and B2B applications
● Minimum 15+ Years of working experience as a Technical Architect with 5+ years in PHP Laravel
● He should be comfortable with coding independently.
● Experience of database design and best coding practices.
● Strong technical expertise, experience in Product Engineering and service-oriented architecture (SOA)
● Experience with Product-centric Organizations Skills: - PHP, Python, Kotlin, PostgreSQL, MySQL, NoSQL (MongoDB), Microservices, Azure/AWS Cloud, ELK Stack, PHP Laravel, Nodejs
● Excellent communication skills (oral and written) including an ability to communicate effectively at senior levels within organization
● Ability to work independently toward stated business goals
Key Responsibilities
Product Development & Technology Strategy:
● Lead the end-to-end product development lifecycle, ensuring scalability, performance, and security.
● Define and drive the technology roadmap aligned with business goals and industry best practices.
● Architect and implement scalable solutions using PHP, Python, Kotlin, PostgreSQL, MySQL, NoSQL (MongoDB), and microservices.
Research & Development (R&D):
● Stay abreast of emerging technologies and evaluate their potential impact on Credility’s product offerings.
● Drive innovation by experimenting with new technologies, frameworks, and best practices.
● Foster a culture of continuous learning and improvement within the technology team.
Implementation & Technical Support:
● Act as a technology guide for the Implementation team, providing support and troubleshooting complex technical issues.
● Ensure seamless integration of Credility's solutions with client environments.
● Work closely with cross-functional teams to optimize implementation processes.
Training & Mentorship:
● Develop and conduct training programs for team leads and engineers to enhance their technical proficiency.
● Foster knowledge sharing and collaboration across teams to improve overall technical capability.
● Mentor junior engineers and contribute to career development initiatives.
Cloud & Infrastructure Management:
● Oversee cloud architecture on Azure/AWS, ensuring high availability and security.
● Manage infrastructure monitoring using ELK Stack and other observability tools.
● Optimize performance and cost efficiency of cloud resources.
Technical Leadership & Best Practices:
● Promote clean coding, software design principles, and best practices for development and deployment.
● Implement DevOps methodologies and CI/CD pipelines for efficient product releases.
● Collaborate with product managers and stakeholders to align technology initiatives with business objectives.
Must have Competencies (only 4)
● Tenacity in technical matters
● Analytical skills
● Quality consciousness
● Priority towards fundamentals and depths of a subject
Desirable competencies
● Excellent written and spoken communication skills
Preferred industry as source of talent
● International product-oriented technology companies
● For example: Salesforce
