VP, Full Stack Engineer, Wealth Management Technology, Group Technology

Business Function

Group Technology enables and empowers the bank with an efficient, nimble and resilient infrastructure through a strategic focus on productivity, quality & control, technology, people capability and innovation. In Group Technology, we manage the majority of the Bank's operational processes and inspire to delight our business partners through our multiple banking delivery channels.

Job Role

DBS Bank is seeking an exceptional Vice President, Full Stack Engineer, to provide strategic technical leadership in Wealth Management Technology department. This pivotal role will drive the overarching engineering, architecture, and product strategy at a platform level, shaping the future of our digital, advisory, and discretionary investment journeys for millions of customers across retail, affluent, and private banking segments.

You will manage team of engineering, foster innovation, and operate with a long-term strategic vision across digitally managed portfolios and professionally managed discretionary mandates.

Responsibilities

• Drive the strategic architecture and solutioning for enterprise-grade portfolio and wealth management platforms, ensuring scalability, resilience, and future-proofing.

• Lead the design, development, and delivery of complex full-stack solutions across investment and insurance products.

• Oversee and manage up to 3 squads of highly skilled full-stack engineers, providing strategic direction, technical guidance, and fostering a culture of innovation and excellence.

• Champion the adoption of cutting-edge technologies, microservice, distributed micro-frontend architectures, and advanced engineering practices to build world-class platforms.

• Define and enforce best practices for CI/CD, DevOps, and deployment strategies utilizing platforms like OpenShift Container Platform (OCP), ensuring operational excellence and rapid delivery.

• Provide leadership in nurturing and developing engineering talent, including setting performance expectations, providing mentorship, and promoting continuous learning.

• Evaluate and integrate AI assistant coding tools and other emerging technologies into the development ecosystem to maximize efficiency and innovation.

• Maintain an extensive understanding of the financial services industry, regulatory landscape, and global technology trends, applying this knowledge to steer strategic initiatives.

Requirements

• Extensive and demonstrable experience in architecting, building, and delivering large-scale, enterprise-grade full-stack platforms using Java, Springboot, ReactJS, and Python.

• Proven expertise in designing, implementing and operate mission-critical investment and portfolio managements system that serve millions of users, with a focus on high availability, low latency and strong operational resilience.

• Deep architectural knowledge of distributed systems, micro-services, and advanced micro-frontend patterns.

• Mastery of CI/CD methodologies, advanced DevOps practices, and significant experience with cloud-native deployment platforms such as OpenShift Container Platform (OCP) or similar.

• Exceptional leadership and management experience, with the ability to lead and inspire multiple engineering squads and drive large-scale technical initiatives.

• Strong strategic thinking and planning capabilities, with a proven ability to define and execute long-term technology roadmaps.

• Demonstrated experience in leveraging and integrating AI assistant coding tools and other innovative technologies to enhance engineering productivity and capabilities.

• Outstanding communication, negotiation, and influencing skills, with the ability to articulate complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences.

• A Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field; an advanced degree is a plus.

Location: DBS Asia Hub

Job: Technology

Schedule: Regular

Employee Status: Full time