Technical Lead / Architect Angular & Microservices - 6 months Remote Contract
Contract: 6 months (extendable)
Location: Remote (Offshore)
Technical Lead Digital Banking Platform
Overview
We are supporting a leading organisation in the financial services sector seeking a Technical Lead to take architectural ownership of a large-scale digital banking platform.
This individual will be responsible for defining technical direction, ensuring engineering excellence, and leading both frontend and backend delivery across a modern, cloud-native architecture.
Key Responsibilities
- Define and govern the overall system architecture for a multi-layered banking platform
- Lead the design and technical strategy across Angular-based frontend and microservices-driven backend services
- Oversee full SDLC governance including architecture, development standards, testing, and deployment
- Ensure solutions meet enterprise standards for scalability, security, performance, and resilience
- Provide hands-on technical leadership, including mentoring engineers and conducting code reviews
- Collaborate closely with Cloud and DevOps teams to drive CI/CD maturity and release management
- Establish and maintain engineering best practices and technical controls
Experience & Profile
- 8+ years experience in software engineering, including technical leadership responsibilities
- Proven expertise in architecting enterprise Angular applications
- Strong background in designing and implementing microservice architectures
- Experience delivering cloud-native solutions within regulated environments
- Solid understanding of SDLC frameworks, governance, and engineering quality standards
- Strong stakeholder communication skills with the ability to translate complex technical concepts
