Technical Lead

Job Description Insight Global is seeking an experienced Tech Lead to design, build, and enhance highthroughput payments applications supporting major global programmes, including ISO 20022 migrations (CHAPS, TARGET2, SWIFT CBPR+), realtime payments, and payment engine modernisation.This role is fully handson while also providing technical leadership, solution design, and direction across multiple delivery squads.Key ResponsibilitiesLead design and development of Javabased microservices, eventdriven systems, and REST APIs.Deliver solutions aligned to ISO 20022, RTP schemes, message transformations (XML/JSON), and payment routing/validation.Implement integration patterns using Mule ESB or similar middleware, messaging, and Kafka.Own architecture decisions, design reviews, and technical standards adherence.Drive quality engineering: TDD/BDD, JUnit, Cucumber, secure coding, CI/CD enforcement.Collaborate with DevOps/SRE to enhance pipelines, automation, monitoring, and production readiness.Provide daytoday technical leadership, mentoring engineers, and coordinating with 10+ dependent teams.Ensure compliance with regulatory timelines, nonfunctional requirements, and auditready documentation.MustHave ExperienceExperience of handson software engineering in financial services or highscale regulated environments.Team/technical leadership experience.Strong expertise in Java/J2EE, REST, microservices, and distributed systems.Payments experience: CHAPS, TARGET2, CBPR+, RTP, or similar.Oracle SQL/PLSQL and performance tuning for large transactional systems.Deep XML/JSON expertise; ISO 20022 transformations.Integration tech: Mule ESB, messaging, Kafka.Strong SDLC knowledge (Agile/Waterfall) plus CI/CD and DevOps tooling.TDD/integration testing frameworks (JUnit, Cucumber).Strong communication skills and ability to influence technical direction.

Created: 2026-04-29