The API Engineering Factory is an exciting and growing unit that own full-stack technology development across a number of strategic integration platforms and products. We are building a team of creative, likeminded technology enthusiasts who have the skills and capabilities to deliver industry leading software solutions to meet the current and future needs of a market leading Digital Relationship Bank.
The API Factory engineering services span systems integration architecture, design, security, API delivery and platform tooling and support. The API Factory has fully embraced ways of working such as scaled agile, DevOps and CI/CD in a highly collaborative team environment.
Purpose of the Role
You will be responsible for the technical leadership and mentoring of engineering squads, ensuring that incoming change is ‘engineering ready’, that technical development processes and tooling is appropriate and effective, and that the quality of the solutions delivered into operational support are fit for purpose.
What is the opportunity
You will work in a team of like-minded professionals with a broad range of experience and backgrounds across IT and the Business. You will help shape, guide and establish the ways of working, participate in exciting new technology initiatives and develop strategic capabilities to enable the banks shift to a digital relationship Bank. The Engineering function offers great prospects for career progression within the Bank along with opportunities to build and grow highly sought-after technical skills and capabilities.
Working at Bank of Ireland doesn\\\’t have to mean working in an office to have an impact. Our commitment to enabling colleagues to thrive means that depending on role type you can have choice and flexibility in where you work and live, subject to your role, customer needs and our requirements. We have a hybrid working model, with home, agile hub and office based options available. We will always list a primary location which can be where you go for in person collaboration, and a location where you can best perform your role.
Please note you must live in the jurisdiction for the business to which you are contracted.
This job can be done anywhere in ROI with the primary office location as Dublin to which travel will be required for in person collaboration. Exact frequency to be agreed with manager.
Key Accountabilities
- Providing technical guidance to engineering squads across a number of technology disciplines
- Leading the process to assess whether incoming change is ‘engineering ready’ and works with business and IT colleagues to establish and manage entry requirements
- Defining the technical capabilities and resource profiles required within the squads, and works with internal resource management and external delivery partners to ensure the right capability is in place within the teams
- Being a leader for other engineers and ensures that career path and knowledge sharing is embedded in ways of working, also providing coaching and developing other engineers
- Ensuring engineering squads have the requisite tooling, methodology and process to drive delivery efficiency
- Identifying, developing proposals and managing the execution of initiatives to automate, simplify and scale services
- Leading the analysis and idea generation of tools and techniques to drive down the cost of Change
- As a People Manager and member of IT Engineering Leadership team you will drive engagement, and will be accountable for demonstrating and role modelling the Group values and behaviours through your people management and the way in which you deliver business goals
Essential Qualifications
BSc or MSc on Engineering based discipline (specialization on automation, continuous process improvement or manufacturing, project/program management).
Essential Skills & Experience
- Proven experience as Engineering Lead in the development of frontend & backend software, infrastructure services and data assets
- Deep technical knowledge of Integration architecture and technologies (e.g. Mulesoft)
- Demonstrablestrong track record of team leadership or technical roles within an Operations, Manufacturing or IT function.
- Experience of complex operational processes and continuous performance improvement initiatives.
- Strong knowledge of DevOps, Lean, Six Sigma and Kaizen methodologies
- Strong analytical, mediation and problem resolution skills and the ability to evaluate complex processes.
- Good communication skills, both written and verbal with the ability to present complex technical information in a clear and concise manner to a variety of audiences
Desirable Qualifications, Skills & Experience
- SAFe Agile Software Engineering
Key Competencies
- Customer Focused – Leader
- One Group, one team – Leader
- Accountable – Leader
- Champion Transformation – Leader
- Agile – Leader
Where Agency assistance is required Bank of Ireland Recruitment Team will engage directly with suppliers. Unsolicited CVs / profiles supplied to Bank of Ireland by Recruitment Agencies will not be accepted for this role.
Bank of Ireland Group is an equal opportunities employer and is committed to fostering an inclusive workplace which values and benefits from the diversity of our workforce.
