Tech Lead (Application Responsible)

BANK JULIUS BAER & CO. LTD.Singaporemycareersfuturepublished 10/12/2026

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This role is for a Tech Lead (Application Responsible) for the software Engineering Team.

Functional / Technical

Understand business / system requirements and translate them into technical solutions that are scalable, stable and fit for purpose
Development and delivery with Java, EJB, Spring Boot, MySQL, Oracle, IBM MQ and Streaming
Responsible and accountable for team of software engineers, ensuring they are productive and aligned with bank goals
Ensure engineering team training needs are identified based on project needs and emerging team and get them organized
Build effective relationship and partnership with internal stakeholders to support their technology needs
Communicate highly technical issues to non-technical audience
Ensure adherence to the bank standards (including code, security and performance)
Help resolve team and inter personnel conflicts
Passionate about technologies and building robust and scalable Java Systems
Analysis, design coding, and implementation of complex and custom-built applications
Work collaboratively with team to achieve goals. Experience working in Agile methodologies, such as Scrum, and/or Extreme programming
Encourage innovation and adoption of new technologies to enhance application usage experience.
Provide technical guidance and expertise, resolve complex technical problems
Investigate and resolve production issues to help maintain a stable production environment; remain calm and effective in crisis

Client / Stakeholder Management (internal & external)

Stake holder management – working closely with finance, business change engineers, and project managers to drive and manage IT delivery
Analyse requirements, estimate efforts, plan timeline, manage progress.
Ensure awareness, involvement and support from the key stakeholders and participants by building strong project teams and maintaining robust communication on the project status throughout its lifecycle
Drive and review technical and architectural design, enforce architectural guidelines and challenge status quo.

Regulatory Responsibilities &/OR Risk Management

Demonstration of appropriate values and behaviours including but not limited to standards on honesty and integrity, due care and diligence, fair dealing (treating customers fairly), management of conflicts of interest, competence and continuous development, adequate risk management, and compliance with applicable laws and regulations
Take responsibility for ensuring that risks and issues are identified and managed closely and drive all stakeholders to deliver on time and to the required quality standards

Professional

Well organized and ability to prioritise and carry out multiple tasks
Able to influence and drive projects to meet key milestones and overcome challenges
Able to translate functional requirements to efficient and fit-for-purpose technical solutions
Preferably, have experience in finance/banking domain.
Significant technology experience essential
Must have both functional as well as line management experience
Demonstrable exposure to process improvement initiatives required

Technical

Must Have:

Core Java 8+ and JUnit.
Spring Boot
Strong computer science knowledge (algorithms, data structures, object-oriented design)
TDD. Able to write acceptance test.
Maven
Basic Linux shell scripting commands
Messaging Concepts. (JMS, MQ, KAFKA)
Relational Database concepts, SQL, joins, index, triggers etc.
Web Services Rest, SOAP.
Spring core concepts.
Experience in SQL queries optimisation
Familiarity with Intellij, Git, SonarQube/SonarLint

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