Senior Delivery Lead - Technology - GBS IND

Job Description:

About Us

At Bank of America, we are guided by a common purpose to help make financial lives better through the power of every connection.  Responsible Growth is how we run our company and how we deliver for our clients, teammates, communities, and shareholders every day.

One of the keys to driving Responsible Growth is being a great place to work for our teammates around the world. We’re devoted to being a diverse and inclusive workplace for everyone. We hire individuals with a broad range of backgrounds and experiences and invest heavily in our teammates and their families by offering competitive benefits to support their physical, emotional, and financial well-being.

Bank of America believes both in the importance of working together and offering flexibility to our employees. We use a multi-faceted approach for flexibility, depending on the various roles in our organization.

Working at Bank of America will give you a great career with opportunities to learn, grow and make an impact, along with the power to make a difference. Join us!

Global Business Services

Global Business Services delivers Technology and Operations capabilities to Lines of Business and Staff Support Functions of Bank of America through a centrally managed, globally integrated delivery model and globally resilient operations.

Global Business Services is recognized for flawless execution, sound risk management, operational resiliency, operational excellence, and innovation.

In India, we are present in five locations and operate as BA Continuum India Private Limited (BACI), a non-banking subsidiary of Bank of America Corporation and the operating company for India operations of Global Business Services.

Process Overview

Global Markets Technology & Operations delivers end‑to‑end technology and operations solutions for Global Markets, including FX, Equities, Prime Brokerage, and FICC. Within this group, the Fixed Income, Currencies and Commodities Technology (FICC Tech) team builds and supports systems for pricing, trade capture, allocations, risk, surveillance, market data, and counterparty credit. The group manages 70+ systems across all three regions, covering both flow and derivatives products across 30+ trading desks .In India, FICC Tech operates within BA Continuum with 400+ employees across Chennai, Hyderabad, and Mumbai, including a 95+ member team within FICC ASD.

Job Description:

We’re looking for a hands‑on Platform Engineering Lead to help shape and run the core compute and orchestration platform behind Quartz. we value strong fundamentals, Strong infrastructure engineering background, Deep technical expertise with ability to operate independently, fully hands‑on — capable of designing, building, troubleshooting, and driving technical execution and Proven ownership of complex, high‑impact workloads

Responsibilities: - Modernize the platform that enables multiple lines of business to build, deploy, and seamlessly share applications, business logic, and data across the organization.

Technical Leadership

• Lead the design, development, and operation of distributed systems powering the Quartz (refer the note section on what is Quartz) platform.
• Establish and evolve engineering standards, best practices, and technical direction for the team.
• Serve as a hands-on technical expert, supporting engineers through design reviews, code mentorship, and troubleshooting complex platform issues.
• Partner with product, architecture, operations, and application teams to deliver a scalable, resilient, and secure compute platform.

People & Delivery Leadership

• Mentor and grow platform engineers through coaching, feedback, and career development.
• Drive an engineering culture based on ownership, accountability, and continuous improvement.
• Coordinate cross-team initiatives, aligning priorities and ensuring timely delivery of platform capabilities.
• Communicate effectively with senior stakeholders, articulating trade-offs, risks, and solution approaches.

Requirements

Education - Bachelors/Master’s degree in computer science or engineering

Certifications If Any – NA

Experience Range- 14 Yrs – 17 Yrs

Foundational skills:

• Experience in software development using agile software development life cycle methodologies (Covering requirements, design, development, testing and Implementation of n-tier architecture)
• Extensive experience with object-oriented principals and software development methodologies and practices.
• Java, Go, Java, Python, C++, Rust, or C# J2EE, NO SQL (MONGO)
• Hands-on experience with Docker, Podman, or similar container technologies.
• Proven experience deploying/operating workloads in Kubernetes, ideally OpenShift.
• Experience with HashiCorp stack, Nomad for workload orchestration.
• Excellent Communication and Stakeholder engagement Skills

Desired skills:

• Experience with public cloud platforms such as Azure, AWS, or GCP
• Experience with distributed compute frameworks such as Spark, Dask, or Ray
• Experience implementing observability solutions, particularly OpenTelemetry
• Experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines using tools such as Jenkins, TeamCity, or Buildbot
• Familiarity with enterprise-grade security and compliance requirements in regulated environments

Work Timings: 11 AM to 8 PM

Job Location: Chennai