Key Responsibilities:

• Lead end-to-end design and implementation of system integration solutions.
• Oversee integration journeys on various 3rd party APIs and ensure robust connectivity between legacy systems, cloud-native services, and digital platforms.
• Define and enforce API standards and best practices across the architecture.
• Architect scalable, cloud-native microservices solutions on cloud platform. 
• Provide guidance on full-stack development projects, ensuring that application, integration, and API layers align with modern architectural principles.
• Evaluate and implement transformative digital solutions, including API gateways and modernisation initiatives.
• Manage and mentor an existing team of 2–3 integration and common services engineers, fostering professional growth and high performance.
• Collaborate with digital PMs and business stakeholders to shape and deliver complex technical projects.
• Drive cross-functional collaboration and act as a bridge between technical teams and business units.
• Pioneering technical discussions, sharing your integration philosophy, thought process, and decision rationale.
• Represent technology discussion in strategic meetings, clearly articulating technical solutions in both Cantonese (preferred) and English.
• Engage in planning for potentially international travel to align with global project initiatives.

Required Qualifications:

• Around 10+ years of experience in technology leadership with demonstrable hands-on experience in system integration, API development, and application architecture.
• A strong background in Full-Stack Development, with a solution/application/integration architect skillset.
• Solid experience in the financial services or insurance space (FSI domain expertise is highly desirable—even if not exclusively in insurance).
• Proven expertise in API development & gateway technologies.
• Hands-on experience with cloud platforms and microservices architecture. AWS exposure is an added advantage.
• Demonstrated success in leading digital transformation and modernization initiatives.
• Excellent communication in Chinese (Cantonese / Mandarin) and English, clarity, and the ability to articulate complex technical concepts confidently.
• Experience managing teams and mentoring talent, with a clear vision for technical leadership.