Head of Software Engineering / Engineering Lead (Banking & Fintech)

About the role

Inspire Executive Limited is recruiting on behalf of a retail bank in Hong Kong for a Head of Software Engineering / Engineering Lead. The role oversees end-to-end software delivery and leads the engineering digital transformation roadmap, combining hands-on technical leadership with responsibility for scaling offshore development teams, modernizing enterprise architecture and supporting the delivery of financial products. It is a full-time, onsite position in Hong Kong.

Key responsibilities

• Establish delivery governance, code quality standards, automated testing practices and performance KPIs, and foster collaboration and accountability across distributed teams.
• Champion cloud-native architecture, CI/CD automation and containerization, and give technical direction for scalable backend systems built with Java, Spring Boot, microservices, REST APIs and event-driven architectures.
• Act as escalation point for critical production incidents, lead incident management and root cause analysis, and advance high availability and disaster recovery planning in regulated environments.

Required profile

• 10+ years in software engineering, including 5+ years in senior leadership in banking, digital banking or fintech.
• Track record leading large-scale platform modernization or digital transformation, and experience scaling offshore teams.
• Fluent in Cantonese and Mandarin; strong executive communication, vendor negotiation and cross-cultural leadership skills.

Required skills

• Java, Spring Boot, microservices, REST APIs and event-driven architecture.
• Front-end engineering experience.
• AWS, GCP or Azure, Kubernetes, Docker and CI/CD.
• Incident management, high availability and disaster recovery in regulated environments.

What we offer

• Salary range of HKD 70kpm to 100kpm.
• Full-time, onsite position in Hong Kong.
• Benefits and bonus of 1-3 months.