Tech Lead(Baltic Payments)

You will become the technical lead of a dedicated payments task force in a leading bank, turning enterprise architecture and regulatory requirements into solutions the team can build. You set the technical standard: the quality, security, and integration of what ships rest with you.

This is a hands-on technical leadership role inside a cross-functional team of analysts, developers and QA specialists, working alongside the task-force’s Agile Product Owner. You partner daily with enterprise and solution architects, platform teams and the bank’s architecture and delivery forums, and you are the person the team turns to when a design decision needs to be made.

Key Responsibilities:

• Translate architectural requirements and regulatory needs into solution designs and technical implementation plans
• Define and maintain technical standards, development principles, and solution patterns
• Lead technical design discussions and validate implementation approaches
• Support estimation, technical planning and execution feasibility assessments
• Guide development and QA throughout delivery
• Ensure built-in quality, security, performance, and operational readiness of solutions
• Oversee integration of delivered solutions into the Baltic Payments ecosystem
• Take part in architecture, integration and delivery forums where relevant
• Identify and mitigate technical risks and dependencies
• Support environment setup, infrastructure changes, migrations and other technical initiatives assigned to the task-force

What We Expect

Must-have:

• Strong experience leading complex enterprise application deliveries
• Deep knowledge of Java-based architectures and modern integration patterns
• Hands-on experience with Kafka, APIs, orchestration design, event-driven architecture, microservices and distributed systems
• Experience translating enterprise architecture into implementation-ready solutions
• Strong understanding of CI/CD, DevOps practices and cloud (Azure) environments
• Proven experience in financial services
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills
• Based in Estonia, Latvia, or Lithuania, able to work on-site three days a week

Nice-to-have:

• Payments domain experience
• Camunda for process orchestration
• Background in regulated environments
• Management experience

What’s in it for you:

• Technical ownership of a high-visibility payments programme at one of the region’s largest banks
• B2B contract with competitive senior hourly rate 
• Hybrid(3 days on-site)

Interview Process:

1. Teamence - HR Interview
2. Consultancy interview - Fit & Technical assessment
3. Client interview - Fit & Technical assessment