VP - Technology Manager

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:
Reference Data Technology is responsible for the strategy, sourcing, maintenance, and distribution of Reference Data across the Bank. It is also responsible for Global Markets Client Onboarding, Reg W, and FMU Reporting. Reference Data comprises 3 main categories - Client, Instrument and Book. Reference Data Technology is a provider of data for Front to Back Flows, Enterprise Supply Chain, Risk, Banking, GWIM and Compliance. PME and Bookmap are the firm's Authorized Data Sources for Instrument and Book data. Cesium is the System of Record for Client data in Global Markets. Some of the data domains include but are not limited to:

• Client Counterparty: Organizations, Individuals, Prospects, Contacts
• Client Accounts & SSIs: Cash, Derivatives, Processing
• Book: trading Books, Subledgers, Volcker classifications
• Instruments: Listed Products, Cleared Products, EOD Pricing, Holiday Calendars

Job Description
Generative AI (GenAI) presents an exciting opportunity to derive valuable insights from data and drive revenue growth, efficiencies, and improved business processes. Technology will collaborate with Global Markets Sales & Trading, Quantitative Strategies & Data Group (QSDG) & Platform teams to the design and buildout its global GenAI platform.

The platform will cater to a rapidly growing number of use cases that harness the power of GenAI. Both proprietary and open-source Large Language Models, and large structured and un-structured data sets will be leveraged to produce insights for Global Markets and its clients.

We are seeking a Software Engineer to build this platform. In this role, you will ensure that software is developed to meet functional, non-functional and compliance requirements, and solutions are well designed with maintainability/ease of integration and testing built-in from the outset.

Hands-on engagement in the full software lifecycle activities is expected. This includes requirements analysis, architecture design, coding, testing, and deployment. Job expectations include a strong knowledge of development and testing practices common to the industry and design and architectural patterns.

Responsibilities:

• Hands on people and project manager role.
• Responsible for managing a mid-sized team and also oversee their deliverables on day-to-day basis
• Expected to contribute in his/her own individual capacity to software development and design and code reviews
• Design, develop, and modify architecture components, application interfaces, and solution enablers while ensuring principal architecture integrity is maintained.
• Mentor other software engineers and coach team on Continuous Integration and Continuous Development (CI-CD) practices and automating tool stack.
• Code solutions and implement automated unit tests to deliver a requirement/story per the defined acceptance criteria and compliance requirements.
• Help evaluate and execute a proof of concept as necessary to implement new ideas or mitigate risk.
• Design, develop, and maintain automated test suites (integration, regression, performance).
• Ensure solution meets product acceptance criteria with minimal technical debt.
• Troubleshoot build and setup failures and facilitate resolution.
• Ensure execution and delivery meets technology's expectations in terms of the functionality, quality, performance, reliability, and timeline.
• Communicate status frequently to technology partners.

Requirements:
Education:
BE / BTech / MTech / MCA / MSc

Certifications (if any):
NA

Experience Range:
15 to 20 years in similar roles. Preferably in the financial industry

Foundational Skills:

• Some exposure to manage mid-sized teams
• Hands-on experience in AI/Gen AI system design, implementation, and scaling, with expertise in large language models (LLMs) and AI frameworks.
• Expertise in Advanced of Python Development and full-stack technologies.
• Proven ability to architect enterprise-scale solutions
• Hands-on experience in application development in one or more areas MongoDB, Redis, React Framework, Impala, Autosys, FAST API services, Containerization.
• Working in large sized teams that collaboratively develop on a shared multi-repo codebase using IDEs (e.g. VS Code rather than Jupyter Notebooks), Continuous Integration (CI), Continuous Deployment (CD) and Continuous Testing
• Hands-on DevOps experience with one or more of the following enterprise development tools: Version Control (GIT/Bitbucket), Build Orchestration (Jenkins), Code Quality (SonarQube and pytest Unit Testing), Artifact Management (Artifactory) and Deployment (Ansible)
• Experience with agile development methodologies and building supportability into applications
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Experience with developing frameworks and tools specific to AI/ML applications.
• Familiarity with cloud platforms and development in cloud environments.
• Ability to communicate clearly and effectively to a wide range of audience (business stakeholders, developer & support teams).
• Self-starter. Able to break down complex problems into smaller problems, manage dependencies, and efficiently drive through to a solution
• Detail oriented & highly organized.
• Adaptable to shifting & competing priorities.

Desired Skills:

• Experience in Global markets domain

Work Timings
: 11:30am to 8:30pm IST

Job Location:
Chennai