Description
Job Location
The primary work location for this role is Trivandrum with a hybrid work model.
About Envestnet
Envestnet is an adaptive WealthTech company that is redefining the future of wealth management by helping advisors meet the moment with its comprehensive technology, actionable insights, and industry leading support. Backed by over 25 years of experience and approximately $7.0 trillion in platform assets, Envestnet is trusted by over one third of financial advisors across leading banks, wealth managers, brokerages, and RIAs.
For a deeper look at how Envestnet is shaping the future of financial advice, visit www.envestnet.com.
The Team You’ll Join
You will lead a high-impact engineering organisation responsible for modernising a large-scale legacy Java/J2EE monolith into a scalable, API-first, cloud-ready platform that supports the next generation of financial services capabilities.
The team is focused on reducing technical debt, accelerating delivery speed, improving platform resiliency, and enabling business agility through modern engineering practices, AI-assisted software development, and incremental modernisation strategies. This includes driving domain decomposition, API enablement, cloud adoption, test automation, observability, and engineering productivity improvements while ensuring stability and compliance in a highly regulated environment.
How You’ll Contribute
As a Director, you will lead a team of engineers, architects, and engineering managers while serving as a strategic technology leader who can align engineering investments with business outcomes. You will be expected to foster a culture of innovation, operational excellence, continuous learning, and Forward Development Engineering practices.
- Lead the modernisation of large-scale Java/J2EE monolithic platforms into API-first, service-oriented, and cloud-native solutions.
- Define and execute technology road-maps aligned with business objectives, architectural strategy, and investment priorities.
- Champion a Forward Development Engineering culture by leveraging AI, automation, and platform engineering to increase productivity and delivery velocity.
- Drive adoption of AI-assisted software development practices across requirements, coding, testing, code reviews, documentation, and support.
- Lead and develop engineering managers, architects, and engineers, building a culture of accountability, innovation, and continuous learning.
- Partner with Product, Architecture, Security, Risk, and Business leaders to deliver strategic initiatives and platform transformation programs.
- Establish engineering KPIs focused on modernisation progress, software quality, reliability, developer productivity, and customer outcomes.
- Ensure compliance with regulatory, security, audit, and operational risk requirements.
- Drive continuous improvement through modern SDLC, DevOps, observability, automation, and engineering best practices.
What You’ll Need to Bring
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or a related field.
- Software engineering experience, including leadership of enterprise engineering organisations.
- Experience modernising large-scale Java/J2EE applications and legacy enterprise platforms.
- Experience leading people managers, software engineers, architects, and cross-functional engineering teams.
- Experience managing engineering budgets, resource planning, vendor contracts, and technology investments of approximately $1M or greater.
- Experience with modern software architectures, APIs, micro-services, cloud platforms, Agile delivery, and DevOps practices.
Nice-to-Haves
- Experience within financial services, fintech, wealth management, banking, or other regulated industries.
- Strong adoption and advocacy of AI engineering tools such as GitHub Copilot, Claude, OpenAI, Amazon Q, or similar platforms.
- Experience implementing AI-enabled SDLC practices, platform engineering, or Developer Experience (DevEx) programs.
- Experience leading cloud transformation initiatives on AWS.
- Strong executive presence with the ability to influence technology and business strategy.
- Demonstrated success driving large-scale organizational and technology transformation initiatives.
- Passion for mentoring leaders, developing talent, and fostering a culture of innovation and continuous improvement.
Why You’ll Enjoy Working at Envestnet
Help shape the future of WealthTech. At Envestnet you’ll gain hands-on experience and collaborate with some of the industry’s brightest minds to deliver meaningful, innovative solutions that make a real difference.
We value flexibility in how and where work gets done, and we recognize strong performance with meaningful rewards—because your contributions should drive both business success and your own personal growth. If you’re looking for a place where your work has impact, your development is supported, and your contributions are truly valued, Envestnet is where you can build your future.
The opportunity is now!
Our Investment in You
At Envestnet, our total rewards philosophy is designed to attract, motivate, and grow exceptional talent. We offer competitive, market-aligned compensation complemented with performance-linked incentives and rewards programs that recognize and reward impact.
In addition, we provide a comprehensive suite of benefits - subject to Envestnet’s plan eligibility rules - that support your overall well-being, including medical insurance for you and your family, annual health check-ups, free online doctor consultations and telemedicine services, subsidized health club memberships, and an employee assistance program. Our investment in you means supporting you professionally, financially, and personally at every stage of your journey with us.
Our Commitment to Inclusion & Belonging
Envestnet is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and does not discriminate in employment on the basis of religion, race, color, caste, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, age, disability, medical condition, nationality, ethnic origin, marital status, or any other status protected under applicable Indian law. This commitment is in accordance with the Constitution of India and applicable labor and employment laws. All employment decisions are made solely based on merit, qualifications, performance, and business needs.
We strive to provide an inclusive application and interview process. If you are a candidate with a disability and require reasonable accommodation, please contact us at [email protected]. Please include your full name, the title of the role you are applying for, and the accommodation necessary to assist you with the recruiting process.
Recruitment Fraud
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