[Remote] Principal Consultant – FinTech Platform Delivery

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Intellibus Consulting is a boutique engineering and AI transformation firm that builds mission-critical platforms for global financial institutions. They are seeking a senior, hands-on Technical Delivery Lead to drive large-scale fintech and banking platform programs, ensuring delivery meets enterprise standards for reliability, security, and performance.

Responsibilities

• Own delivery across multiple engineering squads for fintech/banking platforms
• Drive execution across architecture, development, testing, deployment, and production support
• Manage delivery under tight regulatory, security, and performance constraints
• Lead stability reviews and post-incident deep dives across:
• Architecture
• Code quality
• CI/CD pipelines
• Testing strategy
• Infrastructure and networking
• Monitoring and observability
• Data pipelines and integrations
• Partner with SRE, DevOps, and engineering leads to drive continuous reliability improvements
• Review and influence:
• System architecture and integration patterns
• API strategies
• Event-driven systems and batch processing flows
• Data architecture and reconciliation strategies
• Ensure engineering decisions align with scalability, security, and compliance needs
• Act as the primary delivery interface with senior client stakeholders
• Run executive reviews, roadmap discussions, and escalation management
• Translate business priorities into technical delivery plans and milestones
• Lead large fintech programs in consulting environments
• Navigate shifting priorities, scope changes, and regulatory pressures
• Maintain delivery velocity while protecting engineering quality
• Own creation of high-quality client-facing decks and technical documents, including:
• Architecture overviews
• Delivery plans and timelines
• Risk and mitigation strategies
• Incident and stability reports
• Convert client discussions into structured deliverables and execution plans

Skills

• 15+ years in technology delivery, with at least 8–10 years leading enterprise programs
• Strong background in fintech, banking, capital markets, or trading platforms
• Prior experience in engineering consulting environments is required
• Proven track record in managing programs with tight regulatory and client deadlines
• Strong understanding of distributed systems and microservices
• Strong understanding of APIs and event-driven architectures
• Strong understanding of cloud platforms (AWS preferred)
• Strong understanding of CI/CD pipelines and release management
• Strong understanding of data pipelines, batch processing, and reconciliation flows
• Strong understanding of monitoring, alerting, and incident response
• Able to challenge architects and engineers on design and implementation
• Executive-level communication and stakeholder management skills
• Comfortable owning escalations and defending technical delivery decisions
• Ability to balance strategic planning with hands-on execution
• Exceptional Google Slides / PowerPoint skills — not optional
• Proven ability to gather requirements from clients
• Proven ability to translate them into structured technical and delivery artifacts
• Proven ability to present complex topics clearly to executive audiences
• Strong technical writing skills are mandatory
• MBA or equivalent business leadership experience strongly preferred

Company Overview

• We are a team of passionate software engineers and entrepreneurs. We love to solve challenging problems efficiently. It was founded in 2015, and is headquartered in Reston, Virginia, US, with a workforce of 51-200 employees. Its website is https://www.intellibus.com.

Company H1B Sponsorship

• Intellibus has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships, with 4 in 2025, 4 in 2024, 1 in 2023, 5 in 2022, 7 in 2021, 9 in 2020. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role.

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