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**Lead & Drive Technical Innovation: Technical Lead at Santander** In this key role at Santander Spain, the Technical Lead will spearhead the design and delivery of secure, scalable, and compliant technology solutions in a heavily regulated banking environment. Combining deep Java expertise and strong leadership, you'll guide engineering teams, defining solution architecture aligned with enterprise standards. Key responsibilities include ensuring regulatory compliance, establishing coding standards, leading design reviews, managing technical debt, and collaborating with cross-functional teams. For this role, we seek a seasoned back-end professional (6–10+ years) with a degree in Engineering or Computer Science, proficient in Java, Spring Boot, microservices, REST APIs, SQL/NoSQL, Docker, and Kubernetes. Strong focus on security, compliance, and risk management, along with the ability to collaborate across large, distributed teams, is crucial.
- Compensation
- Not specified
- City
- Madrid
- Country
- Spain
Currency: Not specified
Full Job Description
KEY RESPONSABILITIES
As a Tech Lead at Santander, you will play a key role in leading the design and delivery of secure,
scalable, and compliant technology solutions within a highly regulated banking environment. You
will combine deep technical expertise in Java with strong leadership skills to guide engineering
- Define solution architecture aligned with Santanders enterprise standards.
- Ensure compliance with security, regulatory, and risk frameworks.
- Establish and enforce coding standards and best practices.
- Lead design reviews and technical decision-making processes.
- Manage and reduce technical debt in alignment with long-term strategy.
- Collaborate with Product Owners, Architecture, Risk, and Security teams.
- Promote a culture of accountability, ownership, and continuous improvement.
KEY RESPONSABILITIES
- 610+ years in backend development
- Preferably a university degree in Engineering, Computer Science or similar.
- Java, Spring Boot
- Microservices
- REST APIs
- SQL / NoSQL
- Docker, Kubernetes
Other relevant information:
- Strong focus on security, compliance, and risk management.
- Alignment with enterprise architecture and governance.
- Collaboration across large, distributed teams.
