At Finastra, we’re a global leader in financial services software, dedicated to expanding access to financial services and shaping what’s next for the industry. Our technology powers mission‑critical solutions across Lending, Payments and Universal Banking, supporting over 7,000 customers, including 80% of the world’s top 50 banks, in more than 110 countries.
What will you contribute?
Reporting to the Senior Director, the Agile SDLC Expert designs, develops, analyzes, and maintains high-quality software product applications. This position is located in Expert.
Responsibilities & Deliverables:
Role Summary
The Agile SDLC Expert is a senior engineering governance and delivery leader responsible for institutionalizing Agile ways of working across banking product development teams. This role ensures end‑to‑end SDLC discipline, regulatory alignment, and predictable delivery across complex, multi‑team programs operating in Scrum, Kanban, or hybrid Agile models.
Key Responsibilities
- Agile & SDLC Governance
- Define, standardize, and continuously improve Agile SDLC frameworks (Scrum/Kanban/Scaled Agile) tailored to banking and regulatory environments.
- Ensure consistent execution across requirements, design, development, testing, release, and post‑production support phases of SDLC.
- Establish entry/exit criteria, quality gates, and definition of done (DoD) across teams.
- Delivery Assurance
- Drive predictable sprint and release outcomes across multiple product teams.
- Monitor delivery metrics (velocity, cycle time, defect leakage, release readiness).
- Identify systemic delivery risks early and drive corrective actions.
- Stakeholder & Compliance Alignment
- Collaborate with Product, Architecture, Security, Risk, and Compliance teams to ensure Agile delivery aligns with banking controls, audit, and regulatory standards.
- Support internal and external audits by providing SDLC evidence and traceability.
- Coaching & Enablement
- Coach Scrum Masters, Product Owners, Engineering Leads, and teams on Agile best practices.
- Enable teams to mature from execution‑focused to value‑driven delivery.
- Promote continuous improvement via retrospectives, Kaizen initiatives, and maturity assessments.
- Behavioral Expectations
- Acts as a trusted advisor to senior engineering and product leadership.
- Drives outcomes through influence rather than authority.
- Demonstrates strong ownership, decisiveness, and risk‑based thinking.
- Balances Agile flexibility with enterprise governance needs.
Required Skills & Experience
- 12–16 years of experience in software/product engineering with strong Agile SDLC leadership exposure.
- Deep hands‑on knowledge of Scrum, Kanban, hybrid Agile‑Waterfall delivery models.
- Proven experience delivering banking or financial‑services products with strict compliance needs.
- Strong understanding of CI/CD, DevOps integration, quality engineering, and release management.
- Excellent stakeholder management and executive communication skills.
Preferred Qualifications
- SAFe Agilist / SAFe SPC, CSM, PMI‑ACP certifications.
- Experience working in large‑scale, multi‑vendor or distributed delivery models.
- Exposure to modern banking platforms, APIs, and cloud‑native SDLCs.
We are proud to offer a range of incentives to our employees worldwide. These benefits are available to everyone, regardless of grade, and reflect the values we uphold:
· Flexibility: Enjoy unlimited vacation, based on your location and business priorities. Hybrid working arrangements, and inclusive policies such as paid time off for voting, bereavement, and sick leave.
· Well-being: Access Confidential one-on-one therapy through our Employee Assistance Program, find support from our network of Wellbeing Champions and Gather Groups, and a calendar of monthly events and initiatives designed to help you thrive - Inside and Outside of work.
· Medical, life & disability insurance, retirement plan, lifestyle and other benefits*
· Sustainability: Benefit from paid time off for volunteering and donation matching.
· DEI: Participate in multiple DE&I groups for open involvement (e.g., Count Me In, Culture@Finastra, Proud@Finastra, Disabilities@Finastra, Women@Finastra).
· Career Development: Access online learning and accredited courses through our Skills & Career Navigator tool.
· Recognition: Be part of our global recognition program, Finastra Celebrates, and contribute to regular employee surveys to help shape Finastra and foster a culture where everyone is engaged and empowered to perform at their best.
*Specific benefits may vary by location.
At Finastra, each individual is unique, bringing their own ideas, thoughts, cultural beliefs, backgrounds, and experiences together. We learn from one another, embrace and celebrate our differences, and create an environment where everyone feels safe to be themselves.
Be unique, be exceptional, and help us make a difference at Finastra!
Skills Required
- 12-16 years of experience in software/product engineering with strong Agile SDLC leadership exposure.
- Deep hands-on knowledge of Scrum, Kanban, hybrid Agile-Waterfall delivery models.
- Proven experience delivering banking or financial-services products with strict compliance needs.
- Strong understanding of CI/CD, DevOps integration, quality engineering, and release management.
- Excellent stakeholder management and executive communication skills.
Finastra Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Finastra and has not been reviewed or approved by Finastra.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Leave is positioned as flexible/“unlimited” in many roles, which can support work-life balance when team norms allow it. Hybrid/flexible working is also framed as a core part of the overall rewards experience.
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Parental & Family Support — Parental leave is described as relatively generous in the US, with multiple references to roughly three months (or around 12 weeks) fully paid and equal leave for mothers and fathers. This is repeatedly highlighted as a meaningful component of the benefits package.
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Wellbeing & Lifestyle Benefits — Wellbeing support is emphasized through offerings like an Employee Assistance Program and TaskHuman coaching, alongside volunteering time off and employee networks. These programs broaden total rewards beyond cash compensation.
Finastra Insights
What We Do
At Finastra our purpose is to unlock the power of finance for everyone & redefine finance for good. We’re the orchestrator of open finance; building and delivering innovative, next-generation technology on our open Fusion software architecture and cloud ecosystem. We’re one of the world’s largest FinTechs, working with over 9,000 customers including 90 of the top 100 banks globally. We’re creating a pioneering open platform that’s disrupting the financial industry, changing how financial software is developed and used. We believe in collaboration for innovation, to unlock the potential of people, businesses and communities. We have an unmatched portfolio of financial software and deliver mission critical solutions for financial institutions of all sizes, on premises or in the cloud. Our open architecture and platform approach embrace a wide ecosystem of partners and co innovators. Together we're leading the way in which applications are written, deployed and consumed in the world of financial services. Our people mission is to be the most loved and inclusive fintech company in the world; a mission we take seriously. DE&I factors into everything we do and every decision we make as a business. When you join Finastra, you open up a world of possibilities. With us, you can supercharge financial institutions, big tech and fintech while also building a more inclusive finance industry. We believe our people thrive when given the opportunity to be their authentic selves and we trust our people to work how, when and where they want; this is OPENworking. Our 2+ policy provides the perfect mix of focused work at home, coupled with the meaningful connection that comes from in person collaboration, coaching and community. We're rolling out a new programme where our people take as much leave as they need; we do not count vacation days and we trust our people to work in a way that suits them, when it suits them. Come join the future of Fintech, and make your world. OPEN.
