Director of Technology, Java API Development (Omaha)

First National Bank

5d•Onsite

About The Position

Lead FNBO's technology strategy and execution for the Operational Data Store (ODS) team, delivering real-time customer, account, and transaction data through high-performance APIs and database infrastructure. Drive technical excellence, innovation, and delivery of scalable technology solutions that support business objectives. Foster a high-performance engineering culture while ensuring code quality, system reliability, and team growth.

Requirements

Master’s or bachelor’s degree in computer science, computer engineering, information systems or a related field of study, or equivalent experience.
7+ years technology leadership experience, including 2+ years managing full-stack development and operations for enterprise applications
Proven success managing high-performing technology teams
Strong communication skills and ability to translate technical concepts to business stakeholders
Strategic thinking with demonstrated ability to align technology with business outcomes
Experience with DevOps principles and software delivery lifecycle
Candidates must possess unrestricted work authorization and not require future sponsorship.

Nice To Haves

Java Spring Boot applications and AWS cloud technologies
AWS EKS/Kubernetes orchestration
Data governance and quality management
Real-time data processing and API management
Banking or Financial Services industry experience

Responsibilities

Lead, manage, mentor, and grow technology team supporting the Operational Data Store (ODS) team
Collaborate with Architects, Tech Leads, and Product Owners to deliver projects on time
Drive architectural decisions and technical standards for microservices, APIs and data infrastructure to ensure scalability, maintainability, performance and compliance
Consistently deliver results for a system critical to the functioning of many of the FNBO applications
Continually refine and improve engineering practices including such things as CI/CD, code review, testing, and deployment
Ensure operational excellence and system reliability through proactive monitoring, incident response, capacity planning, and maintenance of SLAs for the ODS product
Establish a collaborative work environment that fosters autonomy, transparency, innovation, and personal growth fostering a fail fast and learn fast environment
Manage technology budgets, forecasts, and vendor relationships
Stay current on emerging technologies and engineering best practices