Engineering Capability Leader – Digital Services

Frost • Fort Worth, TX

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About The Position

The Engineering Capability Leader – Digital Services is a subject matter expert who brings together technical disciplines to help create systems for Frost’s Digital Services channel, including web, mobile, APIs, and supporting platforms. The role leads design and change across IT, works collaboratively with development teams, and applies servant leadership to deliver high-quality systems throughout the organization.

The leader manages the full development lifecycle for a team of software engineers and their assigned programs and systems. They review development work for alignment with business needs, change-control procedures, enterprise architecture, security, and Frost standards. Working with product, business, engineering, design, security, risk, and business-line partners, they help estimate effort, timing, and feasibility, design systems, and optimize functionality.

The position drives AI-enabled engineering practices across the software development lifecycle, mentors teams on effective and governed use of AI tools, and develops engineers and technical leads. It also ensures digital solutions are secure, resilient, scalable, performant, observable, and accessible, with appropriate production monitoring and support. The role combines strategic thought leadership with tactical execution and acts with integrity, caring, and excellence.

Requirements

• Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
• Typically, a minimum of 6 years of experience developing technical solutions.
• Demonstrated experience with Java Microservices, Angular, and/or mobile (iOS/Android) technologies.
• Demonstrated experience with cloud, APIs, DevOps, and methodologies.
• Experience independently identifying issues and designing solutions for the bank’s biggest and most complex programs and systems.
• Experience synthesizing and directing software development efforts for a group of Software Engineers.
• Ability to lead a team, including coaching, developing, and retaining engineering talent.
• Hands-on experience using Generative AI tools and capabilities to accelerate software engineering and technology delivery.
• Ability to coach and enable engineering teams in adopting AI-assisted development practices.
• Current knowledge of emerging market trends, development methodologies, and development frameworks that improve application security.
• Strong understanding of commonly used programming concepts, practices, and procedures.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with TypeScript, Kotlin, Swift, and Java languages.
• Experience supporting customer-facing digital banking, financial-services, payments, or similarly regulated platforms.

Responsibilities

• Manage the entire development lifecycle for a team of software engineers and their assigned programs and systems.
• Establish the underlying architecture of interrelated software applications across the Bank’s Digital Services channel, including web, mobile, APIs, and supporting platforms.
• Review software development work to ensure alignment with business needs, change-control procedures, enterprise architecture, security, and Frost development standards.
• Collaborate with Product Owners, Business Analysts, Software Engineers, Experience Design, Information Security, Risk, and lines of business to estimate effort, timing, and feasibility; design systems; and optimize system and program functionality.
• Drive adoption of AI-enabled engineering practices across the software development lifecycle to improve delivery efficiency, productivity, and quality.
• Mentor and guide engineering teams in leveraging AI tools and techniques while adhering to engineering standards and governance.
• Lead, coach, and develop Software Engineers and technical leads, establishing accountability for delivery, engineering quality, and operational excellence.
• Ensure digital solutions are secure, resilient, scalable, performant, observable, and accessible, with appropriate production monitoring and support practices.
• Proactively identify and address architecture, functional, non-functional, security, resiliency, performance, and technical-debt issues.
• Provide strategic thought leadership while ensuring tactical execution and implementation of initiatives.
• Take action using Integrity, Caring, and Excellence to achieve all-win outcomes.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance.
• Long-term disability and life insurance.
• 401(k) matching.
• Generous holiday and paid time off schedule.
• Tuition reimbursement.
• Health and wellness programs, including an Employee Assistance Program.
• Referral bonus program.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior