Feature Lead - Technology

Bank of America•Jersey City, NJ

7d•Onsite

About The Position

At Bank of America, we are guided by a common purpose to help make financial lives better through the power of every connection. We do this by driving Responsible Growth and delivering for our clients, teammates, communities and shareholders every day. Being a Great Place to Work and providing a culture of caring is core to how we drive Responsible Growth. We are intentional about fostering an inclusive workplace where every teammate has the opportunity to succeed, build a career and contribute to our shared success. This includes attracting and developing exceptional talent, recognizing and rewarding performance, and supporting our teammates’ physical, emotional, and financial wellness through affordable, competitive and flexible benefits. We value the unique perspectives individuals bring from all backgrounds and career paths - whether shaped by military service, community college education, or a wide range of work and life experiences. These journeys foster resilience, leadership and innovation, strengthening our workforce and positively impact the communities we serve. Bank of America is committed to an in-office culture that supports collaboration, engagement, and career development. Our approach includes clear in-office expectations, while providing an appropriate level of flexibility based on role-specific responsibilities and business needs. At Bank of America, you can build a successful career with opportunities to learn, grow, and make an impact. Join us! Position Summary: This job is responsible for providing leadership, technical direction and oversight to a team delivering technology solutions. Key responsibilities of the job are to provide oversight of the design, implementation, and maintenance of complex computer programs, align technical solutions to business objectives, and ensure that coding practices/quality comply with software development standards. Job expectations include conducting multiple software implementations and applying both depth and breadth in knowledge of several technical competencies. This role provides critical technology leadership for the Versana platform, supporting strategic digital initiatives, risk distribution capabilities, agent-lender integrations, and ongoing platform modernization efforts. The individual will serve as both the Application Risk Lead and Feature Lead, responsible for end-to-end ownership of application stability, resiliency, controls, regulatory compliance, and delivery of key Versana enhancements. Responsibilities include leading technology strategy, managing vendor and business partner engagement, driving production issue remediation, overseeing platform scalability initiatives, and delivering roadmap features such as amendment voting, agent feed enhancements, STP enablement, and integration capabilities. This role requires deep expertise in syndicated lending, LoanIQ, Versana architecture, APIs, data flows, and risk management practices. The position is critical to ensuring continued platform growth, operational resiliency, regulatory compliance, and successful execution of the Versana product roadmap.

Requirements

Bachelors degree in Engineering ,computer science ,or job related field required.
6–10 years of experience in technology delivery, software engineering, or Agile environments
Experience leading feature-level or workstream delivery within Agile/SAFe frameworks
Strong understanding of Agile processes, backlog refinement, and sprint execution
Technical experience in Salesforce, Mule, or enterprise integration environments
Proven ability to manage dependencies, risks, and multiple priorities
Strong communication and stakeholder coordination skills
Experience working in onsite/offshore and matrixed delivery model
Must have Architected, developed & implemented solutions using real time streaming technologies (Spark Streaming/Kafka)
Experience working with Exadata & Oracle SQL Tuning
Experience developing Streaming/Near Real time and Batch data integration solutions
Hands on experience in UNIX Shell Scripting
Working experience in scheduling jobs with Autosys

Nice To Haves

Experience in Commercial Credit Technology / Underwriting platforms
Exposure to production support and release management processes
Knowledge of enterprise risk, compliance, and audit requirements
Agile certifications (Scrum, SAFe Practitioner, etc.)

Responsibilities

Designs, develops and is accountable for feature delivery
Applies enterprise standards for solution design, coding and quality
Ensures solution meets product acceptance criteria with minimal technical debt
Guides the team on work breakdown and execution
Works with the Product Owner to ensure that product backlog/requirements are healthy, with clear acceptance criteria
Plays a team lead role (as an individual contributor) and mentors the team
Guides team members with skills and practices (planning and estimation, peer reviews, and other engineering practices)
Serve as the primary technology lead for the Versana platform, providing end-to-end ownership of application strategy, feature delivery, operational stability, and risk governance.
Lead the execution of the Versana product roadmap, including strategic enhancements, integration capabilities, agent feed expansion, STP enablement, and platform modernization initiatives
Partner with business stakeholders, operations teams, vendors, and product management to prioritize initiatives, define feature requirements, and deliver technology solutions that align with business objectives.
Serve as the primary technology risk representative ensuring adherence to Enterprise Risk, Information Security, Architecture, and Regulatory standards.
Own and manage the application risk profile, including identification, assessment, mitigation, tracking, and reporting of technology, operational, cybersecurity, resiliency, and third-party risks.
Drive compliance with enterprise risk programs and mandates, including RISE, Trident, GIS, vulnerability management, software currency, disaster recovery, business continuity, and audit requirements.
Lead remediation efforts for technology findings, control gaps, audit observations, and regulatory issues, ensuring timely resolution and sustainable controls are implemented.