About the Role

We’re the world’s leading provider of secure financial messaging services, headquartered in Belgium. We are the way the world moves value – across borders, through cities and overseas. No other organization can address the scale, precision, pace and trust that this demands, and we’re proud to support the global economy.

We’re unique too. We were established to find a better way for the global financial community to move value – a reliable, safe and secure approach that the community can trust, completely. We’re always striving to be better and are constantly evolving in an ever-changing landscape, without undermining that trust. Five decades on, our vibrant community reflects the complexity and diversity of the financial ecosystem. We innovate diligently, test exhaustively, then implement fast. In a connected and exciting era, our mission has never been more relevant. Swift now has a presence in 200+ countries and legal territories to serve a community of more than 12,000 banks and financial institutions.

Are you looking for an opportunity to lead, inspire, and nurture a diverse group of talented software engineers? Do you want to contribute to a world-class organization that leads the way in secure financial messaging services? If so, joining SWIFT as a Chapter Lead focused on the GPI TRACKER GUI Delivery is the ideal opportunity for you!

In this leadership role, you will empower and guide a team of passionate software engineers, including front-end developers, working on the SWIFT GPI TRACKER GUI. You’ll play a key role in delivering a cutting-edge user interface for SWIFT GPI's TRACKER service, cultivating an inclusive, innovative environment where collaboration, design-based software delivery, and continuous learning thrive.

Your Responsibilities Will Include:

• Hiring, Coaching, and Mentorship: Build a team of engineers with diverse perspectives, providing ongoing coaching and motivation to ensure they excel both technically and personally.
• Collaboration and Team Alignment: Work closely with Product Owners and Engineering Leads to align chapter members with cross-functional squads, ensuring effective collaboration across teams.
• Leading Front-end Development: Lead a team of front-end developers working with modern frameworks like Angular to deliver a high-quality user interface for the SWIFT GPI TRACKER GUI, ensuring seamless user experiences.
• Technical Leadership: Provide guidance on software design patterns, architecture, and engineering best practices to enhance the quality of solutions and drive design-focused software delivery.
• Continuous Learning and Knowledge Sharing: Promote a culture of shared knowledge, transversal consistency, and excellence across chapters, ensuring that learning and development are ongoing.
• Fostering Diversity and Inclusion: Create an environment that values diverse experiences and perspectives, ensuring every team member feels heard, respected, and empowered.
• Driving Innovation: Stay at the forefront of technology trends and help your team adopt new tools and methodologies that promote both individual and organizational growth.
• Performance and Growth: Set annual objectives for chapter members, conduct performance appraisals, and provide constructive feedback to support career development and skill enhancement.
• Cross-team Collaboration: Actively participate in cross-tribe collaboration, encouraging open communication and the exchange of ideas between chapters and tribes.
• Design-based Software Delivery: Foster an environment where design and architecture are at the core of software delivery, ensuring high-quality, maintainable, and scalable solutions for the GPI TRACKER.
• Automated Testing for Web Applications: Ensure the team follows best practices in automated testing for web applications to maintain high-quality, robust software solutions.
• Administrative Oversight: Oversee the administrative needs of the team, including approvals and managing resource assignments effectively.

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or equivalent (or equivalent experience).
• 12-15 years of software development experience, with a strong background in full-stack development and Java-based web services.
• 3-4 years of leadership experience, managing and mentoring technical teams.
• Proven experience leading and mentoring diverse technical teams, including front-end developers.
• A passion for people development and a deep commitment to creating a collaborative, inclusive work environment.
• Solid understanding of software design patterns, agile methodologies, and modern development practices.
• Experience working on large-scale, customer-facing applications, ideally within a financial services environment.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Proficient in Java development and testing, with hands-on experience across the software lifecycle.
• Experience with Spring Boot, Docker, and containerization technologies.
• Experience with front-end and back-end multi-tiered applications, with a strong knowledge of Angular for front-end development.
• NoSQL database experience, with familiarity with technologies like Cassandra.
• Experience with automated testing for web applications to ensure high-quality, reliable software.
• Strong communication and leadership skills, with a focus on promoting a diverse and collaborative culture.
• A focus on design-based software delivery, ensuring scalable, efficient, and maintainable systems for the GPI TRACKER GUI.

The estimated salary range for a new hire into this position in Virginia is $113,330 MINIMUM to $210,470 MAXIMUM USD.  Salary may vary depending on job-related factors which may include knowledge, skills, experience, and location. Our compensation packages include a competitive base salary and bonus opportunity for all employees contingent on personal and company performance.  Our generous benefits program includes medical, dental, vision and life insurance with no premium costs for our employees and their families, and retirement plan plus matching 401k.

What we offer

We put you in control of career

We give you a competitive package

We help you perform at your best

We help you make a difference

We give you the freedom to be yourself

We give you the freedom to be yourself. We are creating an environment of unique individuals – like you – with different perspectives on the financial industry and the world. A diverse and inclusive environment in which everyone’s voice counts and where you can reach your full potential.

If you believe you require a reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, please contact us to request accommodation.

Don’t meet every single requirement? At Swift, we are dedicated to building a workplace where people can bring their full selves and ideas to the team, so if you are excited about this role, we encourage you to apply even if you do not meet every single qualification.