Director - Data Engineer
Bangalore
Chronos India – Engineering /
Full-time /
On-site
About Zeta
Zeta is a Next-Gen Banking Tech company that empowers banks and fintechs to launch banking products for the future. It was founded by Bhavin Turakhia and Ramki Gaddipati in 2015.
Our flagship processing platform - Zeta Tachyon - is the industry’s first modern, cloud-native, and fully API-enabled stack that brings together issuance, processing, lending, core banking, fraud & risk, and many more capabilities as a single-vendor stack. 20M+ cards have been issued on our platform globally.
Zeta is actively working with the largest Banks and Fintechs in multiple global markets transforming customer experience for multi-million card portfolios.
Zeta has over 1700+ employees - with over 70% roles in R&D - across locations in the US, EMEA, and Asia. We raised $280 million at a $1.5 billion valuation from Softbank, Mastercard, and other investors in 2021.
About the Role
This is a senior leadership role where you will be responsible for leading a medium to large-sized team handling the end-to-end charter of Migration of Tachyon Saas for a multiple banks in the US. This will be a multi-functional role where you will be responsible for the Bank’s success in modernizing its Payments, Cards and Mobile Banking products using Zeta Tachyon. You will be building and managing a team comprising Data Analysys, Data Engineers, Quality Assurance and other functions and setup processes ensuring timely migration of the entire Card and Payments portfolio from the legacy Processor of the Banks to Zeta Tachyon.
Responsibilities
- Platform Understanding: Develop in-depth knowledge of the Tachyon platform, including its functional and technical aspects. Test platform capabilities hands-on, including APIs, to gain firsthand understanding.
- Data Migration Strategy: Lead discussions on data migration strategy, covering data transfer, reconciliation, quality assurance, mock runs, data storage, and impact on surrounding systems.
- Program Execution and Governance: Oversee program migration execution, ensuring adherence to protocols, identifying and mitigating risks, and providing updates to stakeholders. Lead governance calls with senior client counterparts.
- Cut-over/Go Live Migration: Ensure smooth transition during the cutover phase by coordinating with various stakeholders and ensuring migration of keys and cryptographic data.
- Hands-on Solutioning: Lead migration workshops with clients, acting as a domain and technical subject matter expert. Detail migration approach and data mapping between legacy systems and Tachyon platform.
- Liaising with Product Teams: Collaborate with product and program managers to analyze Tachyon data architecture and address any gaps identified during migration.
- Hiring and Training: Build and train a high-performing team comprising various roles and ensure they are proficient in Tachyon platform concepts.
- Stakeholder Management: Foster strong relationships with clients, act as a central point of contact for their queries, and provide regular updates on progress and risks.
- Technical Problem Solving: Assist clients in migration and platform usage, provide technical support, and help debug issues using domain and platform understanding.
- Pre-Sales Assistance: Support sales and pre-sales teams with domain knowledge and implementation expertise during the sales process.
Skills
- Must have been involved in the data migrations of Credit portfolios in the past.
- Prior experience in a client-facing role with medium to large clients
- Good experience in conducting workshops with large senior management groups and presenting solutions to a large audience
- Ability to solve an abstract requirement by breaking it into smaller problems sets and marrying it with what’s supported in the product
- Product mindset to effectively capture functional requirements and map them to the Product landscape/technical specifications
- Excellent documentation skills - should be able to create detailed documents with relevant content (Data flow diagrams, flow charts, etc.)
- Strong stakeholder relationship management skills – able to influence and manage the expectations of senior executives internally and externally.
Experience and Qualifications
- 15+ years of experience in Technology and Delivery roles combining more than one
- Undergraduate Degree in Engineering + Graduate Business Degree (MBA or equivalent)
Equal Opportunity
- Zeta is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We encourage applicants from all backgrounds, cultures, and communities to apply and believe that a diverse workforce is key to our success
