Senior Technical Practitioner, Financial Services

Job overview

The Senior Technical Practitioner, Financial Services role is listed in Austin, TX, and is described as a full-time, long-term engagement; the posting says the ideal location is EMEA, with meaningful overlap with Dubai/Gulf Standard Time. Compensation is not specified. The role supports a technology-driven financial services organization. This senior individual contributor shapes architecture and resolves complex technical problems in production-critical financial systems. By reviewing engineering decisions, improving reliability and security, and mentoring experienced engineers, the practitioner helps strengthen the organization’s technical capability and operational practices.

What you'll do

• Work with senior engineering stakeholders on complex technical problems
• shape and review architecture for scalable, secure, reliable financial systems
• design and improve systems involving payments, transaction processing, banking infrastructure, and ledgers
• investigate technical issues and risks
• provide recommendations
• participate in architecture and code reviews
• drive initiatives independently
• establish reliability, security, observability, and operational practices
• mentor engineers and transfer knowledge.

What we're looking for

Skills & competencies

senior technical practitioner

financial services

software engineering

aws

payments

transaction processing

banking systems

architecture

austin tx

virtasant

dubai time-zone overlap

Work arrangement

• Weekend coverage required

Why this role

Requires 15+ years of software engineering experience, senior individual-contributor experience, financial services systems expertise, and strong AWS experience. The posting notes possible or required relocation to Dubai depending on the engagement and mutual fit.

About the employer

Virtasant is hiring for this role. Industry: Administrative Management and General Management Consulting Services. Sector: 54.