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Technical Channel Owner - Banking Platforms Job Snapshot Role: Technical Channel Owner - Banking Platforms
Location: Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Industry: Banking
Function: Systems Implementation/Integration
Experience: 12-18 years
Job Type: Full-time
Job Overview
Technical Channel Owner - Banking Platforms in Dubai, United Arab Emirates is a Banking opportunity for senior technology leaders with strong expertise in retail banking channels, mobile banking, corporate banking, payments, cash management, financial messaging, UAE payment rails, and regulated digital banking platforms. The role owns the technical direction, engineering quality, integration readiness, and compliance alignment of customer‑facing and corporate banking channels while supporting secure, scalable, and high‑volume transaction systems.
Job Details
Country: United Arab Emirates
City: Dubai
Industry: Banking
Function: Systems Implementation/Integration
Salary: (estimated based on similar jobs in the city; confirm the final offer with the employer)
Key Responsibilities
- Own the technical delivery and ongoing evolution of retail, mobile, internet banking, corporate banking, host‑to‑host, API, payments, and cash management channels.
- Lead solution design for mobile banking journeys covering transfers, bill payments, QR payments, mobile payments, authentication, biometrics, tokenization, and fraud controls.
- Guide the architecture of corporate cash management platforms, including payments, collections, liquidity management, pooling, account services, balance reporting, and ERP integrations.
- Ensure corporate banking workflows support straight‑through processing, cut‑off times, settlement cycles, reconciliation, operational controls, and regulatory requirements.
- Provide technical leadership across UAE payment rails including UAEFTS, RTGS, IPP, Aani, WPS, Direct Debit, Cheque Imaging Systems, and related payment ecosystems.
- Support SWIFT messaging, MT formats, ISO 20022 MX standards, SWIFT gpi, cross‑border payments, sanctions screening, settlement, and reconciliation requirements.
- Contribute to CBDC, digital currency, and central bank payment innovation initiatives where applicable.
- Design and review integration architecture involving core banking, payments hubs, AML, fraud, cards, trade finance, treasury, CRM, and enterprise middleware platforms.
- Promote API‑first, microservices, event‑driven architecture, messaging queues, and scalable backend service orchestration across banking channels.
- Review technical designs, code quality, performance standards, security controls, scalability plans, and operational readiness for high‑volume transaction systems.
- Guide engineering teams working with Java, Spring Boot, .NET, DevOps, CI‑CD, OpenShift, Kubernetes, cloud‑native platforms, and enterprise development frameworks.
- Ensure mobile and digital channels meet uptime, performance, security hardening, customer experience, data privacy, and regulatory expectations.
- Align channel and payment solutions with CBUAE regulations, AML, KYC, sanctions, fraud controls, technology risk, operational resilience, and information security standards.
- Support regulatory audits, technology risk reviews, remediation programmes, production readiness checks, and platform governance activities.
- Work with business, product, operations, compliance, risk, architecture, cybersecurity, vendors, and engineering teams to deliver secure and compliant banking solutions.
Ideal Profile
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, or an equivalent discipline.
- Strong experience leading technology delivery for retail banking, mobile banking, corporate banking, payments, or cash management platforms.
- Proven background in UAE banking environments with strong understanding of local regulations, payment rails, supervisory expectations, and compliance frameworks.
- Hands‑on development background using Java, Spring Boot, .NET, or equivalent enterprise technology platforms.
- Deep knowledge of mobile banking platforms, customer‑facing digital journeys, backend orchestration, secure authentication, tokenization, biometrics, and fraud controls.
- Strong technical understanding of corporate cash management, host‑to‑host integration, ERP connectivity, MT940, ISO 20022, account reporting, liquidity, and reconciliation.
- Experience with SWIFT, UAEFTS, RTGS, IPP, Aani, WPS, Direct Debit, Cheque Imaging, cross‑border payments, and payment settlement processes.
- Strong architecture experience across APIs, microservices, middleware, messaging queues, event‑driven design, high availability, and mission‑critical banking systems.
- Ability to guide engineering teams, review code, challenge technical designs, and enforce performance, security, and scalability standards.
- Familiarity with DevOps, CI‑CD pipelines, OpenShift, Kubernetes, cloud‑native platforms, and secure release practices.
- Experience supporting audits, technology risk reviews, operational resilience, regulatory remediation, AML, KYC, sanctions, and fraud‑related requirements.
- Certifications such as TOGAF, PMP, Prince2, cloud certifications, or payments‑related credentials will be an advantage.
Skills Set
- Retail banking channels
- Mobile banking platforms
- Corporate banking channels
- Corporate cash management
- Payments and collections
- UAEFTS and RTGS
- IPP and Aani
- WPS
- Direct Debit
- Cheque Imaging Systems
- SWIFT MT and ISO 20022 MX
- SWIFT gpi
- Cross‑border payments
- CBDC initiatives
- API‑first architecture
- Microservices architecture
- Event‑driven architecture
- Enterprise middleware
- Core banking integration
- Payments hub integration
- AML and fraud systems
- Host‑to‑Host integration
- ERP integrations
- Java
- Spring Boot
- .NET
- DevOps
- CI‑CD pipelines
- OpenShift
- Kubernetes
- Cloud‑native platforms
- CBUAE regulations
- AML and KYC controls
- Sanctions screening
- Operational resilience
- Technology risk governance
Why Join Us
- Opportunity to lead high‑impact Banking technology channels in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
- Exposure to retail, mobile, corporate banking, cash management, payments, SWIFT, UAE payment rails, and digital banking transformation.
- Suitable for senior technical leaders who can combine engineering depth, channel ownership, regulatory awareness, and platform governance.
- A strategic full‑time role for professionals who want to shape secure, scalable, and compliant banking platforms across customer and corporate ecosystems.
About the Company
Dicetek LLC is a Dubai‑based technology, staffing, and professional services company supporting organizations across the UAE with experienced IT, banking, finance, transformation, and project professionals. The company helps clients deliver digital banking platforms, enterprise technology solutions, payments transformation, and specialized workforce support across regulated business environments.
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