Jobs at Strivo Labs

Role Overview

• The Technology Lead (Java) will provide technical leadership across backend systems while managing and mentoring a team of engineers.
• This role combines hands-on Java development with architecture design, system scalability, and delivery oversight.
• You will play a critical role in building secure, resilient, and compliant financial systems while aligning engineering execution with business goals.

Key Responsibilities
Technical Leadership:

• Lead backend architecture design and implementation using Java-based technologies.
• Define engineering standards, code quality benchmarks, and best practices.
• Review system designs to ensure scalability, performance, and security.
• Own technical decision-making across product squads.

Hands-on Development:

• Design and develop enterprise-grade applications using:
• Java (8/11/17+)
• Spring Boot / Spring Framework
• RESTful APIs & Microservices architecture
• Build and maintain high-performance transaction processing systems.
• Optimize applications for concurrency, latency, and reliability.
• Write clean, testable, and maintainable code.

Team Management:

• Lead, mentor, and manage a team of backend developers.
• Conduct code reviews and technical coaching sessions.
• Support recruitment, onboarding, and performance management.
• Drive sprint planning and ensure on-time delivery.

Fintech & Compliance:

• Ensure systems meet regulatory, security, and compliance standards.
• Implement secure coding practices aligned with financial services requirements.
• Oversee integrations with payment gateways, core banking systems, and third-party APIs.
• Implement authentication & authorization frameworks (OAuth2, JWT).

DevOps & Infrastructure Collaboration:

• Work with DevOps teams on CI/CD pipelines.
• Support cloud deployment (AWS, Azure, or GCP preferred).
• Guide containerization strategies (Docker, Kubernetes).
• Ensure system monitoring, logging, and uptime standards.

Requirements
Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
• 7+ years of software development experience.
• 3+ years in a leadership or team management role.
• Strong proficiency in Java and Spring Boot.
• Experience building high-volume, transaction-heavy systems.
• Solid understanding of:
• Microservices architecture
• Distributed systems
• Relational databases (PostgreSQL/MySQL/Oracle)
• Messaging systems (Kafka/RabbitMQ)
• Experience in fintech, banking, payments, lending, or financial platforms.
• Strong knowledge of secure coding and financial compliance requirements.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience in core banking integration.
• Knowledge of ISO 8583 or payment switching.
• Experience with event-driven architecture.
• Familiarity with Kubernetes and container orchestration.
• Exposure to Open Banking or API-first banking models.

Key Competencies:

• Strategic thinking with execution discipline
• Strong leadership and communication skills
• Ownership mindset
• Problem-solving under pressure
• Ability to balance technical depth with business alignment

Performance Expectations:

• Deliver scalable and secure financial systems.
• Maintain high code quality and engineering standards.
• Build a high-performing backend engineering team.
• Improve system reliability and reduce technical debt.

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About the Role

• We are seeking a highly technical and business-oriented Engineering Manager with deep expertise in Java and strong experience building scalable, secure financial systems.
• The ideal candidate will combine hands-on architectural leadership with people management excellence to drive the design, development, and optimization of mission-critical fintech products.
• This role requires a leader who understands high-availability systems, payment integrations, regulatory requirements, and distributed architecture — while also building and mentoring high-performing engineering teams.

Key Responsibilities
Technical Leadership:

• Lead architecture and development of scalable, secure, and high-performance fintech applications using Java (Spring Boot, Hibernate, Microservices).
• Design and review system architecture for payment processing, digital wallets, lending platforms, or core banking integrations.
• Ensure high availability, fault tolerance, and system resilience.
• Drive best practices in clean code, testing, CI/CD, and DevOps automation.
• Oversee database design and optimization (PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB, etc.).
• Implement security best practices, including encryption, authentication (OAuth2, JWT), and regulatory compliance.

Engineering Management:

• Lead, mentor, and scale a team of backend and full-stack engineers.
• Conduct code reviews and enforce engineering standards.
• Collaborate with Product, Compliance, Risk, and Operations teams.
• Drive sprint planning, backlog grooming, and delivery tracking.
• Build a performance-driven engineering culture.

Fintech & Compliance Expertise:

• Work with APIs for payments, banking integrations, KYC/AML systems.
• Ensure systems comply with financial regulations and data protection standards.
• Manage integrations with third-party financial service providers.
• Maintain audit-ready documentation and system traceability.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
• 7 - 10+ years of software engineering experience.
• 3–5+ years in an Engineering Lead/Manager capacity.
• Strong proficiency in Java (8+), Spring Boot, RESTful APIs.
• Experience building microservices architecture.
• Strong understanding of distributed systems and event-driven architecture (Kafka, RabbitMQ).
• Hands-on experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP).
• Deep understanding of fintech/payment systems is highly preferred.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and containerization (Docker, Kubernetes).
• Strong database design and performance optimization skills.

Preferred Experience:

• Experience working in fintech, banking, digital lending, or payment platforms.
• Exposure to PCI-DSS or other financial compliance standards.
• Knowledge of blockchain or digital assets is a plus.
• Experience scaling systems to handle high transaction volumes.

Core Competencies:

• Strategic thinking
• Strong architectural judgment
• Stakeholder management
• Excellent communication skills
• Decision-making under pressure
• High ownership and accountability

What Success Looks Like:

• Stable, secure, and scalable financial systems
• High-performing engineering team
• On-time product delivery
• Improved system uptime and performance
• Reduced technical debt.

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Role Overview

• The Senior Backend Engineer will be responsible for designing, developing, and maintaining high-performance backend services using Java and modern microservices architectures.
• This role requires deep expertise in distributed systems, API design, data management, and secure financial systems.
• You will work closely with product managers, frontend engineers, DevOps, and security teams to deliver robust platforms that meet strict performance, reliability, and regulatory requirements.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and develop scalable backend services using Java (Spring Boot, Spring Cloud).
• Architect and maintain microservices and API-based platforms for high-volume financial transactions.
• Build and optimise data access layers using relational and NoSQL databases.
• Implement secure authentication, authorisation, and data protection mechanisms.
• Ensure system reliability, performance tuning, and fault tolerance in production environments.
• Lead code reviews, enforce engineering best practices, and mentor mid-level engineers.
• Collaborate with DevOps teams on CI/CD pipelines, containerisation, and cloud deployments.
• Participate in architecture discussions and contribute to long-term platform strategy.
• Ensure compliance with regulatory, audit, and security standards common to financial services.

Required Skills & Experience

• Advanced proficiency in Java, Spring Boot, Spring MVC, and RESTful API design.
• 6+ years of professional backend engineering experience, with a strong focus on Java.
• Strong experience with microservices architecture and distributed systems.
• Solid understanding of SQL (PostgreSQL, MySQL, Oracle) and experience with NoSQL databases.
• Experience with message queues and event-driven systems (Kafka, RabbitMQ, etc.).
• Experience with containerisation and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes).
• Familiarity with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP).
• Strong understanding of system design, performance optimisation, and scalability.
• Experience working in regulated environments (banking, fintech, payments) is a strong advantage.

Nice to Have:

• Experience with high-throughput transaction systems.
• Knowledge of financial protocols, payments systems, or core banking platforms.
• Exposure to reactive programming and asynchronous processing.
• Prior experience leading technical initiatives or small engineering teams.

What We Offer

• Opportunity to work on large-scale, high-impact financial platforms.
• Competitive compensation and benefits.
• A strong engineering culture with emphasis on quality and reliability.
• Hybrid working environment and career growth opportunities.

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Role Overview

• We are seeking an experienced and highly capable Executive Assistant (EA) to provide strategic and high-level support to senior leadership.
• This is a senior-level role requiring strong judgment, discretion, operational awareness, and the ability to manage complex priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• The ideal candidate will serve as a trusted partner to the executive, ensuring seamless coordination, execution, and communication across the organization.

Key Responsibilities
Executive & Calendar Management:

• Manage complex calendars, appointments, and scheduling priorities
• Coordinate domestic and international travel arrangements
• Anticipate scheduling conflicts and proactively resolve them
• Ensure the executive’s time is aligned with strategic priorities.

Strategic & Operational Support:

• Prepare executive briefs, reports, dashboards, and presentations
• Track key initiatives and follow up with relevant teams on deliverables
• Support board meetings, investor meetings, and executive strategy sessions
• Conduct research and prepare summaries to support decision-making.

Communication & Stakeholder Engagement:

• Serve as the primary liaison between the executive and internal/external stakeholders
• Draft executive correspondence and high-level communications
• Manage confidential and sensitive information with absolute discretion.

Project & Initiative Coordination:

• Coordinate cross-functional projects on behalf of the executive
• Monitor timelines, action points, and performance indicators
• Ensure alignment and accountability across departments.

Administrative & Process Oversight:

• Oversee documentation systems and executive records
• Manage expense reporting and administrative compliance
• Identify opportunities to improve administrative efficiency and workflows.

Required Qualifications & Experience

• Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration or related discipline
• 7 – 10+ years of experience supporting C-suite or senior executives
• Demonstrated experience in a corporate, fintech, financial services, or high-growth environment
• Strong exposure to board-level or investor-facing operations is an advantage
• Proven ability to manage multiple priorities under pressure.

Key Competencies:

• Strong executive presence and professionalism
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• High level of discretion and confidentiality
• Strong organizational and analytical skills
• Proactive mindset with strong problem-solving ability.

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Overview

• The Security Architect is responsible for integrating Security Operations and Security Engineering activities within the MSSP.
• The role acts as the technical and operational bridge between SOC analysts, security engineers, and clients.
• This individual is hands-on, customer-facing, and capable of engaging directly with clients on-site to design, implement, and optimize security solutions across on-prem and cloud environments.
• The role ensures that SOC operations are effective, well-engineered, and aligned with client risk profiles, service commitments, and evolving threat landscapes.

Key Responsibilities

• Engage directly with clients on-site to assess environments, design security architectures, and implement security solutions.
• Act as a trusted technical advisor during onboarding, service reviews, and security improvement initiatives.
• Translate client business and risk requirements into effective SOC and security engineering solutions.
• Support pre-sales activities, technical scoping, and solution design where required.
• Provide technical and operational leadership to SOC analysts and responders, ensuring effective monitoring, detection, and incident response.
• Guide SOC workflows, escalation processes, and incident handling procedures.
• Ensure SOC operations align with SLAs, playbooks, and industry best practices.
• Act as an escalation point for complex incidents and high-impact security events.
• Lead the design, implementation, and optimization of SOC and security platforms including SIEM, SOAR, EDR/XDR, NDR, threat intelligence, and log management solutions.
• Oversee data onboarding, integrations, and tuning across client environments.
• Ensure SOC tooling is scalable, reliable, and engineered to support efficient operations.
• Drive automation and detection engineering to improve alert quality and reduce MTTR.
• Design and support security monitoring and controls for cloud environments (AWS, Azure, GCP).
• Integrate cloud logs, identity, network, and workload telemetry into SOC platforms.
• Advise clients on secure cloud architecture and monitoring best practices.
• Bridge the gap between SOC operations and security engineering, ensuring tooling, detections, and automation support real operational needs.
• Work closely with engineers to translate analyst feedback into platform and detection improvements.
• Standardize configurations, architectures, and engineering practices across clients.
• Ensure SOC and engineering activities align with regulatory and contractual requirements (e.g., ISO 27001, SOC 2, PCI DSS).
• Support audits, assessments, and client assurance activities.
• Continuously evaluate emerging threats, technologies, and service improvements.

Requirements

• 7 – 10+ years in cybersecurity, with experience across SOC operations and security engineering.
• Experience working in an MSSP or multi-client environment.
• Demonstrated client-facing experience, including on-site implementations.
• Experience leading or guiding technical security teams.

Technical Expertise:

• Strong hands-on experience with SIEM, SOAR, EDR/XDR, and SOC tooling.
• Proven experience in security engineering and SOC operations.
• Solid knowledge of cloud architecture and cloud security (AWS, Azure, GCP).
• Experience with automation and scripting (Python, PowerShell, Bash).
• Strong understanding of threat detection frameworks (MITRE ATT&CK).

Soft Skills:

• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to operate confidently in client environments.
• Hands-on, problem-solving mindset with strong leadership presence.

Nice to Have:

• Experience designing multi-tenant SOC architectures.
• Cloud and security certifications (CISSP, GIAC, Azure/AWS Security, Splunk, Sentinel).