Technical Lead (Java Microservices Development), Dublin

Location/Office Policy:  Central Park, Dublin 18 -  Hybrid 3 days a week in office  

• Do you want be play a leading role in AIB’s modernisation of its Core Banking Platforms (including AI) ?
• Are you looking for an opportunity to work with a dynamic team in a fast-paced environment to achieve outstanding results?

• Do you enjoy a hybrid working model and a collaborative office culture of 3 days in office in Central Park, Dublin?

What is the Role:

The role presents an exciting and challenging opportunity to an experienced Senior Engineer who wants to work in a dynamic workplace with a real opportunity to positively influence the direction and outcome of strategic change programmes through best in class design thinking and practices.

The candidate will join a large team of highly motivated and driven engineers,  delivering real change within AIB’s Core Banking domain. They will be responsible for implementing the best technology solutions for our customer’s day to day banking needs. The role requires a recognised technical specialist who can provide insight , expertise and collaborate with others to drive positive outcomes. Working alongside offshore and onshore colleagues, they will be involved in programs that will transform the core banking platforms, modernise our engineering toolkit and enable AIB's best in class digital ambition.

Key accountabilities:

• Responsibility for delivering quality IT solutions - enforces best in class coding and documentation standards, and ensures quality criteria are adhered to for all of the project deliverables
• Is a strong and committed team player capable of supporting a team of engineers to deliver on the banks digital strategy.
• Contributes and helps evolve the engineering landscape through the adoption of new tools and technologies(including AI).

• Cultivates innovation, encourages diverse thinking and develops others through coaching, feedback, and exposure.
• Strong focus on non-functional quality requirements in security, performance, observability, testability and sustainability of technical deliverables.

What you Will Bring:

• 7+ years’ enterprise technology and experience in complex projects that span multiple teams
• Core Banking and/or Payments delivery related experience would be a benefit.
• Experience with current Java technologies, enterprise integration patterns and scalable systems design. Specific skills to include Java, Spring, Spring Boot,  REST, SQL, CI/CD Tooling, JSON, XML, Kafka.
• Previous experience of managing and/or leading a development team.
• Expert level understanding of distributed architectures and microservice development.
• Strong communication skills with the ability to communicate technical issues and strategy to both technical and non-technical audiences at senior levels within the bank.
• Project and programme management planning and organisational skills with ability to accurately estimate development and testing efforts, identify tasks on the critical path, and asses risk in the overall project.
• Broad understanding of Application, Information and Infrastructure technologies & practices

Why Work for AIB:

We are committed to offering our colleagues choice and flexibility in how we work and live and our hybrid working model enables our people to balance their time between working from home and their designated office, subject to their role, the needs of our customers and business requirements.

Some of our benefits include;

• Market leading Pension Scheme
• Healthcare Scheme
• Variable Pay
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Family leave options
• Two volunteer days per year

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Key Capabilities

Behavioural:

• Customer First
• Ensures Accountability
• Drives Progress

Technical:

• Breadth of Technical Knowledge
• Depth of Technical Knowledge
• Operational Excellence

If you are not sure about your suitability based on any aspects of the role advertised, we encourage you to please contact the Recruiter for this role, Sarah Lyons, at careers@aib.ie  for a conversation.

AIB is an equal opportunities employer, and we pride ourselves on being the first bank in Ireland to receive the Investors in Diversity Gold Standard accreditation from the Irish Centre for Diversity. We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations for applicants and employees. Should you have a reasonable accommodation request please email the Talent Acquisition team at careers@aib.ie

Disclaimer:

Unsolicited CV’s sent to AIB by Recruitment Agencies will not be accepted for this position. AIB operates a direct sourcing model and where agency assistance is required, the Talent Acquisition team will engage directly with our recruitment partners.  

Application Deadline : Wednesday 25th March 2026