Banking T&O backbone running digital transformation across 8 countries
Santander Digital Services is the technology and operations engine for one of Europe's largest banking groups, operating across 8 countries with over 9,200 people. The stack spans legacy (COBOL, SAP, ABAP) alongside modern cloud (AWS, Azure, GCP) and emerging AI (generative AI chatbots and voicebots in active deployment). Security hiring has tripled relative to engineering—15 roles vs 12—reflecting acute focus on vulnerability automation, risk controls, and application security as the org absorbs major transformation risk.
Santander Digital Services operates the technology and operations team for Santander's global banking franchise, with primary presence in Spain and Mexico. The organization develops and maintains financial solutions across identity (SailPoint, Active Directory), cloud infrastructure (multi-cloud AWS/Azure/GCP), data pipelines (Apache Airflow, Cortex), and emerging AI capabilities (generative chatbots and voicebots). With over 9,200 employees, the group manages both legacy banking systems (COBOL, SAP, EDIFACT) and modern platforms while executing simultaneous digital transformation and contact center modernization. Current focus includes CI/CD automation for AI/ML models, vulnerability management process automation, and standardization of conversational AI architectures across the enterprise.
SAP, COBOL, Java, Python, Angular, React, AWS, Azure, GCP, Apache Airflow, SailPoint IdentityIQ, ServiceNow, and blockchain. Currently adopting FIDO2 and SailPoint IdentityNow while replacing legacy LDAP and NTLM.
Generative AI chatbot and voicebot deployment, contact center transformation, vulnerability management automation, CI/CD pipelines for AI/ML models, AI lifecycle automation, new enterprise platform build, and global certificate management.
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