Solution Architect (JavaGolang)
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30+ days ago
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Job Summary
Role Summary
We are looking for an experienced and strategic Solution Architect to lead the architecture and solution design for large-scale digital banking and financial transformation initiatives.
The successful candidate will have extensive experience in designing implementing and modernizing banking systems ensuring the architecture supports the evolving needs of financial institutions along with the ability to lead solution discussion and communicate confidently with client stakeholders to deliver scalable secure and high-quality system solutions.
In todays engineering ecosystem AI assistants are integral to the Software Development Lifecycle. Engineering including this role are expected to leverage AI tools for design analysis code generation test creation and refactoring guidance while focusing their expertise on architecture system thinking solution validation security quality assurance and strategic technical decisions.
Key Responsibilities
Solution Architecture & System Design
- Design and implement end-to-end solution architectures for banking transformation and modernization initiatives.
- Evaluate existing banking systems identify limitations propose scalable sustainable and secure architectural solutions.
- Create high-level and detailed architecture blueprints covering application architecture integration data flows and infrastructure considerations.
- Ensure architectural integrity and consistency across the entire banking ecosystem
- Identify communicate and mitigate Risks Assumptions Issues and Decisions (RAID) throughout the project lifecycle.
- Leverage AI-assisted tools to analyze architecture options improve design documentation and support engineering productivity.
Technical Leadership
- Provide technical leadership in defining best practices and frameworks for banking transformation.
- Guide teams in translating architectural designs into practical implementation strategies ensuring consistent implementation of architecture standards.
- Support teams in solving complex technical challenges particularly in distributed systems integration and large-scale financial platforms.
Banking & Financial Platform Architecture
- Design systems and integration approaches supporting core banking capabilities financial transactions payment processing and digital banking services.
- Ensure architectures comply with financial industry standards regulatory requirements and security frameworks.
- Collaborate with domain experts to translate banking business capabilities into technical architecture solutions.
Client Collaboration & Delivery
- Collaborate with business stakeholders product owners and subject matter experts to define solution blueprints.
- Lead architecture discussions design workshops and solution alignment sessions with client teams.
- Communicate architecture decisions trade-offs risks and recommendations clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Support delivery teams to ensure solutions are implemented according to the intended architecture and quality standards.
Technical Qualifications
- Bachelors degree in Computer Science Information Technology or a related field.
- 10 years of experience in software engineering or platform development.
- 4 years of experience in a Solution Architect or similar architecture leadership roles.
- Proficiency in developing and deploying applications in a microservices architecture and event driven architectures especially strong in Java (Java OOP Kafka Spring boot etc.) with a focus on scalability reliability and performance optimization.
- Expertise in enterprise architecture software design patterns and API-driven architectures.
- Hands-on experience with integration frameworks and legacy modernization approaches in banking.
- Experience working with containerization technologies (Docker Kubernetes).
- Solid understanding of CI/CD pipelines DevOps practices and modern engineering workflows.
- Excellent problem-solving skills attention to detail and strong interpersonal skills.
- Strong ability to work in a fast-paced high-impact environment and lead technical discussions.
Specific Qualifications
- Experience working in banking fintech or financial services technology environments.
- Strong understanding of core banking card payment systems or related financial systems.
- Knowledge of financial industry security standards and regulatory frameworks (e.g. PCI-DSS).
- Handson exposure to AIassisted development tools (GitHub Copilot Claude Code or similar).
- Ability to write effective prompts and context for AI generation across design coding testing and documentation workflows.
- Ability to evaluate AI-generated solutions architecture suggestions and generated code for correctness security and scalability.
Nice-to-Have
- Experience with cloud platforms (AWS Azure or GCP).
- Experience with enterprise architecture frameworks (e.g. TOGAF or similar).
- Experience supporting banking digital transformation or core system modernization initiatives.
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About Company
We see opportunity in technology. In domains such as cloud, AI, mainframe modernisation, DLT and IoT, we blend established practice with new thinking to help our clients stay ahead.
