Senior Solution Architect

About the Role

Key Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end solution architecture initiatives across digital channels, payment ecosystems, APIs, integrations, and enterprise platforms.
• Translate business and functional requirements into scalable, secure, and maintainable technical solutions.
• Develop and review architecture deliverables, including High-Level Designs (HLDs), Low-Level Designs (LLDs), integration architectures, infrastructure designs, and deployment models.
• Design enterprise integration solutions using APIs, middleware, messaging platforms, and event-driven architectures.
• Architect cloud-native and hybrid-cloud solutions across modern cloud platforms.
• Provide architectural guidance for microservices, containerized applications, and enterprise middleware environments.
• Collaborate with engineering and DevOps teams to establish architecture standards and CI/CD best practices.
• Ensure solutions meet security, compliance, availability, and performance requirements.
• Participate in architecture governance, technical reviews, and major incident analysis.
• Lead technical workshops and collaborate with stakeholders across multiple business functions.

Education

Experience

Technical Expertise

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with Digital Payments, Payment Gateways, Wallet Platforms, Merchant Services, Open Banking, or ISO 20022.
• Experience working within regulated financial environments.
• Professional certifications such as TOGAF, AWS, OCI, Kubernetes, or OpenShift.

What We're Looking For

Qualifications

• Education
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Technology, or a related discipline.
• 10+ years of experience in Software Engineering, Systems Integration, Enterprise Architecture, or related fields.
• 5+ years in a Solution Architect or Senior Technical Leadership role.
• Proven experience designing and delivering enterprise-scale solutions within Banking, Financial Services, FinTech, Payments, or other highly regulated industries.
• Technical Expertise
• Enterprise, Solution, Application, Integration, and Cloud Architecture.
• Java, Spring Boot, REST APIs, Microservices, and distributed systems.
• Cloud platforms such as AWS, OCI, or GCP.
• Containerization technologies including Kubernetes, OpenShift, and Docker.
• Enterprise middleware and web application platforms.
• Database technologies including Oracle, PostgreSQL, MySQL, and NoSQL databases.
• DevOps practices and CI/CD pipelines.
• Monitoring, observability, and performance management tools.
• Experience with Digital Payments, Payment Gateways, Wallet Platforms, Merchant Services, Open Banking, or ISO 20022.
• Experience working within regulated financial environments.
• Professional certifications such as TOGAF, AWS, OCI, Kubernetes, or OpenShift.
• What We're Looking For
• Strong strategic and analytical thinking.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills.
• Proven ability to lead cross-functional technical initiatives.
• Strong problem-solving and decision-making capabilities.
• Passion for innovation, continuous improvement, and technology leadership.