Solution Architect

Role Overview: We are seeking an experienced Solution Architect specializing in banking projects to join our team. In this role, you will work closely with high-profile clients in the banking industry to understand their business needs, provide expert consultation, and deliver innovative technical solutions that align with their goals. As a key liaison between the technical and business teams, you will play a critical role in driving successful project outcomes.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Design and implement software architecture solutions to meet project and business requirements.

• Lead technical discussions, presentations, and workshops with senior client stakeholders.

• Ensure alignment of solutions with industry standards and best practices.

• Analyze and address complex technical challenges to ensure robust and scalable solutions.

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including developers, project managers, and business analysts, to ensure seamless implementation of solutions.

• Provide guidance and mentorship to development teams to ensure adherence to architectural standards.

• Oversee the technical delivery of banking projects, ensuring quality, performance, and compliance with client expectations.

• Stay updated with the latest banking technologies, industry trends, and regulatory requirements.

• Proactively identify opportunities for innovation and improvement in client solutions.

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field.

• Proven experience as a Software Architect, Solution Architect, or similar role.

• Strong proficiency in designing and developing scalable banking or finance systems.

• Have solid knowledge of the Java platform exceeds our expectations;

• Have experience with Spring, Maven and Jenkins;

• Have a demonstrable understanding of Service Oriented Architecture (SOA), as well as Micro-Services Architecture;

• Have knowledge and best practices about architectural frameworks;

• Have professionally worked with Enterprise Integration Patterns and Frameworks;

• Have operational knowledge of application servers, databases, load balancers and other infrastructure components required to deploy web applications in a highly available and scalable environment;

• Have created solutions for financial services (especially banking);

• Have experience with architectural patterns, such as Microservices, CQRS, event sourcing;

• Have experience with server virtualization and container technology such as Docker, VMWare, HyperV;

• Proficiency in designing solutions using cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure)

• Experience with Backbase, Thought Machine is a huge advantage