Job description
We are looking for a highly experienced Senior Solution Architect with strong expertise in Solution Architecture, Security Architecture, Digital Banking Platforms, API Ecosystems, and Merchant Acquiring solutions .
The ideal candidate will have deep experience designing and delivering resilient, secure, scalable, and cloud-native enterprise solutions across banking and financial services environments.
The role requires strong ownership, stakeholder management, architectural leadership, and the ability to work closely with delivery, engineering, infrastructure, security, and product teams.
This role will focus on designing modern digital products and API-driven ecosystems balancing: Functional requirements Customer/User Experience Performance & Scalability Reliability & Resiliency Security & Compliance Key Responsibilities Lead end-to-end architecture and solution design for enterprise banking and merchant acquiring platforms.
Design scalable and secure microservices and API-driven architectures across digital banking ecosystems.
Define high-level architecture, integration patterns, reusable frameworks, and enterprise design standards.
Collaborate with delivery teams, engineering leads, security teams, infrastructure teams, and business stakeholders.
Drive architecture governance, design reviews, and technology evaluations.
Design resilient and highly available distributed systems on cloud-native/container-based platforms.
Ensure security, compliance, and regulatory requirements are embedded into solution architecture.
Contribute to reusable enterprise architecture blueprints and reference architectures.
Mentor engineers, developers, and junior architects on architecture best practices and modern engineering patterns.
Participate in Agile ceremonies including sprint planning, refinements, retrospectives, and quarterly planning sessions.
Drive solution alignment across customer experience, business requirements, performance, resiliency, and security objectives.
Conduct peer reviews, architecture workshops, and technical knowledge-sharing sessions.
Required Domain Experience Strong experience in one or more of the following domains: Digital Banking Corporate Banking Payments Merchant Acquiring Lending & Credit Products Financial Services Platforms Mandatory Technical SkillsSolution Architecture Enterprise Solution Architecture High-Level Design (HLD) Low-Level Design (LLD) Architecture Governance Design Patterns & Best Practices Distributed Systems Architecture Event-Driven Architecture Cloud-Native Architecture Container-Based Architecture API & Microservices API Architecture & API Security REST APIs API Gateways Microservices Architecture Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) Event Streaming Platforms Message Brokers Security Architecture Security Architecture & Secure Design Principles Authentication & Authorization OAuth2 / JWT / SSO Encryption & Key Management Threat Modeling Data Security & Data Classification Security Logging & Monitoring Regulatory & Compliance Standards: PCI-DSS GDPR Banking / Central Bank Compliance Cloud & Infrastructure Kubernetes Docker / Containers Cloud Platforms (AWS / Azure / GCP) CI/CD & DevSecOps High Availability & Disaster Recovery Scalability & Performance Engineering Banking & Payments Ecosystem Merchant Acquiring Platforms Payment Gateways Digital Channels Real-Time Payments API Banking Banking Integrations Core Banking Ecosystems AI & Emerging Technology Exposure (Preferred) Experience or exposure to: Generative AI AI Agents / Agentic AI Large Language Models (LLMs) RAG Architecture Vector Databases GitHub Copilot / Claude Code AI-assisted Engineering Workflows Required Experience 10+ years of overall technology experience 5+ years in Solution Architecture / Enterprise Architecture roles Proven experience delivering large-scale enterprise banking solutions Experience designing secure and resilient API/microservices ecosystems Strong stakeholder management and architecture governance experience Experience working within Agile delivery environments Preferred Skills Merchant Acquiring domain expertise Security Architecture certifications or hands-on experience Exposure to cyber security controls and threat modeling Experience mentoring technical teams and architects Strong communication and leadership skills Behavioral Competencies Strong analytical and problem-solving skills Delivery-focused mindset Ability to work in fast-paced enterprise environments Excellent stakeholder and expectation management Strong ownership and accountability Passion for innovation and modern architecture practices
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