Solution Architect

About the Role

We are looking for a hands-on Solution Architect who enjoys solving complex engineering, platform challenges and leading-edge initiatives. This role is about shaping how systems are designed, integrated, secured, and delivered across a growing fintech ecosystem.

You will work closely with engineering, product, infrastructure, security, and business teams to drive architecture decisions that directly impact platform scalability, reliability, and long-term maintainability. The environment includes payment systems, APIs, cloud-native platforms, distributed services, integrations with banks and payment networks, and large-scale transaction processing.

If you enjoy balancing architecture governance with practical engineering realities and want the opportunity to influence real platform direction instead of being a passive reviewer, this role will give you that space.

Key Responsibilities

· Lead solution and system design activities for new initiatives and platform enhancements

· Review and validate technical designs, integrations, and architecture decisions across projects

· Ensure solutions align with scalability, security, resiliency, and operational best practices

· Establish and maintain architecture standards, design patterns, and technical governance processes

· Work closely with engineering teams throughout the delivery lifecycle to ensure design consistency and quality implementation

· Collaborate with infrastructure, DevOps, and security teams on deployment architecture and operational readiness

· Identify technical risks, bottlenecks, and dependencies early and provide practical recommendations

· Support modernization initiatives including cloud-native architecture, APIs, microservices, and event-driven systems

· Prepare and maintain architecture diagrams, technical documentation, and solution review materials

· Provide technical guidance and mentorship to development teams when needed

Requirements

· Strong experience in solution architecture, system design, or senior software engineering roles

· Good understanding of distributed systems, APIs, integration architecture, and cloud environments

· Experience designing scalable and high-availability systems

· Familiarity with DevOps practices, CI/CD pipelines, containers, and Kubernetes environments

· Strong understanding of application security, secure design principles, and operational considerations

· Ability to communicate technical concepts clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders

· Experience working in fintech, payments, banking, or other regulated environments is an added advantage

Nice to Have

· Experience with payment platforms, ISO8583, DuitNow, cards, eWallets, or banking integrations

· Familiarity with PCI-DSS, RMiT, or security and compliance-driven environments

· Exposure to event-driven architecture, Kafka, RabbitMQ, or similar messaging platforms

· Experience with observability, API governance, and infrastructure automation