Technical Architect

Why this role matters:
As Technical Architect (Fintech), you will play a key role in shaping the architecture of scalable financial products that serve a global user base. Your contributions will help shape our Engineering and Product teams as we build next-gen fintech platforms, and ultimately the way we disrupt the digital finance market.

What success looks like:
In your first year, you will lead the design and delivery of robust, low-latency backend systems, improve our architectural decision-making frameworks, and establish scalable development patterns that enable high-velocity team execution.

Why this is for you:
If youre keen on solving complex scalability and performance challenges in financial technology, hit us up. Were looking for someone ready to tackle this challenge head-on and make an impact from day one.

Key Responsibilities

In this role, you will:

• Lead the architecture and backend design of mission-critical Fintech platforms, ensuring systems are performant, scalable, and secure.
• Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams including product managers, front-end engineers, and DevOps to align architectural goals with business needs.
• Manage the adoption of backend best practices, code quality standards, and design patterns across multiple squads.
• Drive technology selection, architectural reviews, and refactoring strategies across our core financial services backend.
• Mentor backend engineers and conduct architectural workshops to upskill teams on Java and scalable design principles.
• Own key architectural decisions in domains such as payments, risk scoring, onboarding, and ledger systems.

Qualifications & Attributes

We re seeking someone who embodies the following:

Education:
Bachelor s or Master s in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field.

Experience:

• 8+ years of backend engineering experience, with at least 3 years in an architectural or staff engineer role.
• Fintech industry experience ideally having built or scaled platforms for digital payments, neobanking, lending, or similar domains.

Technical Skills:
Must-haves:

• Deep expertise in Java.

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• Proven experience in designing distributed systems and high-throughput APIs.
• Solid understanding and hands-on experience with microservices architecture, including deployment and management.
• Experience with event-driven architecture (Kafka or similar) and RDBMS (PostgreSQL preferred).
• Skilled in both synchronous and asynchronous communication models for scalable system design.
• Hands-on experience with containerization (Docker), Kubernetes, and cluster-based deployments for high availability.
• Proficient in implementing CI/CD pipelines to automate build, test, and deployment processes.
• Familiarity with cloud platforms, particularly AWS.
• Well-versed in security standards, including PCI, DSS, Zero Trust architecture, and IAM frameworks.
• Experienced in integrating with core banking platforms and third-party fintech services such as KYC and AML.
• Adept at creating and maintaining technical and architectural documentation, including UML diagrams.

Nice-to-haves:

• Experience working with Domain-Driven Design (DDD) and Clean Architecture.
• Exposure to observability stacks (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK).

Unique Attributes:

• Thrives in fast-paced, high-stakes environments where every decision can impact millions of users.
• Possesses a proactive mindset and the ability to navigate ambiguity in early-stage product development.
• Excels with Agile methodologies and is passionate about enabling high-performing engineering teams.