About the Role:

We are seeking an experienced Solution Architect to lead the design and delivery of enterprise-scale technology solutions for mission-critical banking applications. The ideal candidate will possess deep expertise in designing highly available, cloud-native, API-first, and microservices-based architectures that support large-scale, customer-facing applications. As a Solution Architect, you will work closely with engineering, infrastructure, DevOps, security, product, and business stakeholders to define technology roadmaps, modernize legacy applications, and deliver scalable, resilient, and secure enterprise solutions. This role requires strong technical leadership, strategic thinking, and hands-on architectural expertise within a highly regulated banking environment.

Key Responsibilities:

- Design end-to-end architecture for complex, enterprise-grade, multi-tier applications from requirements gathering through implementation, deployment, and production support.

- Define scalable architecture patterns for cloud-native, distributed, and API-driven applications.

- Develop architecture blueprints, reference architectures, solution diagrams, and technical documentation.

- Ensure solutions align with enterprise architecture standards, security policies, and business objectives.

- Lead modernization initiatives by transforming monolithic applications into loosely coupled, microservices-based architectures.

- Define migration strategies for legacy applications to cloud-native platforms.

- Architect cloud-native solutions using AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud Platform (GCP).

- Design secure, scalable, and resilient RESTful and GraphQL APIs.

- Design highly available, fault-tolerant, and resilient customer-facing applications capable of operating at enterprise banking scale.

- Participate in architecture governance forums, design reviews, and technology evaluation committees.

- Design enterprise data solutions leveraging both relational and NoSQL databases.

- Partner with engineering, infrastructure, security, DevOps, product, and business stakeholders.

- Ensure architecture complies with banking and financial services regulations including PCI-DSS, SOX, GLBA, and enterprise security standards.

- Provide technical leadership across multiple engineering teams and mentor software engineers and technical leads.

Required Qualifications:

- 12-15 years of experience in software engineering, application development, or enterprise architecture.

- Strong understanding of enterprise architecture, solution architecture, microservices architecture, SOA, event-driven architecture, DDD, API-first design, and cloud-native architecture.

- Hands-on experience with one or more cloud platforms: AWS, Azure, or GCP.

- Experience designing and supporting RESTful APIs, GraphQL APIs, microservices, event-driven systems, containerized applications, and enterprise integration platforms.

- Strong knowledge of relational databases (Oracle, SQL Server, PostgreSQL, MySQL) and NoSQL databases (MongoDB, Cassandra, DynamoDB, Redis, Couchbase).

Preferred Qualifications:

- Prior experience in Banking, Financial Services, or FinTech environments.

- Working knowledge of one or more languages: Java, Python, JavaScript, Golang, C#, C++, or Ruby.

- Experience with TOGAF, enterprise architecture methodologies, and architecture governance frameworks.

- AWS Certified Solutions Architect, Microsoft Azure Solutions Architect Expert, or Google Professional Cloud Architect.