Technical Architect; m​/f​/d

Role Purpose

The Technical Architect is responsible for defining and governing end-to-end technical architecture for complex banking systems. The role ensures that solutions are scalable, secure, and aligned with enterprise architecture standards
, while guiding engineering teams across the full delivery lifecycle.

This position plays a critical role in bridging business requirements, engineering execution, and architectural governance
, ensuring systems are optimized for performance, integration, and regulatory compliance
.

• Lead the design of technical architectures and solution blueprints for complex banking systems
• Define high‑level architecture models (HLDs), solution architecture diagrams, integration patterns and system interactions
• Ensure alignment with enterprise architecture principles and standards
• Evaluate and recommend technology stacks and platforms

• Define and oversee integration strategies across core banking systems, digital banking platforms, middleware and third‑party systems
• Guide engineering teams on API design, microservices architecture, data flow and system interoperability
• Ensure seamless integration across distributed systems

• Design solutions that ensure high availability, fault tolerance and scalability under peak loads
• Define performance benchmarks and capacity‑planning strategies
• Identify and mitigate performance bottlenecks at the design stage

• Embed security‑by‑design principles into architecture solutions
• Ensure systems comply with internal security policies and banking regulatory requirements
• Guide teams on secure architecture patterns, identity and access management integration and data protection and encryption strategies

• Ensure adherence to architectural governance frameworks across projects
• Participate in architecture review boards (ARB) and design approvals
• Define and enforce architecture standards, design principles and technology guidelines
• Provide oversight to ensure consistent implementation

• Collaborate with business stakeholders, product owners, engineering and Dev Ops teams
• Translate business requirements into technical solutions
• Provide technical leadership and mentorship to engineering teams
• Communicate architecture decisions effectively to both technical and non‑technical audiences

• Evaluate emerging technologies and industry trends
• Drive innovation in cloud adoption (AWS/Azure), microservices and containerization, API‑driven architectures
• Contribute to long‑term technology strategy and roadmap

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Technology or a related field

• 8–10 years of experience in software engineering, system design and architecture
• Proven experience designing complex, enterprise‑scale systems
• Experience in banking or financial services is strongly preferred
• Demonstrated ability to lead architecture initiatives across multiple projects

• Strong expertise in system design, architecture patterns, microservices, APIs and distributed systems
• Experience with cloud platforms (AWS and/or Azure) and integration technologies
• Knowledge of security architecture principles, performance optimization and scalability techniques
• Familiarity with Dev Ops and CI/CD practices, data architecture concepts

• TOGAF (mandatory / strongly preferred)
• AWS Certified Solutions Architect or Microsoft Azure Solutions Architect Expert

• Excellent communication and presentation skills
• Strong stakeholder management abilities
• Strategic thinking with a problem‑solving mindset
• Ability to influence and guide cross‑functional teams

• Enterprise & Solution Architecture
• System Integration & Design
• Scalability & Performance Engineering
• Security & Compliance Architecture
• Technical Leadership & Governance
• Stakeholder Engagement

• Experienced architect with strong expertise in enterprise system design within banking environments
• Proven ability to translate business needs into scalable, secure technical solutions
• Strong understanding of architecture governance frameworks (TOGAF)
• Comfortable working across cloud, integration and distributed systems
• Effective communicator with the ability to influence stakeholders and guide engineering teams