Director Platform Architect, Data & Database Solutions

Who We Are

Apex Fintech Solutions (Apex) powers innovation and the future of digital wealth management by building tech‑forward solutions that help simplify, automate, and facilitate access to financial markets for all. Our robust suite of fintech software enables us to support clients such as Stash, Betterment, SoFi, Webull, and eToro, amongst many others; collectively, Apex powers access to the stock market for over 22+ million end customers.

At Apex, we are changing how the securities industry operates by reinventing the status quo, which was manual, slow, and accessible only by the ultra‑wealthy. We're digitizing and democratizing systems so that everyone has an opportunity to invest. When you're at Apex, you drive this change. You're part of a global team with a clear vision: to be the trusted technology that powers the digital economy.

Our offices in Austin, Dallas, Chicago, New York, Portland, Belfast, and Manila are home to over 1,000 employees. Together, we're shaping the future of financial innovation. Embrace change. Solve big. Win together. And be G.R.E.A.T. — grit, results, empathy, accountability, and teamwork — with Apex.

Best Places to Work – 2026, 2025, 2024, 2023 (Presented by Built In)
Bespoke Wealth Tech of the Year – 2025 (Presented by US Fin Tech Awards)
The World's Top 250 Fintech Companies – 2024 (Presented by CNBC)

As Platform Architect for Data & Database Solutions, you will lead the design and implementation of cloud‑based solutions that form the foundation of our data platform. This role requires deep technical expertise in GCP technologies combined with strategic thinking to translate complex business requirements into scalable, sustainable architectural solutions. You will drive critical initiatives that shape how our organization leverages data, working closely with stakeholders across the business to ensure our technology strategies align with organizational objectives.

Your work will directly impact our ability to deliver secure, compliant, and high‑performing data solutions that meet the rigorous standards of the fintech industry while supporting our clients and enhancing our data platform capabilities.

• Define the database architecture roadmap spanning on‑premises, cloud, and hybrid environments, ensuring alignment with business objectives and product requirements
• Select and standardise DBMS technologies, architectural patterns, and tooling for OLTP and OLAP use cases across the organisation
• Lead capacity planning initiatives and design scaling strategies including partitioning, sharding, and multi‑region/high‑availability architectures
• Develop logical and physical data models, entity‑relationship diagrams, and schemas that appropriately balance normalisation and denormalisation requirements
• Establish comprehensive data governance standards covering naming conventions, versioning, lineage tracking, and retention policies with supporting documentation
• Optimise database performance through query tuning, indexing strategies, caching mechanisms, and execution plan analysis; conduct load testing and benchmarking
• Implement high‑availability solutions including replication, backup/restore procedures, and disaster recovery strategies with clearly defined RPO/RTO targets
• Instrument and monitor database health, capacity utilisation, and SLA compliance; lead incident response efforts and conduct thorough post‑mortems
• Enforce security controls including encryption at rest and in transit, comprehensive auditing, RBAC/IAM policies, and data access governance
• Collaborate with security and compliance teams to ensure adherence to GDPR, HIPAA, SOC 2, FINRA, and other industry‑specific regulatory requirements
• Introduce and maintain CI/CD practices for database changes utilising migration tools such as Liquibase, Flyway, or Alembic
• Automate infrastructure provisioning and configuration management using Infrastructure as Code tools including Terraform and Cloud Formation
• Establish guardrails for schema evolution, implement change review processes, and define rollback strategies
• Advise engineering teams on schema design principles and query…