Senior System Architect

Our client is building a modern cross-border payments and financial infrastructure platform (exchange, clearing, messaging, digital currency) for banks and financial institutions. We are looking for a Senior System Architect (part-time) to define and evolve the overall architecture of our platform.

• 10+ years of experience in software engineering, with several years in system or solution architecture roles
• Strong background in designing distributed, event-driven, and microservices-based systems
• Solid understanding of Java-based back-end stacks (Spring/Spring Boot), APIs, and integrations
• Experience designing high-availability, high-throughput systems for mission-critical or financial use cases
• Strong knowledge of database and storage design (relational, No
  
  SQL, caching)
• Comfortable working with modern cloud environments (AWS/Azure/GCP), networking, and security design
• Experience with observability, resiliency patterns, and capacity planning
• Ability to create clear architectural documentation, diagrams, and guidelines for engineering teams
• Used to collaborating with product, engineering, and Dev Ops to balance pragmatism vs. long-term scalability
• Bonus: experience in payments, FX, cross-border transfers, ISO 20022/SWIFT, or regulated financial environments

• Part-time role (flexible workload, for example 2–3 days per week or equivalent), focusing on architectural design, reviews, and mentoring

• Fluent English is a must (written and spoken)
• Location:
  
  strong preference for UAE, Dubai, with flexibility for remote candidates who are highly qualified

This role is ideal for someone who enjoys shaping the big picture, setting technical direction, and guiding teams to build a robust, scalable financial infrastructure platform.