FinTech System Architect — Cloud, APIs & Integrations Lead

XAD Technologies; Dubai; On-site; AED 330,517 - 440,690; Full time

Job summary

A leading FinTech firm in Dubai is looking for a skilled System Architect to lead backend architecture design and API development. This role requires extensive experience with financial services integrations and cloud infrastructure. The ideal candidate will be responsible for ensuring scalability and compliance with industry standards while collaborating across diverse teams. Candidates must have a Bachelor's degree and a deep understanding of system design in the FinTech space. This position offers a competitive salary and is located in Dubai.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5-8 years of experience as System architect/Solution architect.
• Experience with financial services APIs payment processors and banking integrations.
• Strong knowledge of API design RESTful services and microservices architecture.

Responsibilities

• Design and oversee the architecture of mobile app backend systems.
• Develop and maintain APIs and backend infrastructure.
• Lead the integration of third-party financial services and payment gateways.
• Ensure compliance with FinTech regulatory requirements.

Skills

System design expertise

Backend development

API design

Cloud platform proficiency

Problem-solving skills

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

AWS

Azure

Google Cloud

Job description

We are seeking a highly skilled System Architect to lead the design and development of business agility layer and integrations for our FinTech. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in full stack architecture API development cloud infrastructure and ensuring seamless integrations with third-party financial services and systems.
Key Responsibilities:

• Design and oversee the architecture of mobile app backend systems ensuring scalability security and high performance.

• Develop and maintain APIs microservices and backend infrastructure to support mobile applications.

• Lead the integration of third-party financial services payment gateways and banking systems.

• Ensure compliance with FinTech regulatory requirements and security standards.

• Work closely with developers product managers and security teams to align technical solutions with business needs.

• Optimize backend performance and reliability through monitoring logging and automated testing.

• Drive best practices in DevOps CI/CD pipelines and cloud-native solutions.

• Document system architecture integration workflows and security protocols.

• Stay updated with the latest trends in FinTech cloud computing and backend development.
  

Qualifications experience skills and competencies

Minimum experience:

• Minimum 5-8 years of experience as System architect/Solution architect.
• Experience with financial services APIs payment processors and banking integrations.
• Knowledge of authentication and security protocols (OAuth JWT OpenID Connect).
• Strong Knowledge on designing / building scalable and secure backend/middleware
• Certifications in cloud architecture security or backend development.

Minimum education:

• Minimum Bachelor degree

Knowledge and skills:

• Expert knowledge in system design especially in fintech space.
• Extensive experience in backend development and system architecture.
• Familiarity with fintech and its nuances in terms of backend design transactional behaviors
• Strong knowledge of API design RESTful services GraphQL and microservices architecture.
• Very strong in integration and interoperable system design with proven technologies.
• Proficiency in cloud platforms such as AWS Azure or Google Cloud.
• Experience with programming languages like Java Go Ruby or C#.
• Familiarity with DevOps tools containerization (Docker Kubernetes) and CI/CD pipelines.
• Expertise in database management including SQL (PostgreSQL MySQL MS SQL) and NoSQL (MongoDB DynamoDB Cassandra).
• Experience with event-driven architectures and messaging queues (Kafka RabbitMQ AWS SQS Pub/Sub).
• Knowledge of Infrastructure as Code (Terraform CloudFormation) and monitoring tools (Prometheus Grafana ELK Stack).
• Strong problem-solving skills and ability to work in a fast-paced FinTech environment.
• Knowledge of wallet/core systems would be added advantage.

Competencies:

• Think strategically (Level 3 of 5)
• Achieve tangible results (Level 4 of 5)
• Lead breakthrough change (Level 4 of 5)
• Exceed customer expectations (Level 2 of 5)
• Nurture Inspire and Motivate (Level 2 of 5)
• Target win-win outcomes (Level 3 of 5)
  This role carries full end-to-end accountability for implementation and delivery of EITC Financial Services Mobile applications and Integrations.