Senior FinTech Solution Architect - Real-Time Payments

Halian; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 440,000 - 551,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial technology organization is seeking a Senior Solution Architect to design and deliver enterprise-scale solutions in financial services. The ideal candidate should have 10+ years of experience, strong application development skills, and expertise in architecting scalable, high-availability payment systems. This role involves collaboration with stakeholders and guiding engineering teams, ensuring regulatory compliance and performance standards. Hybrid work environment possible, competitive compensation offered.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in solution architecture, enterprise application design, and software engineering.
• Strong application development background (Java, .NET, Python, or equivalent).
• Proven experience architecting payment systems (e.g., digital payments, card systems).
• Excellent understanding of HA (High Availability) and DR (Disaster Recovery) design.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end solution architecture for complex financial systems.
• Design architectures that meet scalability and disaster recovery requirements.
• Engage with business stakeholders to translate complex requirements into technical architectures.
• Architect integrations across enterprise systems and payment gateways.

Skills

Microservices

Event-driven architecture

APIs (REST, GraphQL)

Cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP)

Containerization (Docker, Kubernetes)

Messaging systems (Kafka, RabbitMQ)

Job description

A leading financial technology organization is seeking a Senior Solution Architect to design and deliver enterprise-scale solutions in financial services. The ideal candidate should have 10+ years of experience, strong application development skills, and expertise in architecting scalable, high-availability payment systems. This role involves collaboration with stakeholders and guiding engineering teams, ensuring regulatory compliance and performance standards. Hybrid work environment possible, competitive compensation offered.