Senior Solution Architect

Facade Today; United Arab Emirates; On-site; AED 600,000 - 900,000; Full time

Job summary

Facade Today is seeking a Senior Solution Architect in Dubai to design and architect resilient, reliable, and secure applications across microservices and API ecosystems.

You will work closely with the Head of Architecture and Delivery leads to balance functional requirements with performance, security, and user experience, across cloud-native infrastructure.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in architecture and design across backend, frontend and mobile.

Responsibilities

• Design and architect resilient, reliable, and secure applications within microservices and API ecosystems.
• Develop and maintain architecture standards, guidelines, and best practices.
• Create end-to-end design patterns and high-level designs across backend, frontend, mobile, APIs, and more.
• Collaborate with Agile tribes and squads across planning and sprints to ensure alignment and delivery.
• Embed cybersecurity and information security into architecture and solution design.

Skills

End-to-end design patterns

High-level designs

Solutions across backend frontend and

APIs

Message brokers

Event streams

Microservices

Container-based infrastructure

Cloud-native infrastructure

Cybersecurity in architecture

Agile methodologies

Agile team structures

Acceptance Criteria

Job description

Location: Dubai, UAE

Experience: 10+ Years

Job Overview

We are looking for experienced Senior Solution Architect with deep technical expertise and strong solution-oriented capabilities to design and architect resilient, reliable, secure, and high-performing applications.

The role will work closely with the Head of Architecture, while also collaborating with the Delivery Head / Lead within the relevant business or functional domain. The Senior Architect will be responsible for developing architecture solutions that effectively balance functional requirements, customer/user experience, performance, reliability, resiliency, and security.

Key Responsibilities

Solution Architecture & Design

• Design and architect resilient, reliable, and secure applications within microservices and API-based ecosystems.
• Develop and maintain architecture standards, guidelines, and best practices.
• Create end-to-end design patterns, high-level designs, and solution architectures across:
  • Backend applications
  • Frontend applications
  • Mobile applications
  • APIs
  • Message brokers
  • Event streams
  • Microservices
• Design solutions for container-based and cloud-native infrastructure.
• Evaluate and recommend appropriate architectural principles and patterns, clearly articulating their benefits and trade-offs.

Agile & Stakeholder Collaboration

• Work closely with Agile Tribes and Squads across Quarterly Planning, Sprint Planning, Sprint Refinement, and Sprint Retrospectives.
• Collaborate with internal departments and subsidiaries to align architecture decisions with business and technical requirements.
• Work across functional and technical teams to ensure effective solution delivery.

Security & Resilience

• Embed cybersecurity and information security best practices into architecture and solution design.
• Ensure solutions are designed with appropriate reliability, resiliency, security, and performance considerations.

Required Skills & Experience

• 10+ years of experience developing end-to-end design patterns, high-level designs, and solutions across backend, frontend, and mobile applications.
• Strong experience in banking, accounting, payments, lending, and credit products.
• Corporate banking domain exposure is an advantage.
• Must have participated in or led at least 3 projects involving resilient, reliable, and secure applications within microservices and API-based ecosystems.
• Deep knowledge of:
  • APIs
  • Message brokers
  • Event streams
  • Microservices
  • Container-based infrastructure
  • Cloud-native infrastructure
• Strong understanding of embedding cybersecurity and information security into architecture and design.
• Experience working with Agile methodologies, Agile team structures, and Agile deliverables including Features, Epics, Stories, and Acceptance Criteria.
• Strong willingness to learn and adapt to new functional domains.