Solutions Architect

FinClear; Western Australia; On-site; AUD 190,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

FinClear in Perth is seeking a hands-on Solutions Architect to shape the platforms behind equities trading, clearing and settlement across Australia with a focus on security, scalability and regulatory compliance.

You’ll own the design end-to-end, lead technical delivery across multiple teams, and still write code. This role combines architecture leadership with practical coding and collaboration across vendors and partners.

Qualifications

• 10+ years building enterprise backend systems in Java or an equivalent language.
• 5+ years building web solutions in JavaScript/TypeScript/HTML5/CSS, preferably with React or Next.js.

Responsibilities

• Design the solution: translate enterprise architecture inputs into secure, scalable designs.
• Lead a team technically: set direction, break work down, ensure code quality.
• Estimate work for planning and prioritisation.
• Lead delivery: coordinate with multiple teams, manage dependencies.
• Stay hands-on: review code, prototype where helpful, leverage AI tools.

Skills

Enterprise backend

Web solutions

Technical lead

AWS

PostgreSQL

Redis

REST/gRPC

Java

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/IT or equivalent

Tools

AWS

Job description

Most architecture roles in Australian financial markets sit in a Sydney tower. This one doesn’t have to. We’re looking for a hands on Solutions Architect to shape the platforms behind equities trading, clearing and settlement across Australia based in Perth.

You’ll own the design of our biggest solutions from start to finish, act as technical lead for one of our engineering teams, guide several more through delivery, and still write code. If you want national scale, regulated and genuinely complex work without relocating to get it, read on.

About FinClear

FinClear provides the technology and infrastructure that brokers, advisers and wealth platforms rely on to trade, clear and settle for their investors.

Our Solutions Architecture team turns Enterprise Architecture direction into designs that engineering teams can build. We run an AI first engineering model: architects use AI for design, documentation and code review, and nobody here has stopped coding.

What you'll do

• Design the solution. Take a problem set by Enterprise Architecture, work with product owners to draw out the functional and quality requirements, and design something secure, scalable and buildable.
• Lead a team technically. Act as technical lead for an engineering team. Set its technical direction, break work down and guide how it’s built, make the call on design decisions, unblock engineers and hold the bar on code quality.
• Estimate it. Give Enterprise Architecture and programme management estimates they can plan and prioritise against.
• Lead it through delivery. Work daily with the technical leads of the other teams involved, sequence delivery with programme management, and manage dependencies and interface risk between teams.
• Stay hands on. Review code, build prototypes where they help, and use AI tooling to move faster on design, documentation and review.
• Govern it. Lead and take part in Architecture Review Board sessions, and help build the reference patterns and standards other teams use.
• Keep it safe, fast and compliant. Make sure solutions meet FinClear’s security, performance and regulatory requirements, and take part in security reviews and performance testing.
• Work with partners. Collaborate with vendors and third-party teams to design and deliver integrated solutions.
• Grow people. Mentor engineers and testers across the teams you work with.

What you'll bring

• 10+ years building enterprise backend systems in Java or an equivalent language, with strong experience in microservices, REST and gRPC APIs, event-driven design, and messaging platforms such as RabbitMQ and SQS
• 5+ years building web solutions in JavaScript, TypeScript, HTML5 and CSS, ideally with React or Next.js
• At least 2 years as a technical lead or architect, both leading a team day to day and accountable for large solutions delivered by several teams at once
• Deep hands-on AWS experience across EC2, ECS, RDS, S3, SQS, SNS, Route 53 and the services around them
• Solid data skills in PostgreSQL, SQL and Redis, and in designing data access patterns for distributed systems
• A track record of estimating complex work accurately and managing dependencies and trade-offs across technical leads
• Confidence explaining designs to engineers, executives and external partners alike
• A degree in Computer Science, IT or a related field, or equivalent professional experience

Nice to have

• Financial markets, trading, clearing or investment platform experience. If you’ve come from another regulated industry banking, payments, insurance, energy or resources we’d still like to hear from you.
• AWS Solutions Architect certification at Associate or Professional level
• Regular use of AI assisted development tools such as Claude Code or GitHub Copilot
• Experience working with technology vendors and third-party development teams

Why this role

• Real scale and real stakes. The systems you design move money and shares for investors across Australia, in a market where correctness and uptime are not optional.
• Lead, don’t just advise. You’ll be technical lead for your own team as well as shaping the work of others, so you see your designs through to production with engineers you know well.
• Architecture with your hands still on the keyboard. You won’t be pushed into slideware our model expects architects to code, and our AI tooling makes that practical at senior level.
• Breadth. Application, data, infrastructure, security, vendor integration and public APIs all land on your desk.
• Influence. You’ll sit on the Architecture Review Board and help set the patterns the rest of engineering builds on.

If you’re in Perth.

Senior financial markets architecture roles are rare outside the east coast, and many Perth architects end up in resources or government by default. This is a chance to do national financial markets work without moving. The two-to-three-hour time difference works in your favour, giving you quiet, focused afternoons once the east coast has logged off.

Please note you must have the right to legally work in Australia, sponsorship options are not available at this time.