Solution Architect

zafinlabsamericasinc; Toronto; On-site; CAD 130,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Zafin seeks an experienced Solution Architect/Senior Solution Architect to translate banking, pricing, billing, and workflow requirements into scalable Zafin solution designs for financial institutions. You will bridge business and technology teams, ensuring architectures are sound, secure, auditable, and aligned with client outcomes and Zafin product direction.

You will lead architecture reviews, define data flows, integration patterns, and non-functional requirements while guiding delivery

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in solution architecture or related delivery roles.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent with significant architecture/delivery experience.
• Experience designing configurable enterprise/SaaS solutions for client environments.
• Deep understanding of banking product, pricing, billing, workflows and related domains.
• Able to translate complex requirements into clear architecture designs and data/integration flows.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end solution architecture for client implementations and strategic programs.
• Lead client discovery, workshops, architecture reviews, and requirements validation.
• Define integration and data architecture across platforms, APIs, batch interfaces, and data mappings.
• Define non-functional requirements: performance, scalability, security, privacy, auditability, and resilience.
• Provide technical direction during delivery: design reviews, migration, testing, deployment, and handover.
• Act as senior advisor to clients and internal stakeholders, communicating options, risks, and recommendations.

Skills

Solution architecture

Technical leadership

Client discovery

Architecture reviews

Non-functional requirements

Data integration

API design

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/SE/IT or related

Tools

Java

Spring Boot

Python

Microservices

REST APIs

PostgreSQL

SQL

Kubernetes

CI/CD pipelines

Cloud platforms

Job description

Zafin is an AI platform company helping regulated institutions modernize how critical work is designed, governed, and delivered. Our technology enables organizations to move faster while maintaining the governance, accountability, and control required in highly regulated environments.

Our portfolio includes Zafin AIOS , an agent orchestration platform for governed AI work; the Zafin Banking Platform , which helps banks modernize product, pricing, offers, billing, loyalty, and relationship management; and Zafin IO , an integration platform that connects data, systems, and workflows across complex enterprise environments.

Headquartered in Toronto, Canada, Zafin partners with leading financial institutions across North America, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and Asia-Pacific. As AI transforms the future of financial services, we're building the platforms that help regulated organizations adopt AI responsibly and at scale.

What is the opportunity?

As a Solution Architect or Senior Solution Architect, you will be responsible for translating complex banking, product, pricing, billing, workflow, integration, data, and operational requirements into scalable Zafin solution designs for financial institutions.

You will bridge client business and technology teams, product management, engineering, implementation, QA, DevOps, security, cloud, and program leadership to ensure solutions are architecturally sound, implementable, secure, auditable, maintainable, and aligned with client outcomes and Zain product direction.

What will you do?

• Own end-to-end solution architecture for client implementations and strategic programs, translating business and technical requirements into scalable solution designs, integration flows, data flows, configuration approaches, and implementation plans.
• Lead client discovery, solution workshops, architecture reviews, and requirements validation, including fit-gap analysis and documentation of assumptions, dependencies, constraints, decisions, and risks.
• Define integration and data architecture across platform and client systems, covering APIs, batch and file interfaces, event-driven integrations, data mappings, validation, reconciliation, error handling, security, and operational monitoring.
• Define and validate non-functional requirements covering performance, scalability, availability, reliability, security, privacy, auditability, maintainability, and operational resilience.
• Provide technical direction throughout delivery, including design reviews, data migration, testing, deployment, release and cutover planning, production readiness, defect resolution, and operational handover.
• Act as a senior technical advisor to clients and internal stakeholders, clearly communicating architecture options, trade-offs, risks, and recommendations while resolving cross-workstream dependencies and design issues.
• Partner with Product Management, Engineering, and Delivery teams to address product gaps, influence roadmap priorities, establish reusable architecture patterns, and mentor architects and technical delivery teams.

What do I need to succeed:

Must have:

• 10+ years of experience as Solution Architect, Technical software engineering, technical consulting, enterprise application implementation, or related delivery roles.
• Bachelor's degree in computer science, Software Engineering, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related discipline, or equivalent practical experience, with significant experience in solution architecture, technical consulting, enterprise delivery, or financial technology implementation.
• Strong experience designing configurable enterprise or SaaS solutions for client implementation environments, including fit-gap analysis, solution design, implementation planning, governance, and delivery enablement.
• Deep understanding of banking product, pricing, rates and fees, billing, offers, deal management, relationship pricing, eligibility, workflows, auditability, operational processes, and downstream financial impacts.
• Ability to translate complex business and technical requirements into clear architecture designs, implementation direction, data flows, integration flows, sequence flows, Jira‑ready work packages, and decision records.
• Strong technical foundation across Java, Spring Boot, Python, microservices, event-driven architecture, REST APIs, API design, PostgreSQL, SQL, Kubernetes, CI/CD pipelines, and at least one cloud environment.
• Experience defining integration and data architecture using APIs, batch interfaces, file exchanges, messaging or streaming platforms such as Kafka, Redpanda, or RabbitMQ, data contracts, mappings, reconciliation, error handling, and operational monitoring.
• Strong understanding of security and operational architecture, including authentication, authorization, encryption and decryption for files, data in motion, and data at rest, OWASP Top 10 risks, access controls, privacy, observability, monitoring, alerting, logging, and productio