Back Office Architect- INTL CHILE

Insight Global; Santiago; Hybrid; CLP 100,440,000 - 167,400,000; Full time

Job summary

Insight Global’s client seeks a Senior Back Office Architect to modernize enterprise financial platforms, designing scalable, reliable systems for money movement and core processing. This senior hands-on role bridges product and engineering, translating business goals into technical solutions.

You will lead architecture across teams, set governance and standards, mentor architects, and ensure security, observability, and regulatory compliance while remaining hands-on with design and development.

Qualifications

• 7+ years software development and architecture experience.
• Experience with enterprise-scale systems and legacy modernization.

Responsibilities

• Own and modernize architecture of back-office financial systems (ledgers, settlements, reconciliation, treasury, money movement).
• Lead architecture design, reviews, and technical direction across engineering teams.
• Stay hands-on with system design, prototyping, and development while guiding implementation of complex solutions.
• Partner with product, engineering, and business stakeholders to align architecture with goals.
• Introduce governance, best practices, and processes to support growth.
• Mentor architects and technical leads while promoting modern technologies and continuous improvement.

Skills

C# & .NET

Distributed systems

Microservices

REST APIs

SQL

Cloud platforms

Tools

AWS

Azure

GCP

CI/CD

Job description

Job Description

Insight Global’s client is seeking a Senior Back Office Architect to play a critical role in the modernization and evolution of its enterprise financial platforms. This is a senior, hands-on architecture position focused on designing scalable, reliable systems that support money movement, financial operations, and core back-office processing.The ideal candidate brings a blend of deep technical expertise and strong architectural leadership, with the ability to introduce governance, planning, and consistency within a growing architecture team while remaining actively involved in system design and development.This role serves as a key bridge between product and engineering teams, translating business objectives into scalable technical solutions that support both current operations and future growth.

Key Responsibilities

• Own and modernize the architecture of core back-office financial systems, including ledgers, settlements, reconciliation, treasury, and money movement platforms.
• Lead architecture design, reviews, and technical direction across engineering teams, establishing scalable standards for APIs, integrations, security, and observability.
• Remain hands-on with system design, prototyping, and software development while guiding implementation of complex technical solutions.
• Partner with product, engineering, and business stakeholders to align architecture with business goals and drive cross-functional decision-making.
• Introduce architecture governance, best practices, and processes to support a growing engineering organization.
• Mentor architects and technical leaders while promoting modern technologies, AI-enabled development practices, and continuous improvement.
• Ensure systems are scalable, reliable, secure, and compliant with business and regulatory requirements.

Skills and Requirements

• 7-6+ years of software development and architecture experience, including end-to-end system design and delivery.
• Strong hands-on architecture experience with the ability to remain technical and contribute to implementation when needed.
• Professional experience with C# and .NET.
• Experience leading architecture initiatives, architecture planning, reviews, or cross-team technical decisions.
• Experience designing and supporting enterprise-scale systems.
• Proven experience modernizing, improving, or evolving legacy platforms.
• Background in financial services, banking, payments, fintech, FX, or other regulated financial environments.
• Strong knowledge of distributed systems, microservices, REST APIs, and event-driven architecture.
• Solid SQL and relational database experience.
• Ability to translate business and product requirements into technical architecture solutions.
• Strong stakeholder management, communication, and cross-functional collaboration skills.
• Experience introducing governance, standards, documentation, and architectural best practices.
• Must be willing to work hybrid in Santiago, Chile (Tuesday-Thursday onsite).
• Preferred QualificationsExperience with ledgers, double-entry accounting systems, or financial data platforms.
• Experience with settlement, reconciliation, treasury, or payment-processing systems.
• AWS architecture and cloud design experience, including CI/CD pipelines.
• Experience with other major cloud platforms (Azure or GCP) if AWS experience is limited.
• Experience leading architecture transformations, platform migrations, or modernization initiatives.
• Familiarity with architecture frameworks such as TOGAF, SAFe, or similar methodologies.
• Experience mentoring architects, technical leads, or engineering teams.
• Experience operating in fast-paced, entrepreneurial, or highly autonomous engineering environments.
• Experience using AI-assisted development tools such as Copilot, Cursor, Claude Code, or similar as part of the software development lifecycle.

We are a company committed to creating diverse and inclusive environments where people can bring their full, authentic selves to work every day. We are an equal employment opportunity/affirmative action employer that believes everyone matters. Qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, marital status, national origin, ancestry, genetic factors, age, disability, protected veteran status, military or uniformed service member status, or any other status or characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations, and ordinances. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or the recruiting process, please send a request to [e-mail].