Market Tech Architect: Strategy & Modernization Leadership

Liberty in Asia Pacific; Hong Kong; Hybrid; HKD 900,000 - 1,300,000; Full time

Job summary

Liberty in Asia Pacific seeks an Architect to define and lead the technology strategy and architecture roadmap across Singapore and Hong Kong. This role provides architectural leadership for complex, cross-functional initiatives and modernization that shape the market technology landscape.

The successful candidate will partner with IT, Compliance, Legal, Risk and vendors to drive sound architecture decisions, promote reuse, and deliver secure, scalable solutions.

Qualifications

• 12–15 years engineering/architecture experience in complex, multi-platform environments (insurance/fintech preferred).
• Strong backend/frontend skills: Java 8+ (21), Spring Boot 3.x, Angular/React.
• Practical AWS cloud and containerization experience; GitHub Actions for CI/CD.
• IaC experience: Terraform and CloudFormation.
• Knowledge of SQL/NoSQL, caching and messaging systems.
• Experience with microservices and event-driven architectures.
• Security, compliance, regulatory awareness, payment controls.
• Experience with AI-assisted development tools (GitHub Copilot).
• Ability to learn quickly and influence across diverse teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead architecture discussions; balance modernization with new capabilities and platform improvements.
• Document current/target architectures; present changes for feedback in design forums.
• Ensure alignment to APAC standards; drive governance through architecture review processes.
• Provide guidance to stakeholders across business and tech functions; influence policies and backlogs.
• Develop market Target state architectures focusing on cost, capabilities and standards.
• Promote modern patterns (event-driven, observability, zero trust, data privacy).
• Prototype cross-platform solutions; review major design proposals for maintainability and security.
• Instill security-first mindset and oversee enterprise tooling and patterns.
• Mentor team members to strengthen architectural capabilities.

Skills

Architecture leadership

Java & Spring ecosystem

AWS & Docker

CI/CD (GitHub Actions)

Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, CF)

Microservices & event-driven

Security & Compliance

Observability & testing

AI-assisted development tools

Agile practices & stakeholder mgmt

Tools

AWS

Docker

GitHub Actions

Terraform

CloudFormation

Copilot Agent

Job description

Liberty in Asia Pacific seeks an Architect to define and lead the technology strategy and architecture roadmap across Singapore and Hong Kong. This role provides architectural leadership for complex, cross-functional initiatives and modernization that shape the market technology landscape.

The successful candidate will partner with IT, Compliance, Legal, Risk and vendors to drive sound architecture decisions, promote reuse, and deliver secure, scalable solutions.