Senior System Architect – FinTech & Cloud-Native Leadership

BOC International Holdings Ltd; Hong Kong Island; On-site; HKD 900,000 - 1,500,000; Full time

Job summary

BOC International Holdings Ltd. seeks a seasoned System Architect to lead the design and evolution of core business systems in a high-availability setup.

You will drive technology choices, align solutions with business goals, and guide teams across cloud-native, microservices, and AI-enabled architectures. Requirements include 5+ years of development plus 3+ in architecture, strong Java/Python/C++ skills, and hands-on cloud and container experience (Docker/K8s).

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or higher in CS/Software Engineering.
• Minimum 5 years system development experience and at least 3 years in architecture design for medium to enterprise systems.
• Candidates with over 2 years of full time working experience in Hong Kong or overseas is considered as an advantage.
• Proficiency in Java/Python/C++ with strong knowledge of design patterns and coding.
• Deep understanding of distributed system principles (CAP theorem, consistency algorithms, load balancing).
• Familiarity with microservices architectures (Spring Cloud/Dubbo/Kubernetes).

Responsibilities

• Lead the overall architecture design for core business systems within BOCI, ensuring scalable, high-availability solutions.
• Plan and execute long-term technical architecture evolution in alignment with company development strategies, industrial trends, and head office direction.
• Lead the company’s technology stack development, selection of frameworks, middleware, databases, etc.
• Ensure technology solutions align with business objectives and internal standards.
• Assess and implement new technologies such as cloud-native applications, microservices, and AI-based models.
• Review existing system architectures, re-build and design low-latency, high-performance, highly availability distributed systems.
• Collaborate with security team to ensure stability and compliance fulfill on system deployment, disaster recovery, monitoring, logging, and alert.
• Work closely with development and operation teams to ensure the effective implementation of architecture plans.
• Provide Guidance to development teams in adhering to architectural standards to improve application development quality.

Skills

System architecture

Distributed systems

Microservices

Cloud-native

Docker/Kubernetes

DevOps CI/CD

Programming – Java/Python/C++

Communication skills

Problem solving

Design patterns

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science

Tools

Spring Cloud

Dubbo

Kubernetes

Docker

AWS

Azure

Alibaba Cloud

MySQL

Oracle

Job description

BOC International Holdings Ltd. seeks a seasoned System Architect to lead the design and evolution of core business systems in a high-availability setup.

You will drive technology choices, align solutions with business goals, and guide teams across cloud-native, microservices, and AI-enabled architectures. Requirements include 5+ years of development plus 3+ in architecture, strong Java/Python/C++ skills, and hands-on cloud and container experience (Docker/K8s).