Principal Solutions Architect — Financial Technology

Qbotick Technologies; Bengaluru; Hybrid; INR 3,000,000 - 8,000,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Learning budget

Home workstation stipend

Medical insurance coverage

Equity grant

Job summary

Qbotick Technologies seeks a Principal Solutions Architect to lead architectural discovery for payment gateways, core banking integrations, and transaction switch designs for global fintech partners. You will translate regulatory constraints into robust blueprints and guide engineering squads through legacy migrations and real-time streams.

You will drive pre-sales and architecture workshops with client CTOs and principal architects, ensuring system correctness, operational stability, and

Qualifications

• 10+ years architecting enterprise software with 5+ years in financial services or payment processing.
• In-depth understanding of PCI-DSS, ISO 20022, and idempotent financial ledger design.
• Proven track record migrating legacy core banking with zero transaction loss.
• Exceptional verbal and written communication skills with executive engineering leadership.

Responsibilities

• Lead architectural discovery for payment gateways, ledger synchronization, and real-time fraud mitigation.
• Translate regulatory constraints into immutable technical blueprints for clients.
• Provide advisory leadership to engineering squads during legacy mainframe extraction and event streaming cutovers.
• Lead technical pre-sales and architectural discovery workshops with client CTOs and Principal Architects.

Skills

Enterprise software architecture

Financial services experience

Regulatory compliance understanding

Executive leadership communication

Job description

Industry Solutions Architecture principal Engineering Remote / Bengaluru, India Full-Time

Principal Solutions Architect — Financial Technology

Spearhead architectural discovery, core banking integrations, and transaction switch designs for global fintech partners under strict regulatory requirements.

In this role, you will be directly responsible for system correctness, operational stability, and technical leadership across the following dimensions:

• Formulate reference architectures for payment gateways, ledger synchronization, and real-time fraud mitigation.
• Translate client regulatory and compliance constraints into immutable technical blueprints.
• Provide advisory leadership to engineering squads during legacy mainframe extraction and event streaming cutovers.
• Lead technical pre-sales and architectural discovery workshops with client CTOs and Principal Architects.

We evaluate candidates against demonstrated systems experience and sound foundational thinking:

• 10+ years architecting enterprise software with 5+ years in financial services or payment processing.
• In-depth understanding of PCI-DSS, ISO 20022 message protocols, and idempotent financial ledger design.
• Proven track record executing legacy core banking migrations with zero transaction loss.
• Exceptional verbal and written communication skills with executive engineering leadership.

Preferred / Nice-to-Have Background

• Direct experience architecting high-throughput transaction switches with Kafka and Apache Flink.
• Familiarity with open banking APIs (PSD2) and financial data interoperability standards.

Compensation & Work Model

Competitive Enterprise Band + Distributed Equity Grant aligned with high-performance engineering benchmarks. Every role includes an annual learning allocation, remote workstation hardware budget, and medical insurance coverage.

Benefits & Support

Designed for Deep Engineering Work

We provide the tooling, flexibility, and financial stability necessary to focus on high-impact software systems.

Top‑Tier Workstation Setup

High‑spec Apple Silicon or Linux workstation of your choice plus a dedicated 4K display and ergonomic home‑office stipend.

Annual budget for technical books, cloud certifications (AWS/GCP/CKA), research papers, and technical conference attendance.

Engineers control their calendar with protected focus blocks. We measure outputs and system uptime, not seat time.

Premium medical and hospitalization insurance coverage for team members, spouses, and dependent children.

Transparent Compensation

Senior market‑rate compensation structures with transparent evaluation criteria and long‑term equity participation.

Generous Leave & Sabbaticals

Encouraged paid time off, national holidays, and extended sabbatical opportunities to prevent burnout and recharge.

Open Technical Inquiries

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We are always interested in speaking with exceptional systems engineers, compilers/runtime researchers, and security architects.