Software Architect, Fund Solutions

Apex Group; Makati; On-site; PHP 1,200,000 - 2,400,000; Full time

Job summary

Apex Group seeks a technically strong Software Architect to shape product-oriented applications and modernize a diverse application landscape across legacy and modern platforms.

You will define architectural direction, support high-impact decisions, and work with global engineering teams to deliver scalable, maintainable solutions aligned with business goals.

Qualifications

• 5+ years designing and evolving enterprise or product-focused applications.
• Strong backend experience with C# and .NET/.NET Core.
• Solid frontend understanding with React and/or Angular.
• Deep SQL skills and data design for scalable systems.
• Experience with REST APIs, SOA/microservices, and cloud delivery.
• Familiarity with Azure DevOps, CI/CD pipelines, and modern delivery practices.

Responsibilities

• Define architectural direction for product-oriented applications across legacy and modern platforms.
• Lead integration design and guide API, service, frontend, and data flow decisions.
• Drive modernization initiatives for maintainability, scalability, and reliability.
• Establish and promote architecture standards and engineering best practices.
• Collaborate with product, DevOps, infrastructure, and business stakeholders.
• Provide hands-on guidance, architecture reviews, and prototyping where needed.

Skills

C#

NET

React

Angular

SQL

Azure

AWS

Docker

Terraform

CI/CD

REST APIs

Microservices

DevOps

Tools

Azure DevOps

CI/CD pipelines

Docker

Terraform

Job description

We are seeking a technically strong and product-mindedSoftware Architectto join our global engineering team within Apex Group. This role is focused on shaping the architecture ofproduct-oriented applicationsused by real users across the organization, while guiding the modernization of a diverse application landscape spanning bothlegacy and modern platforms.

The successful candidate will define architectural direction, support high-impact technical decisions, and work closely with engineering teams to ensure solutions arescalable,maintainable, and aligned with business goals. This is amoderately hands-onrole suited to someone who can combine strong architectural thinking with practical delivery experience across.NETbackends,ReactandAngularfrontends,SQL-backed systems, and modern cloud and DevOps practices.

You will work closely with product, engineering, DevOps, infrastructure, and business stakeholders globally, reporting to the Head of DevOps based in Spain. The role is based in the Philippines, with flexibility to work overlapping hours with European teams when required.

This is an excellent opportunity for an architect who enjoys solving complex product and platform challenges, setting technical direction, and helping teams evolve systems that deliver visible value to end users.

What You Will Work With

C#and.NET/.NET Corefor backend architecture, APIs, and application services.

ReactandAngularfor modern frontend architecture and user-facing platforms.

SQLand data-driven application design across operational and product systems.

Azure,AWS,Docker,Terraform, and modern cloud infrastructure patterns where relevant.

Azure DevOps,CI/CD, engineering standards, release pipelines, and delivery practices.

Integration patterns, modernization roadmaps, and scalable application design across mixed technology environments.

Key Responsibilities

• Define and evolveapplication architecturefor product-oriented systems across both legacy and modern platforms.
• Leadintegration designand guide technical decisions across APIs, services, frontend applications, and data flows.
• Drivemodernization initiativesthat improve maintainability, scalability, reliability, and developer efficiency.
• Establish and promotearchitecture standards, design principles, and engineering best practices across teams.
• Partner with engineering teams in design reviews, technical planning, and solution shaping to ensure delivery quality and architectural alignment.
• Work closely with product, DevOps, infrastructure, and business stakeholders to translate business goals into practical and sustainable technical solutions.
• Contribute hands-on where needed through technical guidance, architecture reviews, prototyping, and support for complex implementation challenges.

Core Skills / Minimum Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in software engineering, including significant experience designing and evolving enterprise or product-focused applications.
• Strong experience withC#and.NET/.NET Corefor backend architecture, APIs, and application development.
• Strong understanding of frontend architecture and delivery usingReactand/orAngular.
• StrongSQLskills and a solid understanding of application data design, performance, and integration concerns.
• Experience designingscalable,maintainable, andsecuredistributed systems and application architectures.
• Experience withREST APIs, application integration patterns, and service-oriented or microservices-based design approaches.
• Familiarity withAzure DevOps,CI/CD pipelines, source control, and modern delivery practices.
• Experience guiding teams through technical decisions, architecture reviews, and modernization efforts.
• Strong communication skills, with the ability to explain technical direction clearly to both engineering and non-technical stakeholders.
• Ability to balance strategic architectural thinking with pragmatic delivery decisions.

Preferred / Valued Skills

• Exposure to cloud platforms such asAzureand/orAWS.
• Experience withDocker,Terraform, and infrastructure or platform automation practices.
• Familiarity withDevOpspractices, release management, environment strategy, and operational readiness.
• Experience supporting mixed landscapes that include bothlegacy systemsand modern application stacks.
• Familiarity with automated testing strategies and quality engineering practices.
• Exposure to Agile delivery models such as Scrum or Kanban.
• Experience in financial services, regulated environments, or enterprise product ecosystems is an advantage.

Soft Skills

• Strong systems thinking and architectural problem-solving ability.
• Comfortable influencing teams without over-engineering solutions.
• Clear communicator who can align architecture decisions with product and business priorities.
• Strong sense of ownership, accountability, and technical judgment.
• Able to work effectively across distributed teams with some overlap with European working hours where needed.
• Proactive mindset with a focus on quality, sustainability, and continuous improvement.

Working Hours & Collaboration Expectations

This role is based in the Philippines.

Standard working hours will apply, with flexibility to provide overlap with European teams when required.

Daily collaboration with the Spain-based DevOps lead and global engineering teams.

Requires strong self-management, comfort with asynchronous collaboration, and the ability to work effectively in a distributed team structure.

What You Will Get in Return

• A genuinely unique opportunity to be part of an expanding global business.
• The chance to shapeproduct architectureand modernization decisions withvisible business impact.
• Exposure to bothlegacy and modern platformsin a complex financial services environment.
• Opportunities for professional development across architecture, engineering leadership, cloud, and delivery practices.
• A supportive, multicultural, and collaborative work environment.
• Career progression opportunities within a growing international organization.

Long-Term Growth Path

This role is ideal for an architect who:

Enjoys defining technical direction while staying close to product delivery.

Wants to leadmodernization,integration design, and application evolution across a diverse technology landscape.

Is interested in architecture standards, scalable systems, cloud platforms, and engineering maturity.

Wants exposure to enterprise-scale platforms and globally distributed engineering teams.

We are an equal opportunity employer and ensure that no applicant is subject to less favourable treatment on the grounds of gender, gender identity, marital status, race, colour, nationality, ethnicity, sexual orientation, socio-economic, responsibilities for dependants, physical or mental disability. Any hiring decision are made on the basis of skills, qualifications and experiences.

We measure our success as a business, not only by delivering great products and services and continually increasing our assets under administration and market share, but also by how we positively impact people, society and the planet.

For more information on our commitment to Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) please visit https://theapexgroup.com/csr-policy/