Solutions Architect

Safemind; Stockholms kommun; On-site; SEK 1,100,000 - 1,650,000; Full time

Job summary

Safemind is seeking an experienced Solution Architect for a global investment firm's financial technology landscape in Stockholm. You will design and evolve technology supporting business-critical financial processes, focusing on integrations, APIs, data architecture, and scalable systems.

Collaborate with tech leads, engineers, architects, and business stakeholders to translate business needs into robust technical designs and drive architectural decisions.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in software engineering and solution architecture.
• Experience in financial services or fintech environments with financial systems.
• Expertise in system integrations, APIs, and data architecture.
• Ability to translate business requirements into technical designs.
• Experience collaborating with engineering teams, stakeholders, and external technology providers.
• Strong communication and leadership skills.

Responsibilities

• Design and evolve technology supporting business-critical financial processes.
• Drive architectural decisions and develop scalable, reliable solutions across internal systems and external platforms.
• Collaborate with tech leads, engineers, architects, and business stakeholders to align technology with business needs.
• Focus on system integrations and long-term scalability while maintaining high standards of security and compliance.

Skills

Software engineering

Solution architecture

APIs and integrations

Data architecture

Cloud knowledge

Technical leadership

Communication

Tools

APIs

System integrations

Data architecture

Job description

Our client is a leading global investment firm operating in a complex and data-driven environment. Technology plays a central role in supporting its financial operations, with a strong focus on scalable systems, seamless integrations, and process automation.

As the organization continues to develop its technology capabilities, there is an opportunity for an experienced Solution Architect to help shape and modernize its financial technology landscape.

About the role

As a Solution Architect, you’ll play a key role in designing and evolving the technology supporting business-critical financial processes. Working closely with tech leads, engineers, architects, and business stakeholders, you’ll drive architectural decisions and develop scalable, reliable solutions across internal systems and external platforms.

The role combines strategic architectural thinking with a strong technical foundation. You’ll work on both new initiatives and existing systems, focusing on system integrations, technical standards, and long-term scalability while ensuring that technology solutions align with business needs.

What we’re looking for

• Extensive experience in software engineering and solution architecture, with a strong technical foundation and understanding of complex systems.
• Experience from financial services, banking, investment management, fintech, or similar environments involving financial systems and processes.
• Strong expertise in system integrations, APIs, and data architecture, with experience designing scalable, reliable, and secure solutions.
• Proven ability to translate business requirements into technical designs and drive architectural decisions through implementation.
• Experience working with business-critical systems and collaborating with engineering teams, stakeholders, and external technology providers.
• Strong communication and technical leadership skills, with a pragmatic and collaborative approach to problem-solving.
• Experience with financial platforms, modern data technologies, or cloud-based solutions is considered an advantage.

Confidential search, conducted by Safemind.