Lead Integration & Microservices Architect (TIBCO, Banking & Real-Time Systems)

EXASOFT CONSULTING PTE. LTD.; Singapore; On-site; SGD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A technology consulting firm in Singapore seeks an experienced integration architect to design and lead API-based ecosystems for banking platforms. The role requires extensive experience in TIBCO technologies, strong leadership in integration architecture, and familiarity with cloud-native practices. Ideal candidates will have a proven track record in real-time payments and high-volume microservices, as well as expertise in API management technologies. This position offers the opportunity to drive modernization strategies and work with senior stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Minimum 17 years of IT experience with 10+ years in integration architecture.
• Strong expertise in TIBCO stack: BusinessWorks, EMS, Business Events.
• Proven ability with high-volume microservices and RESTful APIs.
• Experience in real-time payments and digital wallets.
• Familiar with cloud-native integration and CI/CD practices.

Responsibilities

• Architect and lead design of microservices and API-based ecosystems.
• Own integration strategy and middleware stack for banking platforms.
• Define standards for API versioning and traffic management.
• Lead performance tuning and disaster recovery planning.
• Spearhead platform modernization and migration strategies.

Skills

Integration architecture leadership

TIBCO stack expertise

Microservices architecture

Enterprise messaging systems

Real-time payments experience

API Gateway technologies

Tools

TIBCO BusinessWorks

Spring Boot

AWS API Gateway

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

• Architect and lead the design of microservices and API-based ecosystems for mission-critical banking and digital payment platforms.
• Own the integration strategy, middleware stack, and streaming architecture including TIBCO BW 6.x, StreamBase, Kafka, Solace, and AWS API Gateway.
• Lead end-to-end solution design for real-time payments, cross-border transactions, hosted banking APIs, and partner onboarding.
• Design and implement high-availability, low-latency systems using a combination of in-memory processing, distributed architecture, and event-based triggers.
• Define and enforce standards around API versioning, authentication, rate-limiting, and traffic management using Apigee, Mashery, and AWS API Gateway.
• Translate complex business requirements into scalable and secure solutions in line with internal IT architecture and MAS compliance.
• Lead performance tuning, disaster recovery planning, and capacity scaling for event processing systems (TIBCO Business Events, StreamBase).
• Provide hands-on architecture reviews, code-level guidance, and mentoring to cross-functional teams during solution implementation.
• Interface with senior stakeholders and product managers to conduct technical feasibility analysis and delivery risk assessments.
• Spearhead platform modernization and migration strategies particularly cloud-native transformation (AWS/Azure) and container orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes).
• Manage technical debt proactively and recommend architecture refinements with long-term sustainability in mind.

Requirements

• Applications will be considered only if the following criteria are strictly met:
• Minimum 17 years of IT experience, including 10+ years of hands‑on integration architecture leadership.
• Strong expertise in TIBCO stack: BusinessWorks 6.x/5.x, EMS, Business Events, StreamBase.
• Proven ability to architect and implement high-volume microservices, using Spring Boot, RESTful APIs, JSON/XML.
• Strong command of enterprise messaging systems (JMS, Solace, Apache Kafka).
• Experience with real-time payments, digital wallets, cross-border payments, IBP, UPI, ACH, and hosted payment solutions.
• In-depth experience with API Gateway technologies: Apigee, Mashery, AWS API Gateway, including hands‑on setup of policies and throttling.
• Prior architecture and delivery leadership for Tier-1 clients in banking or financial services is non‑negotiable.
• Familiarity with cloud-native integration patterns, CI/CD pipelines, and secure deployment practices using AWS Lambda, S3, CloudWatch, Jenkins, Ansible