Principal Architect, Banking Technology (Singapore)

Ethos BeathChapman; Singapore; On-site; SGD 180,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

BeathChapman Pte Ltd is seeking a Senior Architect to lead the technical direction of banking projects in Singapore. You will collaborate with client architects and engineering leads and guide teams here and offshore.

You will design and oversee architecture for digital, payments, and corporate banking platforms, drive cloud-native modular solutions, and explore AI-enabled modernization with secure governance.

Qualifications

• 15+ years in software engineering and architecture, with recent hands-on design work.
• A strong Java and microservices background, plus API design and event-driven systems.
• Experience with high-volume transaction systems and enterprise databases.
• Modern delivery practices: CI/CD, containers, automated and contract-based testing.
• Domain knowledge in payments, transaction banking, digital banking or core banking.
• A practical view of how to bring AI services into enterprise architecture.
• Bonus: Kubernetes, serverless, performance engineering, front-end exposure, agentic AI.

Responsibilities

• Design and oversee the architecture of banking platforms, including digital, payments and corporate banking.
• Guide modernisation of existing applications towards cloud-based, modular designs.
• Identify where AI and GenAI can add real value in banking, with proper security and governance.
• Set the engineering and API standards that teams follow.
• Review technical risk and effort estimates when proposals are being put together.
• Coach architects and senior engineers.

Skills

Java

Microservices

API design

Event-driven systems

CI/CD

Containers

Automated testing

Contract-based testing

Payments domain knowledge

Digital banking

Core banking

AI in enterprise arch

Bonus: Kubernetes

Bonus: Serverless

Tools

Kubernetes

Serverless

Job description

About the Role

A technology services provider is looking for a senior architect to lead the technical direction of its banking work in Singapore. You’ll work with client architects and engineering leads, and guide teams here and offshore.

What You’ll Do

• Design and oversee the architecture of banking platforms, including digital, payments and corporate banking.
• Guide modernisation of existing applications towards cloud-based, modular designs.
• Identify where AI and GenAI can add real value in banking, with proper security and governance.
• Set the engineering and API standards that teams follow.
• Review technical risk and effort estimates when proposals are being put together.
• Coach architects and senior engineers.

What You Bring

• 15+ years in software engineering and architecture, with recent hands-on design work
• A strong Java and microservices background, plus API design and event-driven systems
• Experience with high-volume transaction systems and enterprise databases
• Modern delivery practices: CI/CD, containers, automated and contract-based testing
• Domain knowledge in payments, transaction banking, digital banking or core banking
• A practical view of how to bring AI services into enterprise architecture
• Bonus: Kubernetes, serverless, performance engineering, front-end exposure, agentic AI

What’s on Offer

Large-scale banking work, hands-on influence over AI-enabled modernisation, and regular access to senior client technology leaders.

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Reg No. R1768414

BeathChapman Pte Ltd

Licence no. 16S8112