Solutions Architect

THOUGHT MACHINE PTE. LTD.; Singapore; On-site; SGD 180,000 - 230,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary

Bonus program

Healthcare

Paid holidays

Parental leave

Flexible spend

Latest technology

Learning culture

Job summary

THOUGHT MACHINE PTE. LTD. is seeking an Architect – Expert Services to lead architecture engagements for core banking and payments using the Vault platform.

You will shape deployments, configurations, integrations and migrations across pre‑sales and delivery, working with senior client stakeholders. You will maintain deep Vault knowledge, design end‑to‑end solutions, create client collateral, train teams, and influence product direction while acting as a self‑sufficient consultant across

Qualifications

• Experience designing enterprise architectures for large financial institutions.
• Domain knowledge in core banking or payments and regulatory context.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management.
• Strong background in architectural patterns: event‑based, CQRS, orchestration.
• Expert knowledge of cloud technologies and high availability/DR.
• Ability to defend technical positions to diverse audiences.
• Understanding of business drivers in banking transformations.

Responsibilities

• Present Vault architecture and best practices to senior client stakeholders.
• Interact with senior stakeholders in delivery and pre‑sales using a broad consulting skillset.
• Define target architectures and transition states for Vault implementations.
• Design end‑to‑end solutions for core banking replacement initiatives.
• Create and utilize AI agents to accelerate architectural deliverables.
• Maintain advanced Vault knowledge and provide client overviews.
• Act as a self‑sufficient consultant with limited team support.
• Deliver training on Vault functionality and architecture.
• Create and maintain client‑facing collateral on architectural topics.
• Feedback product feature needs to the Thought Machine roadmap.

Skills

Enterprise architecture

Banking domain knowledge

Stakeholder management

Event-driven architecture

CQRS

Cloud architecture

High availability & DR

Client-facing skills

Regulatory context knowledge

Job description

Architect – Expert Services (Core & Payments)

Architects within the Expert Services team enable clients to modernise their core banking and payments systems using the Vault platform. They work across pre‑sales and delivery engagements to provide expert advice on deployment, configuration, integration, and migration, and consult on end‑to‑end core replacement programmes. They are expected to have deep knowledge of the Vault product suite, its future roadmap, and the non‑functional requirements it meets.

Key Responsibilities

• Present Vault architecture and best practices to senior client stakeholders during pre‑sales engagements and delivery.
• Interact with senior stakeholders across client organisations in both delivery and pre‑sales, leveraging a broad consulting skillset.
• Work with banks to define target architectures and transition states for Vault implementations and migrations, ensuring the application of best practice.
• Design end‑to‑end solutions for core banking replacement initiatives, with the Vault product suite as the central component.
• Create and utilize AI agents to accelerate the delivery of architectural deliverables, and enable clients to take advantage of the same assets.
• Maintain an advanced level of understanding of the Vault platform and its future direction, providing a thorough overview to clients.
• Act as a self‑sufficient consultant, often engaging with clients individually without continuous team support.
• Deliver training to client teams on Vault functionality and architecture.
• Create and maintain client‑facing collateral on architectural topics.
• Interface with the Thought Machine product function to feedback necessary product features that allow clients to realise value, influencing the product roadmap.

Requirements

Essential

• Experience designing enterprise architectures for large financial service institutions.
• Domain knowledge in banking, ideally core banking or payments, with an understanding of the business drivers and regulatory context influencing large‑scale transformation programmes.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Strong technical background, with good practical knowledge of established architectural patterns such as event‑based architecture, CQRS, and process orchestration.
• Expert knowledge of cloud technologies and architectures, including emerging approaches for achieving high availability and disaster recovery (e.g., running systems across multi‑availability zones and regions).
• Strong client‑facing skills with the ability to communicate and defend a technical position to a mixed and potentially senior audience (enterprise architects, engineers, and business stakeholders).
• Good understanding of the business context, regulatory environment, and motivations for banking transformations, informing advice with banking domain knowledge and understanding of transformation execution.

Desirable

• Experience creating AI agents to accelerate delivery and improve efficiency.
• Some experience of large‑scale migration programmes, particularly core banking migrations.

Benefits

• Highly competitive salary
• Bonus incentive
• Healthcare
• 25 days holiday and public holidays
• Competitive maternity and paternity leave
• $1,500 SGD per year flexible spend benefit
• All the latest tech you need
• A talented and experienced team as your colleagues
• An environment where we encourage learning and progress

We actively hire candidates who demonstrate technical excellence in their field and welcome people of all ages and backgrounds, providing everyone with equal access to professional development. You are encouraged to apply even if your experience doesn't accurately match the job description. We also encourage applications from those with different abilities, including candidates with ADHD, autism, dyslexia or dyspraxia.