Director, Cloud-Native Solutions & Enterprise Architecture

Motion Recruitment; Boston (MA); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Motion Recruitment is sourcing a Director of Solutions Architecture for a leading investment management firm in Boston, MA. The role blends hands-on software development with strategic architecture leadership to guide cloud-native solutions, API-first design, and enterprise modernization.

The successful candidate will mentor teams, influence roadmaps, and partner with product, engineering, and leadership to align technology with business goals in a secure, scalable financial services environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or master's degree in Computer Science or a related field.
• 15+ years of experience designing, developing, and delivering enterprise technology solutions.
• Proven experience leading solution architecture from strategy through implementation, including architecture ownership, design documentation, and stakeholder communication.
• Strong hands-on experience designing, developing, and supporting cloud applications in AWS environments, including containerized applications and custom enterprise solutions.
• Demonstrated experience with API-first architecture, including modern, decoupled, secure, and scalable APIs.
• Prior hands-on software development experience with Java, Spring Boot, and JavaScript, with experience building APIs and user interfaces clearly demonstrated on the resume.
• Experience designing secure, scalable, and resilient cloud-native solutions, including application modernization and migration initiatives.
• Strong understanding of enterprise architecture, security, data architecture, scalability, and resiliency.
• Experience with DevSecOps practices, CI/CD automation, and AWS Well-Architected Framework principles.
• Experience working with databases, data platforms, and data APIs in public cloud environments.
• Ability to assess business priorities, evaluate technical risks and tradeoffs, and translate business needs into technology solutions.
• Proven ability to influence stakeholders and build relationships across product, engineering, architecture, and leadership teams.
• Excellent communication, presentation, and relationship management skills.

Responsibilities

• Hands-On Architecture, Technical Design & Development Guidance.
• Technical Leadership & Architecture Strategy.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration & Stakeholder Management.

Skills

AWS Cloud

API-first

Java

Spring Boot

JavaScript

DevSecOps

CI/CD

Leadership

Enterprise Architecture

Security

Education

Bachelor's or master's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

AWS

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

Motion Recruitment is sourcing a Director of Solutions Architecture for a leading investment management firm in Boston, MA. The role blends hands-on software development with strategic architecture leadership to guide cloud-native solutions, API-first design, and enterprise modernization.

The successful candidate will mentor teams, influence roadmaps, and partner with product, engineering, and leadership to align technology with business goals in a secure, scalable financial services environment.