Remote Engineering Architect - Cloud-Native FinTech Platform

Envestnet; United States; Remote; USD 168,000 - 209,000; Full time

Job summary

Envestnet seeks a senior software architecture leader to define and drive the long-term system designs for our wealth tech platforms. You will guide cross-functional teams in cloud-native, data-driven solutions, focusing on scalable and secure architectures for trading and analytics.

You will collaborate with product, security, and infrastructure groups to translate strategy into standards, roadmaps, and reusable patterns, while balancing cost, risk, and operational efficiency.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, Accounting/Finance with technology experience, or a related field.
• Hands-on architecture experience designing scalable, reliable, and reusable systems across cloud, data, security, and integration patterns.
• Experience evaluating design trade-offs across functionality, cost, operational efficiency, reliability, scalability, and risk.
• Experienced with C4 architecture modeling, data architecture, enterprise architecture standards, and architectural governance practices.
• Technical background with .NET, xUnit, Reqnroll, RESTful APIs.
• Experience with PostgreSQL, SQL Server, Redis, or ElastiCache.
• Experience with AWS, Azure or GCP cloud services .
• Experience with Kubernetes, Docker, Kafka, CloudFormation, CDK, Terraform, DevOps practices, automation, agile delivery, Scrum, and test-driven development.

Responsibilities

• Defines and drives the technical vision and long-term system designs that support scalable, secure and reliable financial technology platforms.
• Collaborates with product, engineering, security and infrastructure teams to translate business strategy into clear architectural standards and roadmaps.
• Guides team on modern cloud, data and integration patterns while ensuring compliance with regulatory, risk and resiliency requirements.
• Evaluates emerging technologies and makes recommendations that balance innovation with stability, cost and operational efficiency.
• Ensures the Envestnet technology ecosystem remains cohesive, future-ready and aligned with business growth and client needs.
• Leads requirements elicitation sessions for defined features or systems and translates them into structured architecture specifications.
• Designs end-to-end solutions for medium complexity systems aligned with enterprise architecture principles and standards.
• Owns system integration design across multiple applications, ensuring consistency, scalability, and reliability.
• Defines technical approaches for software implementation, installation, upgrades, and migration within assigned domains.
• Evaluates design trade-offs and recommends solutions balancing functionality, cost, operational efficiency, and risk.
• Applies cloud, data, security, and integration patterns to deliver robust and reusable architectures.
• Collaborates with product and engineering teams to ensure alignment between business requirements and technical design.
• Identifies gaps or conflicts in requirements and resolves them through structured architectural analysis.
• Contributes to defining and refining architectural standards within a domain or product area.
• Stays current on technology trends and applies relevant innovations where appropriate to improve solution outcomes.
• Designs scalable and reliable technology solutions that support modern trading capabilities, leveraging cloud architecture, integration patterns, APIs, data platforms, and event-driven technologies.
• Applies expertise with modern engineering technologies, including .NET, AWS services, Kubernetes, and Kafka, to deliver high-quality solutions in a product engineering environment.
• Utilizes agentic coding tools to accelerate design validation, prototype integrations, and generate technical documentation throughout the software development lifecycle.

Skills

Cloud architecture

C4 modeling

RESTful APIs

Data architecture

Enterprise standards

Kubernetes

Docker

Kafka

Terraform

AWS

Azure

GCP

DevOps practices

Security patterns

System integration

.NET

xUnit

SQL databases

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science/Information Systems/Engineering/Accounting/Finance with technology experience

Tools

Kubernetes

Docker

Kafka

CloudFormation

CDK

Terraform

RESTful APIs

Job description

Envestnet seeks a senior software architecture leader to define and drive the long-term system designs for our wealth tech platforms. You will guide cross-functional teams in cloud-native, data-driven solutions, focusing on scalable and secure architectures for trading and analytics.

You will collaborate with product, security, and infrastructure groups to translate strategy into standards, roadmaps, and reusable patterns, while balancing cost, risk, and operational efficiency.