Senior Software Architect - Lending Platform Design

PNC; Pittsburgh (Allegheny County); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

PNC is seeking a Senior Software Architect for its Lending organization. The role is based in Pittsburgh, PA, with additional bases in Dallas, TX and Birmingham, AL.

The position emphasizes leading design reviews, architecture governance, and end-to-end solution design to deliver robust software systems in an in-office environment. The candidate will translate business goals into technical requirements, shape solution boundaries, and produce architecture deliverables aligned with enterprise

Qualifications

• Translate business goals into functional and non-functional requirements.
• Define solution boundaries, assumptions, and scope.
• Produce designs aligned with architecture principles, standards, and target-state vision.

Responsibilities

• Lead solution design and architecture reviews for software development initiatives.
• Perform upfront analysis and architecture-focused design activities.
• Translate architectural direction into detailed designs for delivery teams.
• Ensure solutions align with enterprise architecture standards and governance requirements.
• Partner with business and technology stakeholders to define solution scope.
• Identify requirements, assumptions, dependencies, and constraints.
• Support architecture governance and review processes.
• Create and maintain required architecture artifacts and documentation.
• Design and evaluate system interactions and data flows.
• Define integration approaches across applications and services.

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Jira

Confluence

Diagramming Tools

Job description

PNC is seeking a Senior Software Architect for its Lending organization. The role is based in Pittsburgh, PA, with additional bases in Dallas, TX and Birmingham, AL.

The position emphasizes leading design reviews, architecture governance, and end-to-end solution design to deliver robust software systems in an in-office environment. The candidate will translate business goals into technical requirements, shape solution boundaries, and produce architecture deliverables aligned with enterprise