Senior Solutions Architect – Digital Banking & Cloud AI

First Tech Federal Credit Union; Robin Hill (MA); On-site; USD 164,000 - 197,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Traditional medical, dental, andvision

Generous 401(k) match

Paid Time Off and holidays

Lending product pricing perks

Job summary

First Tech Federal Credit Union is seeking a Principal Solutions Architect to lead design and technical direction for digital banking initiatives and transformation programs. You will translate business needs into end-to-end, scalable architectures and drive governance across enterprise standards.

The ideal candidate brings 10+ years in fintech architecture, strong cloud and API expertise, and the ability to mentor delivery teams while aligning security, performance, and resiliency with

Qualifications

• 10+ years in solution or enterprise integration architecture in fintech or regulated services.
• Proficiency with REST/SOAP, messaging, event-driven and microservices architectures.
• Experience creating architecture docs and delivery artifacts (Visio, Lucidchart, Jira, Confluence).
• Bachelor's degree in CS/IT/Engineering or 4+ years of relevant experience in lieu of a degree.
• TOGAF, Azure or AWS architecture certifications preferred.

Responsibilities

• Define end-to-end solution architectures and integration strategies for banking apps, digital banking services, vendor platforms, and cloud solutions.
• Leverage AI and automation to speed delivery of solutions.
• Create and maintain architecture artifacts such as blueprints, diagrams, integration designs, data flows, and API specs.
• Lead discovery sessions, architecture workshops, and design reviews to turn business requirements into scalable solutions.
• Evaluate vendor technologies, APIs, and integration capabilities, identifying risks, gaps, dependencies, and optimization opportunities.
• Promote API-first, cloud-native, microservices, event-driven patterns aligned with enterprise standards.
• Ensure solutions meet security, compliance, availability, performance, resiliency, DR, and long-term supportability.
• Support vendor selection, proofs of concept, release planning, production support, incident response, and technical due diligence.
• Present recommendations in architecture governance forums to align with enterprise principles and roadmaps.
• Provide technical leadership and mentorship to delivery teams by reviewing designs and promoting best practices.

Skills

Solution architecture

Enterprise architecture

REST/SOAP APIs

Microservices

Documentation/artifacts

Stakeholder management

TOGAF/Azure/AWS

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science/IT/Engineering

4+ years of relevant experience in lieu of degree

Tools

MuleSoft

Azure Integration Services

Visio

Lucidchart

Jira

Confluence

Job description

First Tech Federal Credit Union is seeking a Principal Solutions Architect to lead design and technical direction for digital banking initiatives and transformation programs. You will translate business needs into end-to-end, scalable architectures and drive governance across enterprise standards.

The ideal candidate brings 10+ years in fintech architecture, strong cloud and API expertise, and the ability to mentor delivery teams while aligning security, performance, and resiliency with