Senior System Architect

Remote Jobs; United States; Remote; USD 165,000 - 317,000; Part time

Job summary

Remote Jobs seeks a Senior System Architect to define and evolve the architecture of a modern cross-border payments and financial infrastructure platform. The role focuses on architectural design, reviews, and mentoring across a distributed environment.

The position is part-time (2–3 days per week or equivalent) with remote-friendly options. Candidates should have deep Java/Spring, event-driven microservices, cloud, and security expertise to guide teams toward scalable, robust solutions.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of software engineering experience, with system/solution architecture focus.
• Strong background in distributed, event-driven, microservices-based systems.
• Solid understanding of Java-based back-end stacks (Spring/Spring Boot), APIs and integrations.
• Experience designing high-availability, high-throughput systems for critical or financial use cases.
• Knowledge of relational and NoSQL databases, caching, and storage.
• Cloud experience (AWS/Azure/GCP), networking, and security design.
• Observability, resiliency patterns, and capacity planning familiarity.
• Ability to create architecture diagrams and guidelines for engineers.
• Able to balance pragmatism with long-term scalability across teams.

Responsibilities

• Define and evolve the architecture of the platform.
• Lead architectural reviews and mentor engineering teams.
• Collaborate with product, engineering, and DevOps to balance pragmatism vs. scalability.
• Create clear architectural documentation, diagrams, and guidelines.

Skills

Distributed systems design

Event-driven architecture

Microservices

Java/Spring/Spring Boot

APIs and integrations

HA/throughput design

Observability and resiliency

Capacity planning

Architectural documentation

Collaboration with product/engineering

Tools

AWS

Azure

GCP

Job description

Job Title - Senior System Architect

Our client is building a modern cross-border payments and financial infrastructure platform (exchange, clearing, messaging, digital currency) for banks and financial institutions. We are looking for a Senior System Architect (part-time) to define and evolve the overall architecture of our platform.

Profile summary

• 10+ years of experience in software engineering, with several years in system or solution architecture roles
• Strong background in designing distributed, event-driven, and microservices-based systems
• Solid understanding of Java-based back-end stacks (Spring/Spring Boot), APIs, and integrations
• Experience designing high-availability, high-throughput systems for mission-critical or financial use cases
• Strong knowledge of database and storage design (relational, NoSQL, caching)
• Comfortable working with modern cloud environments (AWS/Azure/GCP), networking, and security design
• Experience with observability, resiliency patterns, and capacity planning
• Ability to create clear architectural documentation, diagrams, and guidelines for engineering teams
• Used to collaborating with product, engineering, and DevOps to balance pragmatism vs. long-term scalability
• Bonus: experience in payments, FX, cross-border transfers, ISO 20022/SWIFT, or regulated financial environments

Engagement

• Part-time role (flexible workload, for example 2–3 days per week or equivalent), focusing on architectural design, reviews, and mentoring

Languages and location

• Fluent English is a must (written and spoken)
• Location: strong preference for UAE, Dubai, with flexibility for remote candidates who are highly qualified

This role is ideal for someone who enjoys shaping the big picture, setting technical direction, and guiding teams to build a robust, scalable financial infrastructure platform.