Solution Architect

Highbrow LLC; Dallas (TX); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A financial technology firm based in Dallas, TX, is seeking a Solution Architect to lead the design of systems across AWS and on-premise environments. The role focuses on consumer lending and fraud prevention, requiring 7+ years of experience in architecture and a deep understanding of AWS services. The Solution Architect will mentor a team and ensure the alignment of customer-related applications. This hybrid position involves three days in the office.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of application or solution architecture experience.
• 3+ years in lending or financial services.
• Proficiency in integration patterns including RESTful APIs.

Responsibilities

• Architect and simplify integrations between applications.
• Design scalable solutions using AWS services.
• Partner with teams to align technical design with business priorities.

Skills

AWS Services (EC2, Lambda, RDS, etc.)

Application Architecture

Stakeholder Management

Integration Patterns (RESTful APIs, etc.)

Fraud Detection Platforms

Job description

Job Title: Solution Architect

Duration: 6 Months

Location: Dallas, TX (Hybrid 3 days in office).

Role Overview

Our client is seeking an experienced Solution Architect to lead the design and harmonization of lending and fraud-related systems across AWS and on-premise environments. This hands‑on role supports a strategic effort to simplify and align applications around a shared understanding of the customer throughout the entire consumer lifecycle—from onboarding and credit decisioning to servicing and fraud mitigation.

This role requires deep domain expertise in consumer lending and fraud prevention, alongside strong architectural experience in high-volume, high-availability environments. The architect will work closely with technical and business stakeholders to streamline redundant systems, reduce complexity, and ensure real-time, consistent customer intelligence across all touchpoints.

This is not a governance or oversight position; this is a business outcome-focused architecture role. This person will build and lead a small team of 1–3 solution architects or senior engineers.

Key Responsibilities

• Demonstrated experience in architecting and simplifying integrations between cloud-native and on-premise applications to support a unified customer profile across lending and fraud domains and vendor solutions.
• Demonstrated experience in designing scalable, resilient solutions leveraging AWS-native services to meet the performance and availability demands of real-time decisioning systems.
• Partner with product, engineering, and data teams to align technical design with business priorities.
• Rationalize existing technology footprints to reduce duplication and promote reuse across systems.
• Ensure new and existing systems support shared customer context, enabling faster decisions and more effective fraud mitigation.
• Drive implementation in Agile delivery environments and ensure architecture evolves iteratively alongside business needs.
• Mentor junior architects and lead a small team (1–3 resources).

Required Qualifications

• 7+ years of application or solution architecture experience, including 3+ years in lending or financial services.
• Deep knowledge of AWS services, including but not limited to EC2, Lambda, RDS, S3, DynamoDB, EventBridge, Step Functions, and IAM.
• Strong background in consumer lending systems and fraud detection platforms.
• Experience designing and implementing high-throughput, high-availability systems in regulated industries.
• Proficiency in integration patterns including RESTful APIs, event-driven architecture, and message queues.
• Demonstrated ability to simplify complex application landscapes and unify data models or customer representations.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills.