Solutions Architect

CompassX Group; Boston (MA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary with bonus

PTO and holidays

Health, dental, vision, life insurance

Retirement plan with company match

Learning and development support

Direct access to leadership

Job summary

CompassX Group is seeking a Senior Enterprise Architect in Boston to own architecture for key initiatives, translating strategy into actionable roadmaps and sequencing of projects. You’ll evaluate tools like Aladdin, SAP, and CRM, defining data interactions and end-to-end controls while ensuring integration with legacy stacks in a high-regulation financial services environment.

You will collaborate with engineers, product owners, and business stakeholders to balance timelines, constraints, and

Qualifications

• Experience designing complex multi-system architectures.
• Experience in high-regulation verticals like financial services.
• Ability to explain trade-offs and risks to diverse stakeholders.
• Experience with legacy stacks and integration patterns.

Responsibilities

• Own the overall architecture for key initiatives, ensuring future‑state designs are viable and integrated across platforms.
• Translate business strategies into architectural blueprints, roadmaps, and sequencing of projects.
• Evaluate and select enterprise tools (e.g., CRD, SAP, Aladdin) and define data exchange and controls end‑to‑end.
• Create conceptual and logical architectures and identify integration risks before production.
• Collaborate with engineers, product owners, and business stakeholders to align design, timelines, and constraints.
• Champion system integrity, performance, and security, ensuring new solutions fit legacy stacks.

Skills

Enterprise architecture

Platform knowledge

Communication skills

Collaborative work style

Tools

Aladdin

CRM

Investment management systems

Core financial systems

Job description

What You’ll Do

• Own the overall architecture for key initiatives, ensuring that future‑state designs are technically viable and fully integrated across existing platforms and ecosystems.
• Translate business strategies and “north star” visions into actionable architectural blueprints, roadmaps, and sequencing of projects.
• Evaluate and select specific enterprise tools (for example, CRD, SAP, Aladdin or similar platforms) and define how they interact, exchange data, and enforce controls end‑to‑end.
• Create conceptual and logical architectures, perform feasibility checks, and proactively identify integration risks before they become production issues.
• Collaborate with engineers, product owners, and business stakeholders to align solution design, delivery timelines, and technical constraints.
• Champion system integrity, performance, and security, ensuring that new solutions fit cleanly into legacy stacks and high‑complexity environments such as financial services.
• Document key decisions, architectural standards, and patterns so teams can build and operate solutions consistently.
• Stay current on platform capabilities and emerging technologies, bringing informed recommendations on how to modernize, simplify, or consolidate systems over time.

What You’ll Bring

• Strong background in specialized architecture, ideally having grown from roles such as business systems analyst into a platform‑focused architect.
• Deep expertise with at least one major enterprise platform (e.g., investment management, Aladdin, CRM, or core financial systems) and a practical understanding of its functional constraints and integration patterns.
• Proven ability to design conceptual architectures for complex, multi‑system environments and to perform rigorous feasibility and impact assessments.
• Experience working in high‑complexity, high‑regulation verticals (such as financial services) and navigating legacy technology stacks without breaking critical operations.
• Strong communication skills, with the ability to explain trade‑offs, risks, and design decisions clearly to both technical teams and non‑technical stakeholders.
• A problem‑solving mindset that focuses on system integrity, maintainability, and long‑term scalability rather than just “getting it to work” today.
• Collaborative working style, comfortable influencing without authority and partnering across engineering, product, operations, and business leadership.
• Curiosity and adaptability, with a desire to continuously deepen your platform knowledge and architectural craft in a fast‑evolving technology landscape.

Benefits

• Competitive salary with performance‑based bonus
• PTO, holidays, and sabbatical program
• Health, dental, vision, and life insurance
• Retirement plan with company match from day one
• Learning and professional development support
• Small‑firm culture with direct access to leadership

$140,000 - $170,000 a year

The posted compensation range reflects the anticipated base salary and target bonus opportunity for this position. Final compensation will be determined based on a variety of factors, including experience, skills, qualifications, internal equity, and market conditions. Placement within the range is based on the candidate’s overall fit for the role and is not determined solely by years of experience.