Our client in the Fintech space is seeking a Lead Architect to evolve its core technology architecture across cloud infrastructure, distributed systems, data platforms, and AI-enabled systems.

Location: Remote

Responsibilities

• Define and evolve the long-term platform architecture across cloud services, APIs, data infrastructure, and AI systems.


• Collaborate with product and engineering leadership to align architectural strategy with business goals.


• Guide technology decisions balancing performance, maintainability, security, and future growth.


• Drive the design of scalable, secure, and reliable distributed systems, including integrations and data pipelines.


• Lead architectural reviews and establish reference patterns, proofs of concept, and engineering standards.


• Partner with data and machine-learning teams to shape next-generation AI-ready infrastructure.


• Mentor senior engineers and technical leads,
  
  
  
  and help shape the engineering culture and technical hiring.

Requirements

• 15+ years in software engineering with at least 5+ in senior or architectural leadership roles.


• Robust expertise in cloud-native platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP), distributed systems, and large-scale architectures.


• Solid understanding of data systems, data modeling, APIs, and experience with integrating AI/ML systems is highly valued.


• Experience shaping standards, reference architectures, and scalable patterns that improve velocity and quality.

Seniority level

Mid-Senior level

Employment type

Full-time

Job function

• Information Technology


• Software Development