R&D Cloud Platform Senior Architect

SBS is a global financial technology company that's helping banks and the financial services industry to reimagine how to operate in an increasingly digital world. SBS is a trusted partner of more than 1,500 financial institutions and large-scale lenders in 80 countries worldwide, including Santander, Societé Generale, KCB Bank, Kensington Mortgages, Mercedes-Benz, and Toyota FS. Its cloud platform offers clients a composable architecture to digitize operations, ranging from banking, lending, compliance, to payments, and consumer and asset finance. With 3,400 employees in 50 offices, SBS is recognized as a Top 10 European Fintech company by IDC and as a leader in Omdia's Universe: Digital Banking Platforms.

Job Description
Role Summary: We are seeking a highly experienced Senior Software Architect to lead the design and development of scalable, high-performance financial technology solutions. The ideal candidate will have a deep understanding of distributed systems, cloud computing, and modern software architectures. They will play a critical role in shaping the technical vision, driving architectural excellence, and mentoring engineering teams.

The role requires defining, challenging, and implementing functional and non-functional requirements and liase with project stakeholders to ensure high quality and timely delivery of a Digital Cloud platform(s).

Minimum Qualifications
Design Acumen:

• Deep understanding of distributed system architecture and best practices.
• Strong knowledge of Domain-Driven Design (DDD) and Event-Driven Architecture (EDA).
• Solid understanding of security best practices and compliance in fintech solutions.
• Strong understanding of microservices architecture.
• Focus on Non-Functional Principles like Maintainability, Quality, Performance,Security etc

Soft Skills

• Experience in fintech, banking, or payment systems.
• Strong understanding of regulatory and compliance requirements in the financial sector.
• Proven ability to lead technical teams and influence decision-making.
• Strong problem-solving skills and ability to handle complex architectural challenges.
• Pro-active learning of emerging technologies and drive innovation within the organization

Total Experience Expected: 14-18 years

Qualifications
What you will do

• Design and develop distributed architectures for high-availability fintech applications with SaaS approach.
• Lead cloud-native development, leveraging Kubernetes, and AWS services.
• Architect and implement event-driven and microservices-based systems.
• Write code to develop and maintain secure, scalable, and resilient applications.
• Define, develop and challenge application design strategies.
• Enable teams to follow effective development workflows.
• Engineer with DevSecOps best practices, ensuring efficient CI/CD pipelines and deployment strategies.
• Provide technical leadership and mentor engineering teams on software design principles.
• Collaborate with product, business, and engineering teams to translate requirements into scalable solutions.
• Ensure Product Quality including TDD, Contract test, JUnit, etc.
• Effective technical presentation to stakeholders.

Technical Skills

• Expert-level proficiency in Java 11 and hands-on experience in backend development.
• Strong expertise in Spring Boot.
• Extensive experience with NoSQL and SQL databases such as MongoDB, Redis and PostgreSQL.
• Proficiency in messaging systems like Kafka.
• Experience with TypeScript for front end development and K6 test automation.
• Good to have experience with:

Reactive Programming

Helm

ArgoCD

Gitlab CI

Front-end frameworks like Angular

Additional Information
What drives our teams:

• Develop, test, and maintain software components based on user stories and feature specifications.
• Write clean, maintainable, and efficient code using Java reactive streams and associated technologies.
• Implement and optimize solutions using Spring Web Flux, Spring Boot, Spring Cloud Contract, and other Spring modules.
• Build and manage microservices using Docker, Kubernetes, and Helm.
• Integrate event-driven systems using Kafka.
• Work on distributed data processing using Apache Spark.
• Develop front-end components using Angular and TypeScript.
• Build and deploy AWS cloud-based SaaS applications, ensuring scalability and reliability.
• Work closely with cross-functional teams, including architecture and product teams, to ensure the seamless implementation of enterprise-level non-functional requirements (NFRs).
• Drive innovation by introducing new ideas and technologies into the development process, with a focus on automation and reducing manual interventions.
• Focus on efficiency improvements in both product development and operational tasks.
• Leverage GenAI tools, such as GitHub Copilot, to optimize your development workflow and enhance code quality.
• Collaborate with the team on building scalable SaaS products, ensuring long-term product growth and maintaining enterprise-level quality.
• Contribute to overall product design and feature enhancements, thinking beyond technical execution and focusing on the bigger product vision.

Secondary Location: Noida Campus

At our organization, we are committed to fighting against all forms of discrimination. We foster a work environment that is inclusive and respectful of all differences.

All of our positions are open to people with disabilities.