Lead Technical Architect-Payments

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Role

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Location

Role Overview

hands-on Technical Architect

Key Responsibilities

• Drive

  technical architecture

  and design for payment solutions across domestic and international clearing systems (RTGS, SWIFT, ACH, etc.).
• Lead

  production support architecture

  – ensuring performance, resilience, and 24×7 availability of mission-critical banking platforms.
• Partner with delivery, infra, and client stakeholders to ensure

  NFRs (Security, Performance, Resilience)

  are embedded into design and delivery.
• Act as the

  technical escalation point

  during go-lives and production incidents; deep dive into application, database, and infra layers to resolve issues.
• Guide engineering teams in applying

  best practices in Java, API, microservices, and database optimization

  .
• Work closely with

  Cloud teams (AWS, Azure)

  to design deployment architectures, understand nuances of each cloud model, and optimize for cost, scale, and resilience.
• Represent Intellect in client technical discussions,

  defending architecture choices and problem-solving with senior bank management

  .
• Travel onsite for short stints during critical phases (go-lives, performance tuning, migration, etc.).

Must-Have Skills

1. Banking/Payments Expertise

   – deep understanding of payment systems, message formats (SWIFT, ISO20022), and clearing mechanisms.

2. Production Support Experience

   – ability to analyze live issues across app, DB, and infra layers.

3. NFR Expertise

   – Security, Performance, Resilience design principles.

4. Hands-on Java & Database Skills

   – capable of debugging, performance tuning (AWR, pg_stat), and resolving complex tech issues directly.

5. Excellent Communication

   – able to engage confidently with customers, infra architects, and senior management.

6. Cloud Deployment Models

   – AWS, Azure, hybrid architectures.

7. Customer-Facing Experience

   – prior exposure to onsite engagements, especially during go-lives and production rollouts.

Preferred Attributes

• Experience with

  microservices architecture

  ,

  API gateways

  , and

  containerization (Docker/Kubernetes)

  .
• Strong understanding of

  observability, monitoring, and DevOps pipelines

  .
• Exposure to

  modernization of legacy payment systems

  .