Lead Technical Architect-Payments

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Role

Domain

Location-Mumbai-Goregaon

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 247 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

  .