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.

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:

o Experience in fintech, banking, or payment systems.

o Strong understanding of regulatory and compliance requirements in the financial sector.

o Proven ability to lead technical teams and influence decision-making.

o Strong problem-solving skills and ability to handle complex architectural challenges.

o Pro-active learning of emerging technologies and drive innovation within the organization

Total Experience Expected: 14-18 years

What you will do

o Design and develop distributed architectures for high-availability fintech applications with SaaS approach.

o Lead cloud-native development, leveraging Kubernetes, and AWS services.

o Architect and implement event-driven and microservices-based systems.

o Write code to develop and maintain secure, scalable, and resilient applications.

o Define, develop and challenge application design strategies.

o Enable teams to follow effective development workflows.

o Engineer with DevSecOps best practices, ensuring efficient CI/CD pipelines and deployment strategies.

o Provide technical leadership and mentor engineering teams on software design principles.

o Collaborate with product, business, and engineering teams to translate requirements into scalable solutions.

o Ensure Product Quality including TDD, Contract test, JUnit, etc.

o Effective technical presentation to stakeholders.

Technical Skills:

o Expert-level proficiency in Java 11 and hands-on experience in backend development.

o Strong expertise in Spring Boot.

o Extensive experience with NoSQL and SQL databases such as MongoDB, Redis and PostgreSQL.

o Proficiency in messaging systems like Kafka.

o Experience with TypeScript for front end development and K6 test automation.

o Good to have experience with:

Reactive Programming

Helm

ArgoCD

Gitlab CI

Front-end frameworks like Angular

What drives our teams:

o Develop, test, and maintain software components based on user stories and feature specifications.

o Write clean, maintainable, and efficient code using Java reactive streams and associated technologies.

o Implement and optimize solutions using Spring Web Flux, Spring Boot, Spring Cloud Contract, and other Spring modules.

o Build and manage microservices using Docker, Kubernetes, and Helm.

o Integrate event-driven systems using Kafka.

o Work on distributed data processing using Apache Spark.

o Develop front-end components using Angular and TypeScript.

o Build and deploy AWS cloud-based SaaS applications, ensuring scalability and reliability.

o Work closely with cross-functional teams, including architecture and product teams, to ensure the seamless implementation of enterprise-level non-functional requirements (NFRs).

o Drive innovation by introducing new ideas and technologies into the development process, with a focus on automation and reducing manual interventions.

o Focus on efficiency improvements in both product development and operational tasks.

o Leverage GenAI tools, such as GitHub Copilot, to optimize your development workflow and enhance code quality.

o Collaborate with the team on building scalable SaaS products, ensuring long-term product growth and maintaining enterprise-level quality.

o 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.