<div class="show-more-less-html__markup show-more-less-html__markup--clamp-after-5 relative overflow-hidden"> <p><strong>Job Description:</strong></p><p>Seeking a Technical Architect &amp; Product Manager who can bridge business requirements and technology delivery. The role is responsible for defining technical solutions, guiding engineering teams, ensuring architectural compliance, managing technical risks, and supporting successful product delivery.</p><p>The ideal candidate is a hands-on technology leader with strong stakeholder management skills who can translate business needs into scalable, maintainable, and secure solutions.</p><ul><li>10+ years of software engineering and solution architecture experience.</li><li>Experience leading cross-functional technical teams.</li><li>Experience working closely with business stakeholders and product management teams.</li><li>Proven track record designing and delivering enterprise-scale applications.</li></ul><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>Key Responsibilities</strong></p><ol><li><strong>Product Strategy &amp; Technical Leadership</strong></li></ol><ul><li>Partner with Product Owners, Business Analysts, and stakeholders to understand business objectives and translate them into technical solutions.</li><li>Support the Solution Architect in defining and executing the product technology roadmap.</li><li>Evaluate solution options and recommend the most suitable architecture, design patterns, and implementation approaches.</li><li>Identify technical risks, dependencies, constraints, and mitigation actions during discovery and planning phases.</li><li>Ensure technical feasibility and alignment between business requirements and technology implementation.</li><li>Communicate technical trade-offs, risks, and impacts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.</li></ul><ol><li><strong>Architecture &amp; Solution Design</strong></li></ol><ul><li>Produce high-level and detailed solution designs aligned with enterprise architecture standards.</li><li>Define system integration, application design, deployment, and operational requirements.</li><li>Collaborate with engineering and DevOps teams to develop solution blueprints.</li><li>Ensure scalability, maintainability, reliability, and security principles are embedded in the solution design.</li><li>Establish and enforce coding standards, architectural guidelines, and engineering best practices.</li></ul><ol><li><strong>Product Delivery &amp; Engineering Governance</strong></li></ol><ul><li>Participate actively in Agile/Scrum ceremonies and provide technical direction to delivery teams.</li><li>Ensure delivered solutions comply with approved architecture and development standards.</li><li>Lead technical reviews and support resolution of complex design and implementation challenges.</li><li>Drive engineering quality through code reviews, design reviews, and adherence to development standards.</li><li>Remove technical blockers and support major technology migrations and platform changes.</li><li>Ensure testing strategy is integrated into the delivery lifecycle.</li></ul><ol><li><strong>Coaching &amp; Team Enablement</strong></li></ol><ul><li>Mentor engineers on architecture, design principles, and development best practices.</li><li>Promote continuous improvement and engineering excellence across the team.</li><li>Support knowledge sharing and technical upskilling initiatives.</li></ul><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>Mandatory Technical Skills</strong></p><p>The candidate is not expected to be a specialist in every technology but must demonstrate strong architecture and software engineering fundamentals who has experience in software development.</p><p><strong>Core Technologies</strong></p><ul><li>Software Architecture &amp; Solution Design</li><li>Enterprise Application Development (Java preferred or .Net, especially programming experience in technology)</li><li>REST API Design and Integration</li><li>Microservices Architecture</li><li>SQL and Data Modeling</li><li>CI/CD and DevOps principles</li><li>Cloud Platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP)</li><li>Agile / Scrum Delivery</li></ul><p><strong>Architecture &amp; Engineering Knowledge</strong></p><ul><li>Design Patterns and Architectural Principles</li><li>System Integration and API Management</li><li>Security Best Practices</li><li>Performance, Scalability, and Reliability Design</li><li>Application Lifecycle Management</li></ul><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>Nice-to-Have Skills</strong></p><ul><li>Kubernetes and Containerization</li><li>Event-Driven Architecture / Messaging Platforms</li><li>Observability and Monitoring Practices</li><li>Financial Services or Banking Domain Experience</li></ul><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>Value-add Certifications</strong></p><ul><li>TOGAF Certified Enterprise Architect.</li><li>Cloud Architecture certification (AWS, Azure, or GCP).</li><li>Scrum Master, Product Owner, or SAFe certification. (CSM/PSM/PSPO/SA)</li><li>ITIL Foundation or higher.</li><li>Banking/Financial Services domain certifications.</li></ul><p><br/></p> </div>