Senior Technical Lead Financial Risk Solutions Architecture

***This role is 5 days onsite each week, occasional work from home considerations can be considered in the future***

***We are unable to sponsor for this permanent full-time role***

***Position is bonus eligible***

Prestigious Enterprise Company is currently seeking a Senior Technical Lead Solutions Architect with strong Financial Risk experience. Candidate will be a key technical leader across product development, engineering, data, and business team, providing strategic leadership and technical mentorship for the Enterprise Risk Business Technology Team within Enterprise Risk Organization.

Responsibilities:

Lead the design of complex, high-impact technical solutions across multiple systems and teams, contributing to the overall technology vision across Enterprise Risk.

Partner with product and business stakeholders to translate business requirements into architectural blueprints and implementation roadmaps.

Provide technical leadership and mentorship to engineering teams, ensuring alignment with architecture principles and best practices.

Own and evolve architectural standards, patterns, and documentation for long-term scalability and maintainability.

Evaluate emerging technologies and make strategic recommendations aligned with business goals.

Conduct architectural reviews and provide hands-on support when needed for technical decisions.

Drive cross-functional alignment, balancing innovation, speed, and technical debt.

Collaborate with the company's Enterprise Technology, Architecture, Data, and Security organizations to ensure solutions are aligned with enterprise standards and principles.

Qualifications:

Bachelor’s or master’s degree in computer science, Engineering, or related field.

10+ years of software engineering experience, including hands-on experience with modern frameworks and technologies (e.g., Kubernetes, Kafka, Angular, Java, Python)

8+ years in a senior architectural or technical leadership role.

This is a director level role as a single contributor.

Deep experience in solution architecture, microservices, APIs, integration patterns, security best practices, micro-front ends, 12 factors, etc.

Proven track record of designing and deploying scalable, cloud-native solutions within AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud Platform (AWS is preferred).

Experience with building GenAI and AI solutions

Strong knowledge of software development lifecycle, CI/CD, DevOps practices, and Agile methodologies.

3+ years of relevant large-scale enterprise transformation experience as relates to architecture preferred.

Prior experience in the primary or secondary mortgage industry is desirable, with architecture experience in highly regulated industries (e.g., (finance, healthcare) required.

Certifications in cloud architecture (e.g., AWS Solutions Architect Professional, etc.) are preferred

Excellent communication, collaboration, and leadership skills.

Ability to influence senior stakeholder and translate complex ideas into actionable outcomes.

Highly motivated and energetic self-starter with solid organizational and time management skills; demonstrable experience operating at high standards of quality and accuracy within a fast-paced changing environment.

Superb communication, leadership, and relationship management skills, that enable partnering with and influencing key team members in an open, collaborative environment at all levels of the organization.

Technical and Architectural leadership with knowledge of cloud-based solutions and emerging technologies.

Excellent verbal and written communication skills and ability to succinctly present and translate complex ideas into actionable outcomes.