Java FSD Architect - Payments Domain

Job Title: Java FSD Architect - Payments Domain
Client: LTI Mindtree
Location: Quincy, MA / Boston, MA
Work Arrangement: Hybrid - 3 to 4 days/week from client office
Billing Rate: $55/hr on W2
Job Description:
We are looking for a hands-on Senior Technical Architect to design and build a scalable, enterprise-grade platform providing real-time visibility into transaction lifecycles across multiple upstream and downstream systems.
The platform will correlate events, monitor transaction status workflows, identify bottlenecks, detect failures, manage exceptions, and support SLA tracking at scale.

Responsibilities

Design and build a transaction lifecycle tracking platform from the ground up. Architect solutions using the Elastic Stack, including data modeling, index design, ingestion pipelines, large-scale search, and analytics. Develop real-time dashboards and visualizations for transaction monitoring, exception tracking, bottleneck analysis, and SLA management. Define standard APIs, integration patterns, and reusable onboarding frameworks for multiple applications. Design workflow and exception-handling capabilities, including automated actions and work-item creation.

Ensure scalability, high availability, performance, security, and data-retention compliance. Lead architecture decisions and collaborate closely with engineering teams. Mentor developers and provide technical guidance. Monitor financial performance, including budgets, forecasts, and margins. Lead Agile delivery processes and promote continuous improvement. Manage workforce planning, resource allocation, and vendor coordination. Apply program architecture best practices to optimize program structure. Ensure strict adherence to project governance standards and compliance requirements.

Must-Have Skills

Deep hands-on expertise with Elasticsearch and ELK Stack, including:
Cluster sizing
Performance tuning
Mappings
Indexing strategies
Ingest pipelines
Kibana
Proven experience building high-volume event tracking, transaction monitoring, order tracking, trade lifecycle, or transaction lifecycle management systems.
Strong architecture skills in distributed, event-driven, microservices-based systems.
Hands-on development experience using Java, Python, or similar technologies.
Hands-on experience developing database solutions using relational and NoSQL databases.
Experience integrating APIs, Kafka, MQ, event streams, and heterogeneous source systems.
Cloud deployment experience with AWS or Azure.
Strong understanding of Payments / Trade Finance domain.

Mandatory Skills

Azure Cloud Services
Elasticsearch / Elastic Stack
Java
Trade Finance / Payments Domain
Microservices
Kafka / MQ
Distributed Event-Driven Architecture
Work Location: Quincy, MA / Boston, MA
Hybrid: 3-4 days/week onsite at client office
Rate: $55/hr on W2
Client: LTI Mindtree