Solutions Architect - Financial Services

Our client, a leading financial institution with a strong presence in Hong Kong Market, is looking for a highly skilled and talented Solutions Architect to joing their growing team & lead the design and development of their digital solutions.

Responsibilities:

• Work with technical leads, engineers and other Solution/domain architects to define architecture solution design for digital products and services, which meets the business needs and is cost effective.
• Convert requirements into actionable product/service requirements that feed Technology solutions development & influence service direction.
• Responsible for ensuring solutions are aligned with the platform architecture and roadmap, group standards and policies and the overall enterprise architecture for their function.
• Accountable for overall design & integrity of set of systems/apps to support specific products, services & customer journeys.
• Accountable for the architecture governance and design authority for the development of the products and services in line with the published roadmap.

Requirements

• Degree or above in a technology, engineering or science related disciplines.
• Minimum 10 years working experience, especially on digital applications and digital transformation.
• In-depth knowledge among any of these technology domains: digital, mobile, conversational platform, CRM, data analytic, Blockchain/DLT, API / Microservices and cloud platforms.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with strong oral, written and presentation skills.
• Strong analytical, problem solving, negotiation, influencing skills and possess logical and critical thinking in architecture.
• End to end application architecture knowledge with focus on non-functional requirements that are critical in financial service applications.
• API Management, REST/JSON APIs, and modern SOA expertise.
• Proficiency in both English and Chinese, Putonghua speaking is an advantage.