.NET Architect

Synechron•Pittsburgh, PA

20h•$120,000 - $130,000

About The Position

Synechron is seeking a .NET Architect with strong banking domain experience to design secure, scalable, and high-performance enterprise applications. The role provides technical leadership and involves collaboration with business, development, security, and infrastructure teams. The architect will design end-to-end solutions for banking and financial applications, translate business and regulatory requirements into technical designs, guide development teams, and help ensure solutions satisfy security, compliance, performance, and availability needs. The position also supports cloud adoption, DevOps, CI/CD, monitoring, and application modernization. The base salary varies by geography and other factors. For a position filled in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the stated base salary range is $120,000–$130,000 per year, plus benefits.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, IT, or a related field.
At least 2 years of experience as a Software, Solution, or Application Architect.
Prior experience in banking, financial services, fintech, or payments.
Strong communication, leadership, stakeholder-management, and problem-solving skills.
Strong experience in C#, .NET Core/.NET 6+, ASP.NET Core, Web API, and Entity Framework Core.
Expertise in SQL Server, microservices, design patterns, SOLID, Clean Architecture, and DDD.
Experience with Azure services, Docker, Kubernetes, messaging systems, and CI/CD tools.
Knowledge of OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect, JWT, API security, and data protection.
Understanding of banking transactions, payments, reconciliation, KYC/AML, audit, and regulatory requirements.

Nice To Haves

Exposure to standards such as PCI DSS, ISO 20022, ISO 8583, SWIFT, or PSD2.

Responsibilities

Design end-to-end architectures for banking and financial applications.
Convert business and regulatory requirements into scalable technical solutions.
Lead architecture decisions, technical design, and solution documentation.
Guide development teams and review designs and code.
Design microservices, REST APIs, integrations, and distributed systems.
Work on banking domains such as payments, core banking, loans, digital banking, KYC, AML, and fraud management.
Ensure solutions meet security, audit, compliance, performance, and availability requirements.
Support cloud adoption, DevOps, CI/CD, monitoring, and application modernization.
Mentor developers and promote architecture and coding best practices.

Benefits

Highly competitive compensation and benefits package.
Possibility to work abroad.
10 days of paid annual leave, plus sick leave and national holidays.
Maternity and paternity leave plans.
Comprehensive insurance plan including medical, dental, vision, life insurance, and long- and short-term disability; plans vary by region.
Retirement savings plans.
Higher education certification policy.
Commuter benefits; availability varies by region.
Extensive training opportunities focused on skills, substantive knowledge, and personal development.
On-demand Udemy for Business access to more than 5,000 curated courses for Synechron employees.
Coaching opportunities with experienced colleagues from Financial Innovation Labs (FinLabs) and Center of Excellences (CoE) groups.
Cutting-edge projects at leading tier-one banks, financial institutions, and insurance firms.
Flexible workplace arrangements.
Mentoring, internal mobility, and learning and development programs.