Senior Technical Architect

Zafin•Toronto, ON

3d•Hybrid

About The Position

The world’s top banks use Zafin’s integrated platform to drive transformative customer value. Powered by an innovative AI-powered architecture, Zafin’s platform seamlessly unifies data from across the enterprise to accelerate product and pricing innovation, automate deal management and billing, and create personalized customer offerings that drive expansion and loyalty. Zafin empowers banks to drive sustainable growth, strengthen their market position, and define the future of banking centered around customer value.

Requirements

Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or equivalent experience.
Strong understanding of banking and financial services technology landscapes.
Ability to bridge business strategy and technology architecture while communicating effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
8+ years of experience in solution architecture, enterprise architecture, or technology consulting roles.
Experience designing and implementing enterprise SaaS solutions.
Experience working within banking, financial services, or large enterprise environments.
Experience leading customer-facing architecture engagements from presales through implementation.
Experience designing and integrating complex distributed systems across multiple platforms.
Experience working with cloud-native architectures, APIs, microservices, and enterprise integration patterns.
Strong understanding of banking architecture, including core banking systems, modernization initiatives, pricing and billing platforms, and customer channels.
Expertise in designing scalable, secure, and resilient distributed systems.
Experience with microservices, APIs, event-driven architectures, and integration frameworks.
Knowledge of cloud platforms, containerization technologies (Docker, Kubernetes), CI/CD pipelines, and automation practices.
Understanding of data architecture, enterprise integration, and interoperability across complex ecosystems.
Knowledge of security, identity management, encryption, and regulatory frameworks such as SOC 2, GDPR, and ISO 27001.
Ability to produce clear architecture diagrams, technical specifications, and design documentation.
Strategic Problem Solving: Designs innovative solutions that align technology investments with business outcomes.
Communication & Stakeholder Management: Effectively translates complex technical concepts into business value and influences decision-making at all levels.
Collaboration & Leadership: Builds strong relationships across customers, partners, product, engineering, and implementation teams.
Decision-Making Under Uncertainty: Makes sound architectural decisions while balancing risk, cost, scalability, and time-to-value.
Customer Focus: Demonstrates a strong commitment to delivering measurable customer outcomes and business value.

Responsibilities

Be a trusted advisor to banks and financial institutions, guiding them through modernization initiatives and enterprise SaaS adoption.
Understand customer business priorities, technology strategies, and target-state architectures across retail, commercial, and corporate banking environments.
Apply deep architectural expertise spanning legacy banking platforms, cloud-native solutions, integration frameworks, and enterprise SaaS ecosystems.
Articulate the business value of Zafin’s platform within the context of the customer’s end-to-end technology landscape and strategic objectives.
Develop solution architectures that align business goals, operational requirements, and technical constraints.
Lead and manage customer engagements from discovery and presales through implementation and ongoing evolution.
Collaborate with customers, partners, product teams, engineering teams, and implementation teams to ensure successful outcomes.
Design scalable, secure, reliable, and maintainable solutions that address both functional and non-functional requirements.
Serve as a subject matter expert in banking technology, product and pricing systems, integration patterns, and modernization strategies.
Act as a coach and mentor to customers and internal teams, promoting architectural best practices and technical excellence.
Contribute to a culture of innovation, continuous improvement, and shared ownership across cross-functional teams.
Own accountability for the value delivered to customers and the success of architectural outcomes.
Partner with clients and prospects to understand business priorities, challenges, and modernization objectives.
Conduct discovery sessions, workshops, architecture reviews.
Develop architectural roadmaps that demonstrate the value of Zafin’s platform within the broader enterprise ecosystem.
Translate complex business requirements into practical, scalable technology solutions.
Present architecture recommendations and solution designs to both technical and executive stakeholders.
Support presales activities by articulating product capabilities, architectural approaches, and implementation strategies.
Architect, design, and guide the implementation of enterprise-grade SaaS solutions.
Define technology architecture within the context of the customer’s enterprise architecture and business framework.
Develop architecture strategies based on customer business drivers, technical constraints, and transformation goals.
Design integration patterns across core banking systems, channels, data platforms, APIs, and third-party applications.
Produce architecture blueprints, solution designs, integration specifications, and technical documentation.
Ensure solutions meet scalability, performance, security, reliability, and compliance requirements.
Define data flows, data ownership, and enterprise integration approaches across complex ecosystems.
Evaluate emerging technologies and recommend innovations that enhance customer outcomes and operational effectiveness.
Collaborate closely with engineering, product management, implementation, and customer teams throughout delivery.
Support requirements elicitation, solution validation, and architecture governance activities.
Participate in design reviews, architecture reviews, and implementation planning.
Verify solution configurations and ensure architectural integrity prior to customer acceptance.
Proactively communicate with customers and internal stakeholders to drive successful project outcomes.
Identify opportunities to improve delivery methodologies, technical practices, and customer experience.
Mentor solution architects, engineers, and implementation consultants on architecture best practices.
Promote architectural standards, reusable patterns, and technical excellence across the organization.
Foster collaboration and shared ownership across business and technology teams.
Contribute to the development of internal knowledge bases, reference architectures, and architectural frameworks.