Architect Jobs

About The Position

Requirements

• Minimum 8 years of technical experience in solution architecture, integration design, or technical delivery, including hands-on design and implementation (not architecture-in-theory only).
• Hands-on experience with one or more wealth/retirement industry platforms - such as Orion, Broadridge/FI 360, Evestnet, trading, custodial, or RIA-related tools is strongly preferred.
• Experience and/or certifications with a major cloud platform (Azure, AWS, or GCP); a relevant certification such as TOGAF or a cloud solutions architect credential is a nice-to-have.
• Comfortable operating at the detail level – talking APIs, data schemas, system logs, and integration configurations – while also able to communicate design concepts to non-technical stakeholders.
• A track record of building genuine working relationships with business SMEs and business leaders, and of using those relationships to understand business strategy to shape it into technical design.
• Confidence presenting designs and recommendations to demanding audiences, along with the ability to take critical feedback well and adjust a design as needed.
• Experience working in fast-paced, agile delivery environments, often supporting multiple concurrent initiatives.
• Strong collaboration and communication skills; ability to work effectively with architects, product owners, delivery teams, and implementation partners.
• Bachelor's degree required.
• 7-10 years of relevant experience
• Up to 25% travel
• Bachelor's degree (4-year degree)

Nice To Haves

• Experience and/or certifications with a major cloud platform (Azure, AWS, or GCP); a relevant certification such as TOGAF or a cloud solutions architect credential is a nice-to-have.

Responsibilities

• Design end-to-end technical solutions for RPW initiatives, translating business and functional requirements into detailed architecture: app integrations, data flows, sequencing, component design.
• Collaborate with other architects to define and apply appropriate architectural patterns to support business processes and deliver solutions that fit within budget and other constraints.
• Identify, design, and implement automation of business processes across systems - replacing manual and semi-manual workflows with reliable, monitored, system-to-system automation.
• Architect integrations across the RPW ecosystem – whether API-based, event-driven, batch/ETL, message queues, file-based, etc. – weighing tradeoffs in latency, reliability, and maintainability.
• Recommend, design, and build what is needed; respectfully push back on inappropriate solutions; lead and guide business and technology colleagues alike toward the right solution for the problem.
• Build and maintain trusted working relationships with business subject matter experts and business leaders across RPW, ground technical designs in how the business actually operates.
• Participate in the technology strategy planning process; develop understanding of business strategy; collaborate on future-state designs that inform the multi-year IT roadmap.
• Present solution designs and technical recommendations to a range of audiences, including executive stakeholders, adapting depth and framing to the audience.
• Incorporate feedback from architecture reviews, stakeholder discussions, and governance forums into iterative design refinement.
• Lead and/or partner with application, data, and security architects to understand tradeoffs among the various technical options; design solutions that leverage the most appropriate technologies.
• Produce clear, detailed solution design artifacts - integration diagrams, data flow maps, sequence diagrams, and interface specifications - that delivery teams can build and test against.
• Evaluate new platforms, vendor tools, and cloud services (e.g., Azure, AWS, GCP) for fit within the existing integration and data landscape, flagging risks, constraints, and design implications early.
• Work directly with delivery teams and implementation partners through build and test phases, providing hands-on technical guidance and resolving design issues as they surface.
• Bring working knowledge of the RPW business domain - retirement and wealth management operations, advisor workflows, and industry data standards.
• Identify opportunities to simplify, consolidate, or modernize integration points and eliminate redundant or brittle connections across the technology landscape.
• Support the VP of Technology Strategy Planning and the Domain Architect by providing technical feasibility input, effort estimates, and design options for prioritization discussions.

Benefits

• health/dental/vision/life/disability insurance
• FSA, HSA and 401(k) accounts
• paid-time-off benefits such as vacation, sick, and personal days
• eligible bonuses, equity and commissions for some positions