This is a career-defining opportunity for a Solution Architect to define, design and govern the end-to-end architecture of a core mobile wallet platform. The position carries genuine technical leadership, shaping a long-term technology roadmap, guiding delivery teams and vendors, and ensuring the platform remains scalable, secure and future-ready. This role is well suited to an architect who wants influence over enterprise-scale decisions and the chance to leave a lasting mark on a platform of national significance.

Responsibilities

Define end-to-end solution architecture and integration patterns for the platform and its supporting systems.
Produce high-level and low-level designs for new initiatives and major enhancements.
Ensure architectural alignment with enterprise architecture standards and security frameworks.
Evaluate and recommend platform technologies, vendor solutions and architectural trade-offs.
Design API, middleware and event-driven integration patterns between the platform, core banking, payment switches and third-party systems.
Define and enforce security, scalability and resilience standards for all integrations.
Guide adoption of cloud-native and hybrid architecture patterns where appropriate.
Chair or contribute to architecture review boards for projects within the platform domain.
Participate in design review sessions, providing architectural guidance and sign-off for changes.
Guide development and integration teams on best practices, design patterns and non-functional requirements.
Support deployment planning and production readiness assessments for major releases.
Define and maintain the architecture roadmap for the platform and its integration landscape.
Promote reusability, standardisation and reduction of technical debt across the platform.
Support innovation initiatives, proofs of concept and technology evaluations for emerging capabilities.

Experience and education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering or a related discipline; Master's degree advantageous.
8 to 12 years of experience in Software Engineering, Systems Integration or Solution/Enterprise Architecture.
Minimum of 5 years' experience within FinTech, Mobile Money or core wallet and payments platforms.
Demonstrated experience architecting and delivering enterprise-scale wallet or payment integration programmes.
Experience working with regulators, auditors and security teams on platform compliance requirements.
Track record of guiding multi-disciplinary delivery teams through complex technical decisions.