Vice President - Java Architect

Key Skills: Architect, Java, Spring, System Design, System Designing

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Design high-level and detailed architecture for payment solutions, ensuring alignment with organizational standards and long-term goals.
• Collaborate with domain experts to understand requirements and design architecture that meets these needs.
• Create and maintain architecture documentation, including system and data flows.
• Ensure compliance with industry regulations like PCI-DSS, GDPR, and AML, implementing security best practices to protect sensitive financial data.
• Design solutions to handle high transaction volumes with low latency and minimal downtime, optimizing system performance for real-time payment processing.
• Work on integrations with internal and external systems, including core banking systems and payment gateways.
• Keep abreast of the latest trends in AFC technology and develop a technology roadmap for payment systems.
• Implement fault-tolerant designs to ensure high availability and business continuity.
• Collaborate with product, business, compliance, and operations teams to ensure alignment with strategic objectives.

Skills Required:

• Extensive experience in Java development, particularly in enterprise-grade applications
• Strong hands-on expertise in Spring Framework (Spring Boot, Spring MVC, Spring Security, etc.)
• Proficiency in architecting scalable, high-performance systems with microservices architecture
• Experience in system design and system designing principles, including high availability and disaster recovery
• Deep understanding of design patterns, object-oriented design, and software architecture principles
• Familiarity with payment systems, financial services platforms, and industry compliance standards (e.g., PCI-DSS, GDPR)
• Ability to lead and mentor engineering teams on architecture best practices and implementation strategies
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills for identifying and resolving architectural challenges
• Experience with tools and technologies such as Docker, Kubernetes, CI/CD pipelines, and cloud services (AWS/Azure) is a plus
• Excellent communication skills to collaborate with cross-functional teams including product, compliance, and operations

Education: Bachelor's degree in Computer Science Engineering or related fields.