Seeking a hands-on Solution Architect to modernise banking & payments systems. Technology agnostic!
Why You’d Like It
The Story
As part of a large-scale transformation programme, we are seeking an experienced Solution Architect to join a high-performing team delivering modern, scalable banking solutions. This is not a high-level advisory role—our architects are hands-on, working closely with engineering teams to define, build, and evolve core banking and payment platforms.
Over the next 12–18 months, the focus is on significant system enhancements and modernisation, requiring deep expertise in banking integrations, payments, and API-driven architecture.
Company Profile
A leading bank with a strong commitment to innovation, security, and customer-centric solutions. This organisation is undergoing a multi-year transformation, investing heavily in technology to create a seamless, future-proof banking experience. You’ll be joining a collaborative, forward-thinking team, where your expertise will shape critical financial services infrastructure.
Your Role
As a Solution Architect, you’ll be responsible for designing and evolving key banking systems, ensuring seamless integration between legacy and modern platforms. You’ll work hands-on with engineering teams to implement domain-driven design principles, develop API-first solutions, and support a major migration effort. Your role will cover two main focus areas:
1. Cards and Payments
Benefits
Your Fit
If you’re ready to drive meaningful change in banking technology, apply now!
- Long-term transformation programme, with a major uplift over the next 12–18 months
- Initial 6-month contract with multiple 6-month extensions expected
- Flexible / hybrid working
- Work on critical banking systems with a leading financial institution
- Hands-on architecture role—deeply involved with engineering teams
- Opportunity to shape modern API and domain-driven architectures
The Story
As part of a large-scale transformation programme, we are seeking an experienced Solution Architect to join a high-performing team delivering modern, scalable banking solutions. This is not a high-level advisory role—our architects are hands-on, working closely with engineering teams to define, build, and evolve core banking and payment platforms.
Over the next 12–18 months, the focus is on significant system enhancements and modernisation, requiring deep expertise in banking integrations, payments, and API-driven architecture.
Company Profile
A leading bank with a strong commitment to innovation, security, and customer-centric solutions. This organisation is undergoing a multi-year transformation, investing heavily in technology to create a seamless, future-proof banking experience. You’ll be joining a collaborative, forward-thinking team, where your expertise will shape critical financial services infrastructure.
Your Role
As a Solution Architect, you’ll be responsible for designing and evolving key banking systems, ensuring seamless integration between legacy and modern platforms. You’ll work hands-on with engineering teams to implement domain-driven design principles, develop API-first solutions, and support a major migration effort. Your role will cover two main focus areas:
1. Cards and Payments
- Deep knowledge of credit and debit card platforms, schemes, and transactions.
- Experience integrating with payments systems (money in/money out).
- End-to-end lifecycle management, including creation, updates, and maintenance.
- Supporting a full migration effort from legacy systems to modern architectures.
- Core Banking Systems & Integration
- Strong understanding of banking account systems and transaction processing.
- Designing APIs and streaming architectures for core banking products.
- Expertise in domain-driven design, microservices, and modular architectures.
- Experience with event-driven and asynchronous patterns.
- Technology agnostic background
- API-driven architecture and integration-led solutions
- Domain-driven design principles
- Frontend as a façade layer, with evolving backend architecture
- Deep involvement in engineering practices and solution delivery
Benefits
- Competitive contract rates
- Flexible / hybrid working opportunity
- Work on a critical banking transformation with long-term potential
- Engage with modern architecture methodologies in a hands-on environment
- Collaborate with top-tier engineers and architects
Your Fit
- Seasoned Solution Architect with a background in software development
- Progressed from engineering or tech lead roles into architecture
- Banking and financial services experience is essential
- Strong hands-on architecture skills—comfortable with both design and engineering execution
- Ability to align technical solutions with business and domain strategies
If you’re ready to drive meaningful change in banking technology, apply now!
Like the sound of that?
If this sounds like you please reach out to me at
kate@digitalgarage.co.nz
kate@digitalgarage.co.nz