Application Architect – Enterprise Applications

About the role

We are working with a multinational financial services institution that is modernising its digital platform ecosystem. As an Application Architect you will define and drive the enterprise‑level architectural vision for scalable, cloud‑native applications, ensuring that business goals are met with robust, reusable solutions.

Key responsibilities

• Shape end‑to‑end platform target states, emphasizing component reusability, modern design patterns and operational efficiency.
• Produce high‑level and detailed architecture designs and standardise integration frameworks across distributed digital systems.
• Assess trade‑offs between legacy constraints and future‑state engineering to enable scalable transitions.
• Collaborate with cross‑functional digital delivery, infrastructure and engineering teams to oversee execution and enforce best practices.
• Establish governance models that balance rapid feature delivery with resilience, cloud security and high availability.

Required profile

• Minimum 8 years of technology experience with a proven record in architecture leadership.
• Strong background in modern patterns such as microservices, serverless, event streaming and cloud‑native solutions.
• Hands‑on experience in software engineering, system administration and modern DevOps/SRE practices.
• Familiarity with enterprise architecture frameworks (e.g., TOGAF).
• Excellent stakeholder management and ability to lead technical committees.

Required skills

• Microservices
• Serverless computing
• Event streaming frameworks
• Cloud‑native architecture
• TOGAF
• DevOps principles
• SRE principles
• System administration