Senior Solutions Architect

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Brazil.

📋 Description

• Define and enhance comprehensive solution architectures for digital products and platforms within the BS2 ecosystem, ensuring alignment between business vision and technical feasibility.

• Lead the design of solutions for intricate integrations with partners, legacy systems, and Banking as a Service (BaaS) products.

• Establish architecture standards, governance for APIs, and best practices for integration involving REST, events, and messaging, thereby supporting API Management initiatives.

• Assess and recommend technologies by conducting proofs of concept and analyzing trade-offs related to cost, performance, security, scalability, and time to market.

• Act as a technical reference for engineering teams, aiding in architectural decisions and design reviews throughout the development lifecycle.

• Document architectural decisions, diagrams, and solution perspectives, ensuring traceability and effective communication with both technical and business stakeholders.

• Ensure that solutions adhere to security, resilience, and financial-sector regulatory requirements, including BACEN, LGPD, and Open Finance.

• Collaborate with enterprise architecture, information security, infrastructure, and product teams to prioritize and advance the technology roadmap.

• Assist in system modernization and workload migration to the cloud by defining transition strategies that minimize operational impact.

⛳️ Requirements

• Extensive experience as a Solutions Architect, preferably in high-stakes environments at financial institutions, fintechs, or payment companies.

• In-depth knowledge of distributed architectures, microservices, REST APIs, and event-driven architectures, including technologies like Kafka, Pub/Sub, or similar.

• Experience with API Management platforms and gateways, such as Apigee and Kong, alongside an understanding of API governance concepts.

• Familiarity with public cloud services, preferably Google Cloud; experience with AWS or Azure is also welcome, including knowledge of containers and Kubernetes.

• Understanding of application and integration security, including OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect, mTLS, encryption, and secrets management.

• Knowledge of relational and NoSQL databases, such as PostgreSQL, Redis, and Couchbase, as well as data strategies for distributed solutions.

• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and a DevOps culture, utilizing tools like Azure DevOps and GitHub Actions.

• Strong communication skills to effectively engage with both technical and executive audiences, translating business requirements into solution designs.

• Nice to have: familiarity with the BIAN framework; knowledge of Brazil’s financial regulatory ecosystem, including Open Finance, Pix, and BaaS; certifications in TOGAF, Google Professional Cloud Architect, GCP, or AWS Solutions Architect; experience with AI tools in software development, such as GitHub Copilot.

🏝️ Benefits

• This position is also open to individuals with disabilities (PwD).

• Development opportunities through the Orange Juice tech community, training programs, leadership school, and partnerships with NGOs and EdTech companies.