Lead Enterprise Architect
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About the Role
EPS Consultants Singapore is hiring a Lead Enterprise Architect for a fast-scaling digital bank in Dubai.
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Responsibilities
- Own and drive the enterprise architecture roadmap across core banking, payments, digital assets, and customer platforms
- Design and govern cloud native architectures on Microsoft Azure (AKS, APIs, event driven systems)
- Establish architecture standards, governance frameworks, and review processes across distributed engineering teams
- Lead technology due diligence for new product lines and digital asset initiatives
- Partner closely with Product, Compliance, and Leadership to align with UAE regulatory requirements
- Evaluate build vs buy decisions, vendor platforms, and system integrations
- Act as a technical advisor to C suite stakeholders and mentor engineering leaders
- Drive alignment with offshore engineering teams to ensure scalability, quality, and consistency
Requirements
- 15 to 16 years of experience across software engineering, infrastructure, and architecture
- Proven experience as Enterprise Architect / Solutions Architect / Engineering Leader within banking, fintech, or digital banking
- Strong expertise in Microsoft Azure ecosystem (AKS, API Management, Event Hubs, DevOps)
- Deep understanding of microservices, API first design, and distributed systems
- Familiarity with core banking platforms and financial systems architecture
- Ability to influence and communicate effectively with senior stakeholders and executives
- Exposure to digital assets / blockchain / custody / tokenisation is a strong advantage
- Mandarin proficiency is beneficial for regional collaboration
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Role Summary
- This is an architecture leadership role (based in Dubai) within a fast scaling digital bank, where you will shape the end to end technology blueprint across digital banking, payments, and emerging digital asset platforms.
- You will work directly with the COO and senior leadership to define a cloud native, microservices driven architecture, while bridging global engineering teams and driving innovation at scale.
Key Scope
- Own and drive the enterprise architecture roadmap across core banking, payments, digital assets, and customer platforms
- Design and govern cloud native architectures on Microsoft Azure (AKS, APIs, event driven systems)
- Establish architecture standards, governance frameworks, and review processes across distributed engineering teams
- Lead technology due diligence for new product lines and digital asset initiatives
- Partner closely with Product, Compliance, and Leadership to align with UAE regulatory requirements
- Evaluate build vs buy decisions, vendor platforms, and system integrations
- Act as a technical advisor to C suite stakeholders and mentor engineering leaders
- Drive alignment with offshore engineering teams to ensure scalability, quality, and consistency
Ideal Candidate Profile
- 15 to 16 years of experience across software engineering, infrastructure, and architecture
- Proven experience as Enterprise Architect / Solutions Architect / Engineering Leader within banking, fintech, or digital banking
- Strong expertise in Microsoft Azure ecosystem (AKS, API Management, Event Hubs, DevOps)
- Deep understanding of microservices, API first design, and distributed systems
- Familiarity with core banking platforms and financial systems architecture
- Exposure to digital assets / blockchain / custody / tokenisation is a strong advantage
- Ability to influence and communicate effectively with senior stakeholders and executives
- Mandarin proficiency is beneficial for regional collaboration
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