Solution Architect – Open Finance & Digital Banking
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About the Role
Join a leading banking transformation initiative in Abu Dhabi as a Solution Architect for Open Finance and Digital Banking. You will own end-to-end solution architecture for digital banking platforms and API ecosystems, working with Retail, SME, and Corporate Banking.
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Responsibilities
- Own the end to end solution architecture for the Woven digital banking platform and Open Finance ecosystem
- Design scalable, secure, and resilient solution architectures supporting Retail, SME, and Corporate Banking
- Define architecture standards, integration patterns, and technology roadmaps aligned with enterprise objectives
- Produce Architecture Decision Records (ADRs), solution documentation, interface specifications, and technical design artefacts
- Lead architecture governance and participate in architecture review boards and executive design discussions
- Design and evolve Open Finance and Open Banking platforms aligned with the CBUAE Open Finance framework
- Architect secure API ecosystems supporting both regulated Open Finance APIs and commercial partner APIs
- Design API management strategies, developer portals, partner onboarding, API lifecycle management, and integration standards
- Define identity, consent management, entitlement, authentication, authorization, and API security models
- Support fintech integrations, third party provider (TPP) connectivity, and API ecosystem expansion
- Design cloud native banking solutions primarily on AWS, following enterprise architecture and regulatory requirements
- Architect microservices, event driven architectures, containerized platforms, and enterprise integration solutions
Requirements
- 10+ years of experience in Solution Architecture, Enterprise Architecture, or Digital Banking Architecture
- Strong experience designing enterprise scale digital banking, Open Banking, Open Finance, or regulated API platforms
- Experience working within tier 1 banks, financial institutions, or highly regulated environments
- Proven experience delivering cloud native banking solutions using AWS or similar enterprise cloud platforms
- Strong knowledge of microservices, event driven architecture, enterprise integration, and API first architecture
- Experience with API gateways, developer portals, API lifecycle management, and partner integration platforms
- Strong understanding of enterprise security, authentication, authorization, OAuth2, OpenID Connect, and API security
- Experience working with enterprise architecture governance, architecture review boards, and executive stakeholders
- Practical experience using AI tools (ChatGPT, GitHub Copilot, Claude, etc.) to improve architecture design is highly desirable
- Excellent communication, stakeholder management, documentation, and presentation skills
- Previous UAE or GCC banking experience is highly preferred
- Immediate or short notice availability is highly preferred
Full Job Posting
General Description
- Join a leading banking transformation initiative supporting one of the UAE's largest financial institutions in Abu Dhabi.
- This engagement focuses on the evolution of the bank's Woven digital banking platform and Open Finance ecosystem.
- We are looking for an experienced Solution Architect to own the end to end solution architecture across digital banking platforms, Open Finance APIs, and partner integration capabilities.
- This role requires a hands on architecture leader with strong experience delivering regulated banking platforms, API ecosystems, cloud native solutions, and enterprise integration within tier 1 banking environments.
- This is a 6 month contract / freelance engagement with strong potential for extension.
Key Responsibilities
- Solution & Platform Architecture: Own end to end solution architecture for Woven digital banking platform and Open Finance ecosystem.
- Design scalable, secure, and resilient solution architectures supporting Retail, SME, and Corporate Banking.
- Define architecture standards, integration patterns, and technology roadmaps.
- Produce Architecture Decision Records (ADRs), solution documentation, interface specifications, and technical design artefacts.
- Lead architecture governance and participate in architecture review boards.
- Open Finance & API Platform Architecture: Design and evolve Open Finance and Open Banking platforms aligned with CBUAE framework.
- Architect secure API ecosystems supporting regulated Open Finance APIs and commercial partner APIs.
- Design API management strategies, developer portals, partner onboarding, API lifecycle management, and integration standards.
- Define identity, consent management, entitlement, authentication, authorization, and API security models.
- Support fintech integrations, third party provider (TPP) connectivity, and API ecosystem expansion.
- Cloud, Integration & Platform Engineering: Design cloud native banking solutions primarily on AWS.
- Architect microservices, event driven architectures, containerized platforms, and enterprise integration solutions.
Required Experience
- Approximately 10+ years of experience in Solution Architecture, Enterprise Architecture, or Digital Banking Architecture.
- Strong experience designing enterprise scale digital banking, Open Banking, Open Finance, or regulated API platforms.
- Experience working within tier 1 banks, financial institutions, or highly regulated environments.
- Proven experience delivering cloud native banking solutions using AWS or similar enterprise cloud platforms.
- Strong knowledge of microservices, event driven architecture, enterprise integration, and API first architecture.
- Experience with API gateways, developer portals, API lifecycle management, and partner integration platforms.
- Strong understanding of enterprise security, authentication, authorization, OAuth2, OpenID Connect, and API security.
- Experience working with enterprise architecture governance, architecture review boards, and executive stakeholders.
- Practical experience using AI tools (ChatGPT, GitHub Copilot, Claude, Cursor, Gemini, or similar) is highly desirable.
- Excellent communication, stakeholder management, documentation, and presentation skills.
- Previous UAE or GCC banking experience is highly preferred.
- Immediate or short notice availability is highly preferred.
Preferred Technical Skills
- Digital Banking Platforms
- Open Banking / Open Finance
- API Management & API Gateway
- AWS Cloud
- Microservices Architecture
- Event Driven Architecture
- Kafka
- Spring Boot
- REST APIs
- OAuth2 / OpenID Connect
- Identity & Access Management
- Kubernetes / Docker / OpenShift
Work Setup
- Hybrid Engagement (Majority Onsite)
- Abu Dhabi, UAE
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