Senior System Architect

Job Title - Senior System Architect Our client is building a modern cross-border payments and financial infrastructure platform (exchange, clearing, messaging, digital currency) for banks and financial institutions. We are looking for a Senior System Architect (part-time) to define and evolve the overall architecture of our platform. Profile summary 10+ years of experience in software engineering, with several years in system or solution architecture roles * Strong background in designing distributed, event-driven, and microservices-based systems * Solid understanding of Java-based back-end stacks (Spring/Spring Boot), APIs, and integrations * Experience designing high-availability, high-throughput systems for mission-critical or financial use cases * Strong knowledge of database and storage design (relational, NoSQL, caching) * Comfortable working with modern cloud environments (AWS/Azure/GCP), networking, and security design * Experience with observability, resiliency patterns, and capacity planning * Ability to create clear architectural documentation, diagrams, and guidelines for engineering teams * Used to collaborating with product, engineering, and DevOps to balance pragmat…