Job Overview
Chief Financial Technology Architect – United Arab Emirates
Location: Remote (UAE Time Zone)
Region: United Arab Emirates / GCC / Global Fintech Infrastructure
Employment Type: Full-Time Executive Role
Sector: Fintech Systems Architecture / Digital Banking / Data-Driven Finance
Position Overview
The Chief Financial Technology Architect will lead the end-to-end architectural vision, design, and deployment of digital finance ecosystems aligned with the UAE’s long-term digital economy framework. This role demands a polymathic leader capable of orchestrating technology architecture, regulatory harmonization, and algorithmic finance infrastructure across multi-cloud and cross-border systems.
Operating at the intersection of AI engineering, open finance, and institutional-grade security, the executive will define scalable digital frameworks that underpin payment innovation, digital asset interoperability, and real-time data governance throughout the GCC.
Core Responsibilities
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Architectural Leadership: Design cloud-native, composable financial systems integrating API gateways, data-lakes, and intelligent transaction engines.
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Digital Infrastructure Innovation: Engineer digital-banking platforms with zero-downtime architectures, leveraging containerized deployments and microservice scalability.
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Regulatory Alignment: Translate UAE fintech directives into programmable governance layers using RegTech principles.
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AI-Driven Optimization: Deploy predictive intelligence and reinforcement learning for credit risk evaluation, fraud analytics, and digital onboarding.
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Cyber-Resilience Management: Implement zero-trust security, blockchain authentication, and continuous threat-detection protocols.
Professional Requirements
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Ph.D. or Master’s in Computer Science, Financial Engineering, or Systems Design.
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12+ years of leadership in fintech systems engineering, digital infrastructure, or high-scale banking platforms.
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Mastery in Kubernetes, Terraform, OpenAPI, and ISO 20022 frameworks.
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Deep understanding of GCC fintech regulatory and data-residency environments.
Strategic Vision
This position situates fintech as the structural code of modern finance — a programmable infrastructure that redefines trust, efficiency, and financial inclusion. The successful candidate will transform the UAE’s fintech landscape into a self-evolving ecosystem of intelligence, interoperability, and resilient global connectivity.
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