Executive Architect – Financial Infrastructure & Transaction Platforms

Executive Architect – Financial Infrastructure & Transaction Platforms

Remote | Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Strategic Appointment Overview

This appointment is structured for a senior fintech architect whose mandate extends beyond conventional system delivery into the creation, stewardship, and long-term evolution of large-scale financial transaction infrastructures. The role centers on architecting mission-critical platforms capable of sustaining national-scale digital finance activity, cross-border settlement, and high-frequency transactional workloads.

The position operates remotely while remaining strategically aligned with Saudi Arabia’s rapidly expanding digital finance ecosystem.

Core Responsibilities

• Architect and govern end-to-end financial transaction platforms, including real-time processing and settlement layers

• Establish architectural doctrine for scalability, fault tolerance, data integrity, and platform resilience

• Translate regulatory and operational requirements into embedded technical control mechanisms

• Lead architectural decision-making across distributed engineering and product teams

• Define long-term technology roadmaps aligned with financial infrastructure modernization

Technical Scope

• High-throughput transaction engines and real-time settlement architectures

• Event-driven microservices and cloud-native infrastructure models

• Financial data consistency, reconciliation, and auditability frameworks

• Secure API ecosystems enabling institutional and partner integrations

Candidate Profile

• 12+ years of experience in fintech architecture or financial infrastructure engineering

• Demonstrated leadership in complex, large-scale transaction systems

• Advanced expertise in distributed systems and platform security

• Executive-level communication and strategic decision capability

Engagement Terms

• Fully remote, senior-level engagement

• International executive compensation benchmark

• Long-term architectural authority with high strategic autonomy