Job Overview

Executive Architect of Financial Platforms & Digital Payments Ecosystems

GCC Market Alignment: United Arab Emirates

Work Mode: Fully Remote | Cross-Border Fintech Scope

Role Level: Executive / Principal Architect

Executive Context (Vision-Led Format)

This role exists for a fintech professional whose primary value lies in architectural vision rather than execution alone. The Executive Architect of Financial Platforms & Digital Payments Ecosystems is entrusted with designing the structural foundations upon which large-scale digital finance solutions are built, expanded, and sustained across jurisdictions.

The position is intentionally detached from day-to-day delivery pressure. Instead, it demands long-range thinking, system coherence, and architectural governance across payment rails, digital banking components, financial APIs, settlement mechanisms, and financial data layers.

This role assumes that fintech platforms are economic infrastructure, not software products—and must therefore be designed with durability, extensibility, and systemic integrity.

Strategic Mandate

• Define the architectural doctrine for multi-layer fintech platforms.

• Establish interoperable frameworks for payments, wallets, account systems, and transaction engines.

• Ensure architectural readiness for scale, regulatory complexity, and international expansion.

• Serve as the ultimate design authority for system-level financial decisions.

Core Responsibilities

Platform Architecture & Financial Systems Design

• Design reference architectures for digital payments and transaction processing platforms.

• Establish system blueprints covering authorization, clearing, settlement, reconciliation, and reporting.

• Define architectural patterns for latency optimization and transaction consistency.

• Create modular platform designs that support incremental innovation without systemic disruption.

Technology Governance

• Define architectural standards and principles across fintech domains.

• Evaluate emerging technologies for financial applicability and systemic risk.

• Conduct deep architectural reviews and stress-test system assumptions.

• Act as the final authority on platform-level trade-offs and design decisions.

Cross-Domain Integration

• Architect integration strategies across banking systems, payment networks, and data platforms.

• Ensure consistent data semantics across financial workflows.

• Design API governance frameworks and interoperability standards.

Candidate Profile

• 15+ years in fintech, financial infrastructure, or large-scale transaction systems.

• Proven leadership in architecting mission-critical financial platforms.

• Deep understanding of payment lifecycles, transaction models, and system resilience.

• Exceptional ability to articulate complex financial architectures clearly and decisively.

Engagement Terms

• Fully remote, aligned with the UAE fintech ecosystem.

• Executive-level autonomy and authority.

• International compensation aligned with principal fintech architecture roles.

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