Job Overview
Remote Senior Digital Banking Platform Architect – United Arab Emirates (UAE)
Location: Remote (UAE Alignment)
Employment Type: Full-Time, Executive-Track
Compensation: Competitive, Market-Aligned Global Remuneration
Travel Requirements: Occasional executive-level workshops in Abu Dhabi & Dubai (as required)
Role Overview
The Remote Senior Digital Banking Platform Architect will play a critical role in architecting, orchestrating, and strategically enhancing next-generation digital banking capabilities within the UAE’s dynamic fintech landscape. This role focuses on integrating composable banking models, high-throughput microservices, AI-driven decisioning engines, API marketplaces, and multi-cloud infrastructure frameworks aligned with UAE digital transformation directives and global regulatory compliance standards.
Key Responsibilities
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Lead the end-to-end architecture design of intelligent digital banking systems optimized for high concurrency and regional scalability.
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Develop robust API orchestration layers enabling frictionless interoperability with payments, KYC/AML utilities, wallets, and open banking protocol gateways.
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Implement event-driven microservices based on high-resiliency messaging queues, circuit breakers, and containerization standards.
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Translate regulatory stipulations around digital identity, cross-border remittance controls, and data sovereignty into practical technical artifacts.
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Direct cloud-native adoption strategies via Kubernetes clusters, service meshes, and autoscaling frameworks.
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Drive the adoption of consumer-grade digital UX standards through continuous delivery pipelines.
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Collaborate with cybersecurity teams to apply zero-trust security models, encryption policies, and tokenization mechanisms.
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Craft overarching technical roadmaps, architectural blueprints, and system dependency matrices.
Required Qualifications
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10+ years of experience architecting enterprise financial systems or digital banking platforms.
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Demonstrated mastery of microservices, domain-driven design, cloud architecture, and distributed data systems.
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Strong exposure to open banking frameworks, ISO 20022, digital onboarding flows, and risk-scoring engines.
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Advanced skills in Go, Java, Node.js, or functional equivalents.
Preferred Expertise
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Familiarity with UAE digital transformation strategies and relevant banking directives.
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Experience deploying scalable architectures across multiple GCC jurisdictions.
Key Competencies
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Architectural visioning
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Cybersecurity mindfulness
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Stakeholder diplomacy
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Strategic foresight
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