Head Of Architecture & Platform Engineering

Head of Lending Architecture and Platform Engineering

At Finastra, we are a dynamic global provider of open finance software solutions, dedicated to expanding access to financial services. Our innovative applications span Lending, Payments, Treasury and Capital Markets, and Universal Banking. Proudly serving over 8,000 customers, including 45 of the world's top 50 banks, we aim to boost financial inclusion for all. Join us and be part of a vibrant company that embraces diverse perspectives, and is committed to doing well by doing good.

Reporting to the Chief Technology Officer, this role is responsible to lead the design and architecture for Lending Products.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design, modernization, and scalability of the lending technology platform.
• Drive architectural strategy, platform modernization, integration of AI across products and operations, and foundational engineering capabilities that enable our product and engineering teams to build and operate SaaS platforms at scale.
• Lead a team of hands-on architects and engineers, platform and DevOps engineers focused on system design, developer experience, performance, reliability, and platform operations in the cloud and on prem.
• This is a critical leadership position that balances hands on technical depth with strategic direction and team enablement.

Technology & Architecture Leadership

• Define and own the overall architectural vision, technical strategy, and long-term scalability of the platform.
• Establish and enforce architectural principles, patterns, and governance across lending engineering teams.

• Drive modernization of legacy systems, including re-architecture, cloud migration, refactoring toward microservices or modular architectures.

Platform Engineering

• Lead the development of shared platform services, frameworks, and tooling that support all product teams (e.g., identity, observability, CI/CD, logging, infrastructure as code).
• Build and scale internal platforms that improve developer productivity, system performance, and operational efficiency.
• Partner with central teams to enforce security, resilience, and compliance at the platform level.

AI Enablement

• Collaborate with the chief AI officer team and lead the definition of the framework and patterns needed to operationalize AI models in Lending products
• Establish architectural guardrails for model training, inference, explainability, and performance at scale.
• Ensure AI components are standardized, secure, compliant, and cost effective across Lending products and environments (on-prem, cloud)
• Drive the adoption of AI tech (eg CoPilot) within the engineering teams with the focus on enhancing productivity and time to market.

Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Collaborate closely with product engineering, infrastructure, security, and data teams to align technical architecture with business goals.
• Serve as a technical thought partner translating product goals into robust technical solutions.
• Participate in roadmap planning, capacity management, and cross-team architectural reviews.
• Present architecture roadmaps and trade-offs to executive leadership and technical teams

Technology Operations & Governance

• Support high-availability operations for products, shared services and platform capabilities.
• Own key architectural decisions related to performance, reliability, observability, cost, and maintainability.

Team Management & Enablement

• Hire, mentor, and develop a high-performing team of platform engineers and architects.
• Foster a culture of technical excellence, innovation, and continuous learning.
• Define team goals, OKRs, and performance metrics aligned with company objectives.

Experience

• 10+ years of software engineering experience, with 5+ years in technical leadership or architecture roles.
• Deep experience designing scalable, distributed systems and cloud-native architectures (e.g., AWS, Azure, GCP).
• Proven success leading platform or infrastructure teams supporting developer tools, shared services, or internal platforms.
• Strong understanding of AI driven and modern application development practices (CI/CD, containers, microservices, IaC, observability).
• Experience designing and scaling platforms that support AI use cases
• Deep understanding of AI platforms, model lifecycle management, and AI compliance practices.
• Prior experience modernizing monolithic or legacy applications
• Familiarity with compliance and security requirements in cloud environments (e.g., SOC 2, GDPR, AML, KYC, etc).
• Hands-on experience with tools such as Kubernetes, Terraform, GitHub Actions, Prometheus/Grafana, or similar.

Experience leading engineering transformation or platform evolution at an enterprise level.

We are proud to offer a range of incentives to our employees worldwide. These benefits are available to everyone, regardless of grade, and reflect the values we uphold:

• Flexibility: Enjoy unlimited vacation, based on your location and business priorities. Hybrid working arrangements, and inclusive policies such as paid time off for voting, bereavement, and sick leave.
• Well-being: Access confidential one-on-one therapy through our Employee Assistance Program, unlimited personalized coaching via our coaching app, and access to our Gather Groups for emotional and mental support.
• Medical, life & disability insurance, retirement plan, lifestyle and other benefits*
• ESG: Benefit from paid time off for volunteering and donation matching.
• DEI: Participate in multiple DE&I groups for open involvement (e.g., Count Me In, Culture@Finastra, Proud@Finastra, Disabilities@Finastra, Women@Finastra).
• Career Development: Access online learning and accredited courses through our Skills & Career Navigator tool.
• Recognition: Be part of our global recognition program, Finastra Celebrates, and contribute to regular employee surveys to help shape Finastra and foster a culture where everyone is engaged and empowered to perform at their best.

*Specific benefits may vary by location.

At Finastra, each individual is unique, bringing their own ideas, thoughts, cultural beliefs, backgrounds, and experiences together. We learn from one another, embrace and celebrate our differences, and create an environment where everyone feels safe to be themselves.

Be unique, be exceptional, and help us make a difference at Finastra! Applicants for this position need to be located in the following cities or their immediate surrounding areas: Austin/Lake Mary (Orlando). Due to the requirements of this position, this job posting is not available for, and Finastra will not be considering any applicants who currently reside in New York City or California.