We're seeking an experienced Solution Architect to own the technical design of our platform solutions and drive architectural decisions from concept through delivery. You'll be the primary technical authority for complex implementation challenges — shaping modernization strategies, leading AI adoption, and ensuring engineering teams execute against cohesive solution designs. This is a highly collaborative role where you'll guide teams, influence direction, and occasionally get hands-on to prove out patterns, all within a regulated financial services environment.
New Role – The recruiting efforts for this position are intended to fill an existing vacancy for a new position.
Responsibilities
- Define and own solution architecture — transform strategic vision into actionable solution designs, establish reusable patterns, and resolve complex design and feasibility challenges
- Lead technical decision-making — facilitate solution discussions, perform root cause analyses, and drive consensus across product, SRE, DBA, and engineering teams (~80% collaboration,
- Architect for modernization and integration — design end-to-end solutions for migration, system retirement, and distributed system interoperability, managing dependencies across products and teams
- Champion automation and delivery excellence — define solution standards for CI/CD, automated testing, and performance engineering to meet or exceed SLOs
- Drive innovation and technology evaluation — lead proof-of-concepts, technical spikes, and emerging technology research (including AI) to assess solution fit for business needs
- Elevate technical maturity — mentor and coach senior engineers, enforce code governance and documentation standards, and review solution-impacting features to raise the bar across the organization
Requirements
- 8+ years of enterprise software engineering experience, with at least 2 years in an architectural or senior technical leadership capacity
- Strong architecture-level proficiency in Java, Kafka, and event-driven systems, with experience designing solutions on Azure cloud (other cloud platforms acceptable)
- Deep knowledge of SQL and NoSQL databases (Postgres, Oracle, MongoDB, Cassandra, DynamoDB, etc.) and proven ability to architect high-availability, distributed production systems
- Familiarity with WebLogic and legacy middleware; understanding of mainframe systems (integration, migration, or modernization) is a strong plus
- Experience leading AI adoption — evaluating and embedding AI/ML capabilities into solution designs and engineering workflows
- Demonstrated ability to lead engineers architecturally, drive cross-functional collaboration, and make trade-off decisions in regulated environments (investment/banking preferred)
We offer/Benefits
Extended Healthcare with Prescription Drugs, Dental and Vision, and Healthcare Spending Account (Company Paid)
Life and AD&D Insurance (Company Paid)
Employee Assistance Program (Company Paid)
Telehealth (Company Paid)
Short-term Disability (Company Paid)
Long-Term Disability
Paid Time Off (including vacation and sick days)
Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP) with Company match
Maternity/Parental/Adoption Leave Top-up
Employee Stock Purchase Program
Critical Illness Insurance
Employee Discounts
Unlimited access to LinkedIn learning solutions
EPAM is a leading global provider of digital platform engineering and development services. We are committed to having a positive impact on our clients, our employees, and our communities. We embrace a dynamic and inclusive culture. Here you will collaborate with multi-national teams, contribute to a myriad of innovative projects that deliver the most creative and cutting-edge solutions, and have an opportunity to continuously learn and grow. No matter where you are located, you will join a dedicated, creative, and diverse community that will help you discover your fullest potential.
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