Solution Architect – Enterprise Services (Financial Crime)

We are seeking a Solution Architect – Enterprise Services (Financial Crime) to shape and govern the next generation of Financial Crime capabilities, including Transaction Screening, Monitoring, pKYC/pKYB, Sanctions, CDD, EDD and Customer Risk Assessment. This role is pivotal in protecting the bank, its customers and the broader financial system by delivering robust, scalable and compliant FinCrime solutions.

Responsibilities

• Architect and govern end-to-end Financial Crime solutions across the full lifecycle, ensuring scalability, robustness and regulatory compliance.
• Translate business, regulatory and compliance requirements into practical, implementable architectures.
• Set architectural direction for AML transaction monitoring, sanctions screening, fraud prevention and risk scoring.
• Lead the definition of target-state architectures and multi-year roadmaps for Financial Crime systems.
• Contribute to architectural assessments in the context of mergers and acquisitions.
• Ensure consistency with enterprise architecture principles, patterns and governance.
• Serve as a trusted architecture advisor to CIO, Financial Crime Compliance, Operations and Data teams.
• Collaborate with engineering teams to ensure solutions align with architecture standards.
• Represent architecture in regulatory, audit and risk forums as required.
• Conduct peer reviews and validate designs from engineering teams to uphold architectural integrity.
• Oversee decommissioning, data archival and migration approaches in line with governance.
• Promote secure, compliant design patterns aligned with Financial Crime regulatory obligations.
• Champion architectural best practices across squads and Agile delivery teams.
• Mentor engineering and design peers to foster a culture of quality, innovation and ownership.
• Demonstrate leadership through thought partnership, problem-solving and decision-making.

Requirements

• 3+ years of experience as a Solution Architect within complex financial services environments.
• Strong knowledge of core Financial Crime domains such as AML, sanctions, transaction monitoring, screening, KYC/KYB, EDD and customer risk scoring.
• Proven ability to design functional and logical architectures, system interaction models and integration patterns.
• Experience with RESTful API design, versioning and messaging or event-driven architectures.
• Hands-on experience producing As-Is and Target architectures, roadmaps and transition states.
• Experience ensuring solutions comply with enterprise-level architectural frameworks, standards and governance.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to influence decisions and lead discussions with compliance, technology and operational leaders.
• Delivery-focused, pragmatic and comfortable working independently in fast-moving environments.
• Evidence of ownership, initiative and thought leadership.

Nice to have

• Knowledge of BIAN, TOGAF, ArchiMate or C4 modelling.
• Experience with Avolution Abacus or similar architecture tools.
• Familiarity with microservices, API integration patterns and cloud platforms such as AWS.
• Exposure to global banking, Financial Crime transformation programmes or regulatory change portfolios.

We offer

• Engineering community of industry professionals.
• Friendly team and enjoyable working environment.
• Flexible schedule and opportunity to work remotely within Poland.
• Chance to work abroad for up to 60 days annually.
• Business-driven relocation opportunities.
• Outstanding career roadmap.
• Leadership development, career advising, soft skills and well-being programs.
• Certification (GCP, Azure, AWS).
• Unlimited access to LinkedIn Learning, Get Abstract and Cloud Guru.
• English classes.
• Stable income (Employment Contract or B2B).
• Participation in the Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
• Benefits package (health insurance, multisport, shopping vouchers).
• Strategically located offices featuring entertainment and relaxation zones, table tennis and football, free snacks, fantastic coffee and more.
• Referral bonuses.
• Corporate, social and well-being events.

Please note: The set of bonuses might vary based on the role you apply for; specifics will be discussed during the general interview.