Solution Architect, Financial Crime (Enterprise Services)

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Solution Architect – Enterprise Services (Financial Crime)

Description

Shape and govern the next generation of Financial Crime capabilities—AML transaction screening and monitoring, pKYC/pKYB, sanctions, CDD, EDD, and customer risk assessment. Deliver robust, scalable, and compliant FinCrime architectures that protect the bank, its customers, and the broader financial system.

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
• Provide architectural direction for AML transaction monitoring, sanctions screening, fraud prevention, and risk scoring
• Define target-state architectures and multi-year roadmaps for Financial Crime systems
• Support architectural assessments in the context of mergers and acquisitions
• Ensure consistency with enterprise architecture principles, patterns, and governance
• Advise CIO, Financial Crime Compliance, Operations, and Data teams on architecture
• Collaborate with engineering squads so solutions align with architecture standards
• Represent architecture in regulatory, audit, and risk forums as required
• Conduct peer reviews and validate engineering designs to uphold architectural integrity
• Oversee decommissioning, data archival, and migration approaches aligned with governance
• Promote secure, compliant design patterns aligned with Financial Crime regulatory obligations
• Advocate architectural best practices across squads and Agile delivery teams
• Mentor engineering and design peers to build a culture of quality and ownership
• Lead through thought partnership, problem-solving, and decision-making

Requirements

• 3+ years of experience as a Solution Architect in complex financial services environments
• Strong knowledge of Financial Crime domains: 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 compliance with enterprise-level architectural frameworks, standards, and governance
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills
• Delivery-focused, pragmatic, and comfortable working independently in fast-moving environments
• Evidence of ownership, initiative, and thought leadership

Benefits

• Flexible schedule and opportunity to work remotely within Poland
• Option to work abroad for up to 60 days annually
• Business-driven relocation opportunities
• Growth: career roadmap, leadership development, career advising, soft skills and well-being programs
• Certifications (GCP, Azure, AWS)
• Unlimited access to LinkedIn Learning, Get Abstract, Cloud Guru
• English classes
• Stable income via employment contract or B2B
• Participation in Employee Stock Purchase Plan
• Benefits package: health insurance, multisport, shopping vouchers
• Office amenities (entertainment/relaxation zones, table tennis/football, snacks, coffee)
• Referral bonuses
• Corporate, social, and well-being events