Lead Enterprise Solutions Architect

About Us

HFM is an internationally acclaimed multi-asset broker, delivering cutting-edge trading tools, platforms, and conditions to traders worldwide. We are committed to innovation, transparency, and excellence in the financial markets.

As we continue to expand, we are seeking a driven and strategic Lead Enterprise Solutions Architect to join our team. You will lead solution architecture and the architecture review process, manage Enterprise Solutions Architects and personally design the largest cross-cutting initiatives. You will develop architects who can work independently and establish proportionate design governance.

Responsibilities:

• Own the end-to-end architecture review process, including intake, tiering, turnaround targets and recorded decisions.

• Keep reviews proportionate: fast-track routine work using published patterns and fully review cross-cutting, costly or novel designs.

• Lead, develop and assign Enterprise Solutions Architects across initiatives and IT vertical groups, enabling them to own initiatives independently.

• Chair cross-domain architecture reviews and hold final design approval for compliance with architecture standards.

• Own solution design and Architecture Decision Record standards, the pattern library and exception register.

• Personally lead solution design for the largest, most cross-cutting and most contested initiatives.

• Collaborate with architects, engineering teams and stakeholders to translate business requirements into robust, scalable solutions.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s or Master’s in Computer Science, Engineering or related field, or equivalent experience.

• 14+ years in hands-on engineering and architecture, including 4+ years in an architecture role and experience leading other architects.

• Fluency in English; additional languages would be considered an advantage.

• Proven experience designing and running an architecture review or design authority that delivery teams accepted.

• Deep expertise in distributed system design, integration architecture and non-functional requirements across multiple technology domains.

• Strong data architecture skills across SQL and NoSQL databases: schema design, complex queries, query optimization and performance tuning.

• Solid understanding of AWS, containers, Kubernetes and CI/CD; AWS Certified Solutions Architect (Professional preferred) or equivalent experience.

• Portfolio-level thinking, and the ability to cost designs in build effort and run cost.

• Experience leading vendor and build-versus-buy evaluations to a documented recommendation.

• Excellent communicator who can translate complex technical concepts for diverse stakeholders.

• Fluency in English; additional languages would be considered an advantage.

Resumes must be submitted in English. Applicants must be eligible or have legal authorization to work in the country where the position is based.

Benefits

• Hybrid

Work Model (2 days working from home)

• Wolt

Meal Allowance

• Comprehensive

Health Insurance

• Provident

Fund (Upon completion of the trial period)

• Summer

Short Fridays (August)

• Additional

Paid Annual Leave (up to 30 days, based on years of service)

• Birthday Leave

• Udemy

Business access

• Gym Membership

• Referral

Bonus Program

Additional Support

• Visa

Sponsorship and Relocation Assistance

Sounds like you? Let’s write the next chapter together!

All Applications will be handled with the strictest confidentiality.