Senior Application Architect, Java, AWS

Work with the Solution Architect of World-Check One – Risk Engineering

Develop critical financial services including World-Check One, Screening and Due Diligence

Design software solutions from the ground up and make high-level architectural decisions

Direct engineering teams in building final products

Build logical, physical, implementation and process solution architecture designs

Design cloud infrastructure and detailed application architecture

Optimise cloud solution costs through waste reduction, automated cost management and autoscaling

Support DevOps teams with CI/CD automation

Support application development teams with governance, privacy gates, compliance and risk analysis

Lead production issue root-cause analysis and resolution

Work with Product Owners and Business Analysts on solution concepts, costs and timescales

Own implementation of quality-of-service requirements for availability, recovery, reusability, performance, maintainability, security, capacity and compatibility

Produce domain/business logic, interoperability, API, messaging, data model and physical architecture designs

Pair with Application Architects and Technical Leads and develop their design skills

Produce proof of concepts for Technical Leads and development teams

Contribute to architecture communities of practice and councils and develop architectural standards

Identify technology and partnership opportunities that can shift the business and realise them with business partners

Provide authority and leadership on sophisticated technical matters and solution architecture strategy

Translate technical issues for non-technical audiences and articulate architecture vision and direction

Deliver technical training, presentations and white papers to internal and external audiences

Requirements

Significant experience as a software engineer

Experience architecting highly scalable and efficient distributed systems using open source tools

Consistent track record delivering Application and Cloud Solution Architectures

Extensive experience selecting and implementing cloud services, primarily AWS

Detailed understanding of messaging services for modern application architecture

In-depth experience with cloud patterns, multi-tenancy, sharding, priority queue, throttling, sidecar and CAP theorem

Understanding of polyglot persistence and hands‑on experience with SQL and NoSQL solutions

Experience with MySQL, Postgres, MongoDB, Elasticsearch and other relational databases

In-depth understanding of HTTP and REST API design, management, and consumption

Very strong Java skills and experience with Python, Spring Boot, Node.js and JavaScript

Understanding of use of AI as a tool and within applications

Experience implementing Enterprise Integration Patterns

Experience with authentication methods such as SAML, OIDC or Auth2

Extensive experience designing and implementing scalable, extensible, performant, secure and highly available systems

Experience presenting to senior leadership and working across technical and business teams

Experience working with externally sourced engineers and architects

Awareness of GDPR and ISO standards

Understanding of risk management, customer and third-party risk, and the regulatory marketplace

Understanding of financial markets, banking and news

Robust analytical, interpersonal, negotiating and influencing skills

Ability to manage numerous projects with conflicting priorities

Ability to operate across organisational boundaries and influence vendors and technology staff

Core Competencies

Demonstrates expertise in designing and implementing scalable cloud solutions, particularly with AWS, while ensuring compliance with regulatory standards such as GDPR and ISO. Possesses strong leadership skills to guide engineering teams and communicate complex technical concepts to diverse audiences.

Highest-signal resume keywords

AWS Cloud Services Implementation

Application Architecture Design

Java and Python Development

Messaging Services Understanding

Risk Management and Compliance

Hard Skills

Software Engineering

Cloud Solution Architecture

SQL and NoSQL Databases

REST API Design

Enterprise Integration Patterns

Soft Skills

Analytical Skills

Interpersonal Skills

Negotiating Skills

Influencing Skills

Project Management

Industry Keywords

Financial Services

Risk Engineering

GDPR

ISO Standards

Financial Markets

Banking

Due Diligence

Compliance

Third-Party Risk

Regulatory Marketplace

Tools & Technologies

MySQL

Postgres

MongoDB

Elasticsearch

SAML

OIDC

Auth2

CI/CD Automation

Cloud Infrastructure Design

Technical Training

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