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Director of Architecture

Tangent International
Glasgow
7 months ago
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Director of Architecture. Join an innovative leader in the financial crime and fraud prevention space as a Director of Architecture. In this role, you'll guide a team of architects to ensure the scalability, performance, and architectural integrity of cutting-edge Machine Learning software solutions in the fraud prevention industry. We're seeking a technical leader with deep expertise in enterprise cloud architectures and fraud product development to shape the future of our clients technology landscape.


Role Overview:

In this pivotal role, you’ll oversee the architecture of high-performance, cloud-native solutions, ensuring the company remains at the forefront of the rapidly evolving fraud prevention landscape. Leading a team of top-tier architects, you’ll drive innovation, scalability, and security across platforms with a focus on building their Machine Learning capability from the ground up. You’ll be responsible for defining a future state architectural vision, aligning it with business goals, and leading transformative change across the organisation.


Key Responsibilities:

  • Lead architectural strategies for fraud detection platforms, data analytics, and security solutions, ensuring continuous scalability and innovation.
  • Oversee architectural decisions, focusing on high-availability transactional systems (99.99-99.999%) essential to financial institutions.
  • Drive the migration of legacy systems to cloud-native platforms while ensuring minimal disruption to customers.
  • Evangelize a future state architecture that aligns with business objectives, creating buy-in across the organisation.
  • Implement microservices architectures to enhance modularity and ease of scaling.
  • Collaborate with Product, Engineering, and Operations teams to align technology with business objectives.
  • Present architectural strategies to senior leadership and external partners.


Must-Have Technical Experience:

  • Proven success in developing fraud prevention products, with experience building real-time, high-availability systems.
  • Expertise in Machine Learning
  • Expertise in cloud architectures (SaaS, on-premises, and hybrid) and complex system migrations.
  • Expertise with data science, AI, and machine learning concepts.
  • Hands-on technical proficiency, with the ability to earn respect from highly skilled technical teams.
  • Knowledge of SAFe (Scaled Agile Framework) for managing large-scale, agile practices.


Industry Background:

  • Fraud domain expertise and experience in the banking or financial services industry.
  • Experience leading architecture within a software development environment.


Key Competencies:

  • 5+ years of leadership experience with a proven ability to manage and develop teams.
  • Expertise with data science, AI, and machine learning concepts.
  • Strong interpersonal skills, fostering a collaborative and accountable team culture.
  • Ability to communicate complex technical concepts effectively to senior leadership and external partners.
  • Demonstrated thought leadership and ability to align technical strategies with business goals.


Why Join:

  • Lead the architecture for mission-critical fraud prevention solutions.
  • Join a global tech team of 130+, with the architecture team (you direct reports) currently at 3 and growing.
  • Highly competitive package, including equity, benefits, and remote working flexibility.
  • Be part of a fast-growing company at the forefront of fraud prevention technology.
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