Director of Architecture

Director of Architecture

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.