Solution Architect

What do we do?

As a pioneer for digital transformation, GFT develops sustainable solutions across new technologies – from cloud engineering and artificial intelligence to blockchain/DLT. With its deep technological expertise, strong partnerships, and comprehensive market know-how, GFT offers advice to the financial and insurance sectors, as well as the manufacturing industry. Through the intelligent use of IT solutions, GFT increases productivity and creates added value for clients. Companies gain easy and safe access to scalable IT applications and innovative business models.

Who are we?

Having started in Germany in 1987, GFT Technologies has grown to become a trusted Software Engineering and Consulting specialist for the international financial industry, counting many of the world's largest and best-known banks as our clients. We are an organization that empowers you to not only explore but raise your potential and seek out opportunities that add value. At GFT, diversity, equality, and inclusion are at the core of who we are. Ensuring a diverse and inclusive working environment for all communities is one of the main pillars of our diversity strategy, based on our core values and culture. We have been certified for 2022/23 as a 'Great Place to Work' in the APAC region. So, if you want to have the opportunity to work with an outstanding and progressive organization, this position could be right for you

Sign-on Bonus: Eligible for candidates who are currently employed elsewhere and able to join GFT within 30 days of offer acceptance.

Role Summary

We are seeking a highly skilled Solution Architect – Golang to lead the architecture and delivery of enterprise-scale digital banking and fintech platforms. You will play a key role in shaping technical roadmaps, ensuring scalability and performance, and engaging with clients to define innovative, secure, and future-ready solutions. 

This position is ideal for a seasoned architect who is deeply hands-on with Golang, experienced in backend design at scale, and confident in guiding cross-functional teams as well as client stakeholders.

Responsibilities

Architecture & Design 

• Define, own, and enforce the end-to-end solution architecture with Golang as the primary backend stack. 
• Design scalable, resilient, and secure microservices-based architectures aligned with client requirements. 
• Ensure solutions are optimized for performance, maintainability, and compliance. 

Leadership & Governance 

• Provide architectural oversight across multiple development teams, ensuring technical consistency. 
• Mentor and guide Technical Leaders and Developers in applying clean architecture, design patterns, and best practices. 
• Drive architecture reviews, risk assessments, and system optimization initiatives. 

Client Engagement 

• Act as the technical authority in client discussions, explaining architecture choices and trade-offs. 
• Influence client technology strategy by providing thought leadership in Golang-based enterprise systems. 

Solution Delivery 

• Partner with DevOps, QA, Security, and Product teams to ensure smooth delivery. 
• Oversee API design, database modeling, and cloud-native deployments. 
• Ensure proper testing, monitoring, and observability are embedded in solutions. 

Innovation & Advocacy 

• Continuously evaluate and recommend modern Golang frameworks, libraries, and tools. 
• Advocate for engineering excellence and evolving best practices in backend development. 

Required Skills & Experience 

• 15+ years of professional software development & solution design. 
• 5+ years of hands-on backend development using Golang. 
• Proven experience architecting and leading enterprise-scale Golang platforms. 
• Strong knowledge of Go routines, concurrency, OOP, MVC, and Clean Architecture. 
• Expertise in RESTful APIs, event-driven design, and secure backend architecture. 
• Solid experience with relational databases (PostgreSQL, MySQL) and caching solutions. 
• Strong skills in unit testing, debugging, performance optimization. 
• Excellent verbal and written English for client-facing roles. 

Nice-to-Have 

• Exposure to banking/financial services or large-scale enterprise systems. 
• Familiarity with CI/CD, Docker, Kubernetes, API Gateway (Kong/Apigee). 
• Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP). 
• Knowledge of static code analysis, code quality enforcement, and observability tools. 
• Hands-on experience with Agile methodologies and tools (e.g., JIRA, Confluence). 

What Can We Offer You?

• Competitive salary & 13th-month salary guarantee
• Annual performance bonus
• Premium health insurance
• Professional English courses
• 15+ days of annual leave, increasing with tenure
• Dynamic, inclusive culture with a strong learning & growth mindset

Note: Due to the high volume of applications we receive, we are unable to respond to every candidate individually. If you have not received a response from GFT regarding your application within 10 work days, please consider that we have decided to proceed with other candidates. We truly appreciate your interest in GFT and thank you for your understanding.