Location: OH, United States

If you are excited about shaping the future of technology and driving significant business impact in financial services, we are looking for people just like you. Join our team and help us develop game-changing, high-quality solutions.

As a Senior Lead Architect within the Corporate Oversight and Governance Technology (COGT) , you are an integral part of a team that works to develop high-quality architecture solutions for various software applications on modern cloud-based technologies. As a core technical contributor, you are responsible for conducting critical architecture solutions across multiple technical areas within various business functions in support of project goals.You drive significant business impact and help shape the target state architecture through your capabilities in multiple architecture domains.

Job responsibilities

Engages technical teams and business stakeholders to align on current and future needs and propose technical approaches
Defines the technical target state for the product and drives execution of the strategy
Participates in architecture governance bodies and drives architecture alignment and reviews
Evaluates emerging and leading-edge technologies and influences adoption decisions across peers and stakeholders
Designs, develops, and troubleshoots creative software solutions to solve complex technical problems
Develops secure, high-quality production code and performs code reviews and debugging for code written by others
Identifies and implements automation to eliminate recurring issues, reduce remediation effort, and improve operational stability
Leads evaluation sessions with external vendors/startups and internal teams to assess architectural designs, technical credentials, and fit within existing systems
Drives decisions that shape product design, application functionality, and technical operations/processes
Defines agentic AI architecture Guidelines and partners with Data Science/MLOps to establish model governance guardrails (versioning, drift detection, responsible AI compliance) while fostering an inclusive team culture

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

5+ years of experience as an Application and/or Solution Architect
Hands-on experience delivering end-to-end system design, application development, testing, and production operations/operational stability
Advanced proficiency in one or more programming languages, with strong hands-on engineering capability
Strong understanding of software architecture, applications, and technical processes across one or more architecture/engineering disciplines
Proficient across the full Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), including quality and release practices
Proficiency with automation, continuous delivery, and agile practices including CI/CD
Strong focus and working knowledge of application resiliency and security principles
Demonstrated expertise in at least one technical domain (e.g., cloud-native, AI/ML, mobile, etc.), including practical cloud-native experience
Ability to independently solve complex design and functionality problems with minimal oversight
In-depth knowledge of the financial services industry and associated IT systems, with a commitment to fostering a diverse, inclusive, and respectful team culture

Drive significant business impact and help shape the target state architecture in multiple architecture domains