SymphonyAI Financial Services builds advanced AI-powered software to combat financial crime and support compliance for global banks and institutions. As we transition from our flagship platform NetReveal to a next-generation SaaS-based product suite, we're evolving our architecture to support scale, speed, and innovation in highly regulated environments.
The Chief Architect will lead our Architecture Chapter, driving technical governance, platform strategy, and architectural alignment across our cloud-native and AI-led transformation. This role requires deep enterprise SaaS experience, strong influence across engineering disciplines, and a hands-on approach to shaping the future state of our product and platform portfolio.
Job Description
What you'll do
Strategic & Technical Leadership
- Own and evolve the enterprise architecture vision for both NetReveal and next-gen SaaS offerings.
- Align architectural decisions to support multi-product strategy, modularity, and extensibility.
- Lead development and communication of our technology roadmaps.
Architecture Chapter Leadership
- Line-manage a diverse team of architects including performance, security, and solution architects.
- Govern architectural standards, patterns, and reviews across all engineering squads.
- Drive cross-chapter collaboration (Cloud, QA, Engineering, Emerging Tech, Delivery) to ensure end-to-end solution integrity.
Cloud-Native Platform Modernisation
- Architect scalable, secure, multi-tenant cloud platforms (Azure primary, AWS legacy support).
- Champion containerisation, event-driven design, data mesh principles, and API-first development.
AI & Emerging Technology Enablement
- Embed AI/ML by design—collaborate with Emerging Tech chapter on explainability, MLOps, and continuous model deployment.
- Drive innovation in architectural strategy through use of GenAI, observability tooling, and automation.
Enterprise Governance & Collaboration
- Partner with Delivery and Product to ensure architecture supports business outcomes and roadmap goals.
Contribute to customer engagements as a senior technology voice, especially on scalability, performance, and security matters.
Align SymphonyAI FS with broader SAI group technology principles and standards.
What you'll bring:
15+ years in enterprise software, including 5+ in a senior architecture or CTO-level role.
Deep knowledge of enterprise SaaS architecture, cloud platforms (especially Azure), and distributed systems.
Proven experience architecting and shipping scalable SaaS or platform products.
Demonstrated success leading architectural transformation from legacy monoliths to modular, microservice-based platforms.
Experience with security and performance architecture for regulated industries (preferably financial services or RegTech).
Strong understanding of AI/ML system design and integration patterns.
Excellent leadership, stakeholder management, and communication skills across technical and non-technical audiences.
- The following requirements are not mandatory, but are beneficial:
Experience building AI-first products
Passion for open-source tools and contributing to the AI/Dev community.
Past startup or founding experience.
LLM frameworks (LangChain, LlamaIndex, or similar)
Workflow engines, automation tools, or no-code platforms
APIs & integrationsh
Familiarity with vector databases, embeddings, and prompt engineering best practices.
Experience with financial crime, AML, fraud detection, or compliance systems.
Familiarity with SAFE/agile delivery at scale.
Contributions to open-source, industry standards, or architecture frameworks.
Public speaking, technical blogging, or community engagement.
About Us
SymphonyAI is building the leading enterprise AI SaaS company for digital transformation across the most critical and resilient growth industries, including retail, consumer packaged goods, financial crime prevention, manufacturing, media, and IT service management. Since its founding in 2017, SymphonyAI today serves 1500+ Enterprise customers globally and has grown to 3,000 talented leaders, data scientists, and other professionals across over 30 countries.
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