Domain Architect | Wealth & Financial Services

Domain Architect | Wealth & Financial Services

Hiring Brief

Location: Bengaluru / Gurugram     |     Experience: 10+ years overall; 5+ years in Architecture

Budget: Up to ₹30 LPA     |     Joining: Immediate joiners preferred

Role Overview

We are seeking a Domain Architect with deep Wealth Management / High-Net-Worth (HNW) and Financial Services expertise to own domain-level target-state architecture, technology strategy, and actionable roadmaps. The role translates business outcomes and domain priorities into architecture decisions across multiple initiatives. This is not a conventional Cloud, Solution, or Infrastructure Architect position.

Key Responsibilities

· Define, govern and evolve target-state domain architecture and multi-year technology roadmaps aligned with business strategy.

· Own cross-initiative technical direction and ensure consistency with enterprise architecture principles.

· Lead decisions on technical debt, legacy platform modernisation, rationalisation and decommissioning.

· Partner with business executives, product owners and engineering teams to turn business priorities into architecture choices.

· Evaluate functional and non-functional requirements, scalability, resilience, availability, regulatory obligations and technology risks.

· Facilitate architecture reviews, design walkthroughs, trade-off discussions and decision governance.

· Guide backlog prioritisation and delivery sequencing in scaled Agile environments.

Mandatory Skills & Experience

· 10+ years of technology experience, including at least 5 years in architecture roles.

· Demonstrated end-to-end ownership of domain or target-state architecture and technology roadmaps.

· Strong Financial Services experience, specifically Wealth Management / HNW.

· Hands-on domain understanding in at least one of: Capital Markets, Trading & Settlement, Market Rates, Managed / Investment Funds, or Financial Advisor platforms.

· Proven ability to engage senior business stakeholders and connect architecture decisions to business outcomes.

· Experience managing technical debt, legacy platforms and enterprise-scale modernisation in regulated organisations.

Preferred Qualifications

· Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems or equivalent.

· Architecture, technology or cloud certifications.

· Exposure to cloud technologies, general software architecture and scaled Agile delivery.

Important Screening Criteria

Prioritise candidates with business-aligned domain architecture ownership and Wealth / Financial Services expertise. Profiles limited to cloud infrastructure, platform implementation or single-solution design are not suitable.

Search Keywords (Mandatory Skills Only)

Domain Architect, Wealth Management, HNW, Financial Services, target state architecture, technology roadmap, Capital Markets, Trading Settlement, Investment Funds, legacy modernization, technical debt

Boolean Search (Mandatory Skills Only)

("Domain Architect" OR "Enterprise Architect") AND ("Wealth Management" OR HNW) AND ("Financial Services" OR Banking) AND ("target state" OR roadmap) AND ("Capital Markets" OR "Investment Funds" OR Trading)

Mandatory Skills Screening Questions

1. How many years of total technology experience and hands-on architecture experience do you have?

Response type: Short Answer — enter total years and architecture years separately (minimum 10 and 5).

2. Have you owned target-state domain architecture and a technology roadmap end to end, beyond individual solution design?

Response type: Yes / No — shortlist only with Yes; request a project example.

3. Which Wealth / Financial Services areas have you worked in directly?

Response type: Checkboxes — Wealth Management / HNW; Capital Markets; Trading & Settlement; Market Rates; Managed / Investment Funds; Financial Advisor Platforms; None (reject None).

4. Describe one enterprise legacy-modernisation or technical-debt initiative you architecturally owned in a regulated Financial Services environment.

Response type: Short Answer — include legacy constraint, architectural decision, roadmap and outcome.

5. Have you personally presented domain architecture decisions and trade-offs to senior business stakeholders, linking them to measurable business outcomes?

Response type: Yes / No — shortlist only with Yes; validate through interview example.