Solution Architect – Enterprise Services (Financial Crime)

EPAM is a global leader in AI transformation engineering and integrated consulting, serving Forbes Global 2000 companies and startups, with over thirty years of expertise in custom software, product and platform engineering.

• 3+ years as a Solution Architect in complex financial services
• Strong knowledge of Financial Crime domains including AML, sanctions, transaction monitoring, screening, KYC/KYB, EDD and customer risk scoring
• Ability to design functional and logical architectures, system interaction models and integration patterns
• Experience with RESTful API design, versioning and event-driven architectures
• Hands-on experience producing As-Is and Target architectures, roadmaps and transition states
• Experience ensuring compliance with enterprise architectural frameworks, standards and governance
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills
• Ability to influence decisions and lead discussions with compliance, technology and operational leaders
• Delivery-focused and able to work independently in fast-moving environments
• Evidence of ownership, initiative and thought leadership

Nice to have:

• Knowledge of BIAN, TOGAF, ArchiMate or C4 modelling
• Experience with Avolution Abacus or similar architecture tools
• Familiarity with microservices, API integration patterns and cloud platforms such as AWS
• Exposure to global banking, Financial Crime transformation programmes or regulatory change portfolios

• Architect and govern end-to-end Financial Crime solutions, ensuring scalability and compliance
• Translate business, regulatory and compliance requirements into architectures
• Set architectural direction for AML transaction monitoring, sanctions screening, fraud prevention and risk scoring
• Lead definition of target-state architectures and roadmaps for Financial Crime systems
• Contribute to architectural assessments for mergers and acquisitions
• Ensure consistency with enterprise architecture principles and governance
• Serve as architecture advisor to CIO, Financial Crime Compliance, Operations and Data teams
• Collaborate with engineering to align solutions with architecture standards
• Represent architecture in regulatory, audit and risk forums
• Conduct peer reviews and validate designs to uphold architectural integrity
• Oversee decommissioning, data archival and migration approaches
• Promote secure, compliant design patterns aligned with Financial Crime regulations
• Champion architectural best practices across squads and Agile teams
• Mentor engineering and design peers to foster quality, innovation and ownership
• Demonstrate leadership through thought partnership, problem-solving and decision-making

Benefits listed are available only to employees. Open to working with Contractors under individually agreed B2B terms. Selected candidates will be contacted exclusively. By applying, candidates agree to personal data processing by EPAM Systems (Poland) for recruitment purposes according to privacy policy.