Solution Architect - Microservices & Banking Integrations

About the role

Intetics Inc., an American technology company specializing in custom software development, team distribution, software quality assessment and digital solutions, is looking for a Solution Architect. The role involves on-site work at the client's office in Almaty, Kazakhstan.

Key responsibilities

• Design the target microservice architecture, defining service boundaries and component responsibilities
• Design synchronous and asynchronous service interactions using REST, gRPC and Kafka
• Define the integration architecture connecting internal services with external banking systems
• Define API contracts, integration interfaces and approaches to API security and inter-service communication
• Design for fault tolerance, scalability, high load and data consistency, including error handling, retries and recovery
• Define the use of Docker and Kubernetes within the solution architecture
• Create and maintain architectural documentation using C4, UML, sequence and component diagrams
• Analyze existing banking systems and integrations, assess technical risks and select technologies and patterns based on business needs
• Document architectural decisions and guide development teams, working with analysts, DevOps and other technical teams

Required profile

• Proven experience independently designing microservice architectures and making architectural decisions
• Experience designing distributed systems with multiple interacting services
• Experience designing REST and/or gRPC APIs and integration solutions
• Hands-on experience with Kafka or other message brokers
• Experience designing fault-tolerant, scalable, high-load systems
• Experience creating architectural documentation with C4, UML and interaction diagrams
• Experience with Docker and Kubernetes at the architectural level
• Understanding of distributed systems security (OAuth, TLS, authentication, authorization, access control)
• Experience designing banking, payment, fintech or other systems with strict reliability and data consistency requirements
• Ability to analyze existing architectures and justify technology and design choices
• Strong communication skills and cross-team collaboration experience
• English level A2+