Senior Financial Platforms Architect

Senior Financial Platforms Architect
New York, NY (Hybrid)
Full-time | $170,000 – $183,000

No third-party candidates or vendors please.

Experience in a highly regulated environment (legal, financial services, or similar) is required.

About the Role

This position focuses on the design and day-to-day reality of financial systems in a complex environment. The person in this role will take ownership of how these systems are connected, how they perform, and how they support the business.

There is also a forward-looking component. The team is actively exploring where automation and AI can remove friction from billing, accounting, and reporting processes. This role plays a key part in making that real in a practical, usable way.

What You'll Be Doing

• Own the technical direction of financial systems across applications, databases, and supporting infrastructure
• Work directly in core platforms handling configuration, performance tuning, and system behavior
• Partner with infrastructure and engineering teams to keep systems running smoothly and recoverable
• Step in on high-impact issues, break them down quickly, and put fixes in place that actually last
• Build and maintain integrations between financial systems and other internal platforms using APIs and data pipelines
• Collaborate with development and data teams to introduce automation and AI into financial workflows where it makes sense
• Put guardrails in place around access, data handling, and system changes
• Guide engineers and analysts on technical decisions tied to financial platforms

Background We're Looking For

• Experience working with complex financial systems in a large, multi-system environment
• Strong understanding of how enterprise applications connect and share data
• Hands-on experience with integrations, APIs, and data movement between systems
• Comfort working directly with databases (SQL) and scripting (Python or similar)
• Experience with Microsoft-based environments and at least one major cloud platform
• Exposure to automation or AI-driven workflows is helpful but not required
• Solid understanding of system security, access, and data protection practices

What Tends to Work Well in This Role

• Someone who can move between big-picture thinking and hands-on problem solving without getting stuck in either
• Clear communicator who can work with both technical teams and business stakeholders
• Comfortable stepping into messy situations and bringing structure to them
• Experience working in environments where accuracy, security, and uptime really matter