Altery · 17 hours ago
Lead Technical Architect
United States
Full-time
Remote
Lead/Staff
8+ years expAltery is a dynamic company in the FinTech sector seeking a Lead Technical Architect to define and drive company-wide technology architecture and engineering practices. The role involves hands-on architectural design and leadership of the Core Platform team, focusing on AI integration and ensuring reliable, high-performing solutions across product teams.
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Responsibilities
Define and evolve company-wide technology architecture, technology stack, SDLC standards, and key architectural patterns
Oversee and govern major architectural decisions across multiple product teams
Own performance, capacity, and observability strategy across the organization, driving unified approaches and tooling
Lead the Core Platform team responsible for shared services, infrastructure, and developer tooling
Drive adoption of AI in the SDLC, including tools, workflows, and effectiveness measurement
Provide architectural guidance and hands-on technical leadership to selected product streams
Ensure architectural alignment with business objectives and domain-specific requirements
Qualification
Required
8+ years of experience as a senior or lead engineer / architect, owning end-to-end design and delivery of complex, high-load distributed systems
Expert-level backend development skills (preferably .NET; Java / Kotlin experience is a strong plus), with ability to perform code reviews and provide technical guidance
Strong system design expertise, including performance optimization, capacity planning, databases and caching, high availability, and scalability (horizontal & vertical)
Proven experience defining and governing architecture across multiple teams or products
Solid DevOps experience: CI/CD, deployment strategies, infrastructure as code, test automation, and production reliability
Hands-on experience designing and implementing observability solutions (metrics, logging, tracing)
Experience using AI tooling in the SDLC (e.g. code generation, testing, CI/CD optimization)
Preferred
Experience in fintech, payments, crypto, or banking domains
Deep expertise with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP)
Experience with advanced observability stacks (Prometheus, Grafana, OpenTelemetry, ELK)
Experience leading platform teams or building internal developer platforms
Strong communication skills and upper-intermediate / fluent English
Ability to influence cross-team initiatives without direct authority
Benefits
Insurance coverage
Local perks
Company
Altery
Altery is a fintech firm that offers digital payment and money transfer services to individuals and companies.
51-200 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageRecent News
Fintechnews Middle East
2025-06-26
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