Solutions Architect

Corner Stone Technology Talent Services (TTS) is partnering with enterprise financial technology teams to identify a senior-level Solutions Architect who thrives at the intersection of business strategy, complex payment systems, and scalable architecture
. This role is ideal for an architect who enjoys shaping platforms that move money at scale and can translate complex financial workflows into resilient, future-ready solutions.

This is a long-term contract opportunity supporting large-scale financial systems with significant architectural influence and runway.

As a Solutions Architect, you will define and drive solution architecture across complex financial domains, partnering closely with product, engineering, and business stakeholders.

You will:

• Own architectural vision and solution design aligned to enterprise strategy, platform standards, and long-term scalability
• Translate business needs into clear solution intent, system boundaries, and integration patterns
• Design modular, adaptable architectures that evolve with changing regulatory, operational, and product requirements
• Lead early-stage architecture shaping while guiding teams as requirements mature
• Partner with Product Managers and Owners to prioritize architecture runway and technology-focused backlog items
• Evaluate design tradeoffs and the downstream impact of architectural decisions
• Conduct design reviews to ensure non-functional requirements are met, including security, performance, scalability, reliability, and maintainability
• Collaborate with internal teams and external vendors to ensure solutions are fit for purpose and operationally sound
• Contribute to automation, shared services, and reusable platform capabilities across the enterprise

This role is best suited for architects with deep financial services and payments domain experience
, who are comfortable navigating complex ecosystems and influencing at scale.

Required experience:

• 10+ years designing and delivering technology solutions within financial services environments
• Strong architectural background across financial applications, middleware, and databases
• Proven experience translating complex technical concepts into multiple architectural views for diverse audiences
• Ability to lead architecture discussions across business, product, and engineering teams
• Strong analytical thinking, attention to detail, and problem-solving mindset
• Experience working within Agile and Waterfall delivery models

Experience across one or more of the following areas will strongly differentiate candidates:

• Payments (domestic, cross-border, real-time, high/low value)
• Liquidity management and treasury services
• Receivables, lockbox, and account analysis/billing
• Trade and supply chain finance
• Commercial card platforms

Hands-on or architectural exposure to payment rails, standards, and ecosystems such as:

• ACH, Fedwire, NACHA, CHIPS, SEPA, SWIFT
• Real-time and instant payments, RTGS
• ISO 20022, FX payments, B2B and B2C flows

Familiarity with enterprise payment platforms and tools is a strong plus, including but not limited to:

• ACI, Finastra/Fund Tech, FIS/Clear2
  
  Pay, Infosys Finacle, Oracle Flexcube
• Modern payment orchestration and clearing frameworks

Corner Stone Technology Talent Services is a woman-owned IT staffing firm known for delivering high-impact technologists into complex enterprise environments. We work closely with architects, engineers, and leaders who want:

• Long-term, meaningful engagements
• Exposure to large-scale, mission-critical systems
• Transparent communication and strong advocacy
• Opportunities aligned to both technical depth and career growth

We understand technology, we understand financial systems, and we understand how to match elite talent to roles where they can make a real impact.