Application Architect

Job Description

An employer is seeking a highly skilled Application Architect to join one of our largest national financial services clients for a contract-to-hire opportunity. In this role you’ll join a growing team and work cross-functionally between stakeholders and developers to set up Event Driven Architecture and ensure roadblocks are alleviated so developers can effectively push out usable code. This client is primarily focused on wealth management, with their banking & lending application which leverages several external bank partnerships. The ideal candidate comes from a banking background and has hands-on experience working as an application or API architect partnering with developers to set up the architecture for real time transactions with Kafka. Any prior experience working with developers who are building Microservices and APIs from scratch will help you be successful on this team. This is a 6-month contract-to-hire with potential for conversion after the initial 6-month period. This team goes on site 4 days / week, typically Monday – Thursday, therefore you must be comfortable commuting to their location in downtown Minneapolis to be successful on this team.

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Skills and Requirements

• At least 5 years working as an API Architect / Application Architect

• Ability to write basic SQL queries from scratch

• Recent experience supporting a banking client (ideally retail banking)- specifically within ACH, payments, and mortgages

• Prior experience setting up Event Driven Architecture for real time transactions

• Prior experience setting up Microservices Architecture

• Prior experience working cross functionally between business and technical teams to alleviate road blocks for developers

• Prior experience supporting developers working with Kafka Steaming

• Prior experience supporting developers building APIs for real time transactions

• Ability to commute to their downtown Minneapolis location 4 days/week Prior experience working for a local banking client such as USBank, Wells Fargo or Ameriprise