Senior Solution Architect - Fintech at Safaricom Kenya

Brief Description

Reporting to the Delivery Lead – Fintech, the position holder will facilitate the development of the right future-state architecture and ensures its effective adoption. They provide overall direction, guidance and definition of architecture programs that effectively supports business KPIs in their respective tribe. They are viewed as an expert and provide knowledge/ counsel to others solution architects and software engineers. They must have significant business knowledge and have one or more areas of technical expertise in software development, solution architecture, enterprise architecture and financial technology.

Responsibilities

• Creates comprehensive solution documentation allowing clarity for the software developers.
• Can design standardized documentation applicable across the tribes in the cluster
• Ensures API best practices are adhered such as reusability, monitoring, performance, security
• Designs future fit solutions using standards, templates and frameworks.
• Sets baseline through introduction of standards and working practices such as architecture blueprints, coding standards, design principles and tools.
• Performs supervisory code reviews for junior and intermediate engineers and ensure they follow the standards.
• Seen as a role model in business engagement both inside and outside of the chapter.
• Provides technical leadership/mentorship to others within the discipline in review of complex multi-domain requirements.
• Collaboratively oversees the development of the solution as per agreed architecture, evolving it throughout the delivery in the face of changing requirements and feedback from the team.
• Facilitates design review sessions during the weekly MPESA Technology Design Authority sittings.
• Ensures technical debts are visible to the members of the squad and tribes

Qualifications

• Domain experience in financial services, financial technologies is a MUST have.
• Creates comprehensive solution documentation allowing clarity for the software developers.
• Can design standardized documentation applicable across the tribes in the cluster
• Ensures API best practices are adhered such as reusability, monitoring, performance, security
• Designs future fit solutions using standards, templates and frameworks.
• Sets baseline through introduction of standards and working practices such as architecture blueprints, coding standards, design principles and tools.
• Performs supervisory code reviews for junior and intermediate engineers and ensure they follow the standards.
• Seen as a role model in business engagement both inside and outside of the chapter.
• Provides technical leadership/mentorship to others within the discipline in review of complex multi-domain requirements.
• Collaboratively oversees the development of the solution as per agreed architecture, evolving it throughout the delivery in the face of changing requirements and feedback from the team.
• Facilitates design review sessions during the weekly MPESA Technology Design Authority sittings.
• Ensures technical debts are visible to the members of the squad and tribes