Solution Architect – Enterprise Services (Financial Crime)

We are seeking a Solution Architect – Enterprise Services (Financial Crime) to shape and govern the next generation of Financial Crime capabilities, including Transaction Screening, Monitoring, pKYC/pKYB, Sanctions, CDD, EDD and Customer Risk Assessment.

This role is pivotal in protecting the bank, its customers and the broader financial system by delivering robust, scalable and compliant FinCrime solutions.

Responsibilities

• Architect and govern end-to-end Financial Crime solutions across the full lifecycle, ensuring scalability, robustness and regulatory compliance
• Translate business, regulatory and compliance requirements into practical, implementable architectures
• Set architectural direction for AML transaction monitoring, sanctions screening, fraud prevention and risk scoring
• Lead the definition of target-state architectures and multi-year roadmaps for Financial Crime systems
• Contribute to architectural assessments in the context of mergers and acquisitions
• Ensure consistency with enterprise architecture principles, patterns and governance
• Serve as a trusted architecture advisor to CIO, Financial Crime Compliance, Operations and Data teams
• Collaborate with engineering teams to ensure solutions align with architecture standards
• Represent architecture in regulatory, audit and risk forums as required
• Conduct peer reviews and validate designs from engineering teams to uphold architectural integrity
• Oversee decommissioning, data archival and migration approaches in line with governance
• Promote secure, compliant design patterns aligned with Financial Crime regulatory obligations
• Champion architectural best practices across squads and Agile delivery teams
• Mentor engineering and design peers to foster a culture of quality, innovation and ownership
• Demonstrate leadership through thought partnership, problem-solving and decision-making

Requirements

• 3+ years of experience as a Solution Architect within complex financial services environments
• Strong knowledge of core Financial Crime domains such as AML, sanctions, transaction monitoring, screening, KYC/KYB, EDD and customer risk scoring
• Proven ability to design functional and logical architectures, system interaction models and integration patterns
• Experience with RESTful API design, versioning and messaging or event-driven architectures
• Hands-on experience producing As-Is and Target architectures, roadmaps and transition states
• Experience ensuring solutions comply with enterprise-level architectural frameworks, standards and governance
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills
• Ability to influence decisions and lead discussions with compliance, technology and operational leaders
• Delivery-focused, pragmatic and comfortable working independently in fast-moving environments
• Evidence of ownership, initiative and thought leadership

Nice to have

• Knowledge of BIAN, TOGAF, ArchiMate or C4 modelling
• Experience with Avolution Abacus or similar architecture tools
• Familiarity with microservices, API integration patterns and cloud platforms such as AWS
• Exposure to global banking, Financial Crime transformation programmes or regulatory change portfolios

We offer

• We gather like-minded people:
• • Top tech minds driving innovation in AI, cloud and digital platform modernization
  • Supportive team and agile, startup-like culture
  • Hybrid by design mode and opportunity to work remotely within Poland
  • Chance to work abroad for up to 60 days annually
  • Business-driven relocation opportunities
• We provide growth opportunities:
• • Career development programs
  • Thought leadership, mentoring, soft skills and well-being programs
  • Certification (Anthropic, Gemini, GCP, Azure, AWS)
  • English classes
• We cover it all:
• • Stable pay
  • Participation in the Employee Stock Purchase Plan with a 15% discount
  • Benefits package (health insurance, multisport, shopping vouchers)
  • Referral bonuses up to $2,000
  • Offices featuring entertainment and relaxation zones, table tennis and football, free snacks, coffee and more
  • Corporate, social and well-being events
• Please, note:
• • Benefits listed above are available to employees only
  • We are open for working with Contractors. Terms of B2B cooperation agreements are agreed individually
  • We will reach out to selected candidates exclusively

EPAM is global leader in AI transformation engineering and integrated consulting, serving Forbes Global 2000 companies and ambitious startups. With over thirty years of expertise in custom software, product and platform engineering, we empower our clients to become AI-Native enterprises, driving measurable value from innovation and digital investments.