Solution Architecture Lead

Who are we?

Quanteam, founding entity of RAINBOW PARTNERS, is a consulting firm specialized in Banking and Financial Services. With more than 1,200 consultants across 10 countries, we combine business and IT expertise to support leading organizations in transformation projects.

Our core areas:

➡ Quantitative Finance

➡ Risk & Compliance

➡ Operations & Finance

➡ Transformation & Organization

➡ Information Systems

🔎 We are looking for a Solution Architecture Lead

Are you ready to lead a team of architects and shape reliable, scalable solutions across an international technology landscape? This opportunity might be for you!

📝 MAIN TASKS

• Build, lead, and develop a team of Solution Architects.
• Define the solution architecture vision, strategy, and roadmap across multiple engineering domains, in alignment with Enterprise Architecture.
• Translate long-term architectural goals into practical guidance for product and engineering teams.
• Ensure solutions integrate effectively across business capabilities and technical domains.
• Identify, prioritize, and reduce technical debt while balancing delivery needs with long-term system health.
• Define architectural standards for high availability, disaster recovery, business continuity, and risk management, including NIS2-related requirements.
• Improve system reliability through resilience reviews, maturity assessments, and failure testing.
• Guide teams in designing scalable, secure, cloud-native, and fault-tolerant distributed systems.
• Promote architectural practices such as event-driven design, domain-driven design, and API-first development.
• Align Engineering, Enterprise Architecture, Security, and Product stakeholders on technical decisions.

🧩 YOUR PROFILE AND SKILLS

• Degree in Computer Science or equivalent professional experience.
• Several years of experience in Software Architecture or Solution Architecture.
• Proven experience leading technical teams, such as Solution Architects, engineering teams, or architecture chapters.
• Strong software engineering background and hands-on experience with modern programming languages.
• Experience with AWS or Azure and distributed systems.
• Solid understanding of high availability, disaster recovery, business continuity, and resilient system design.
• Ability to make pragmatic architectural decisions and manage technical debt.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to combine strategic thinking and practical execution.
• Fluent Portuguese and strong written and spoken English ( at least B2 ).
• Availability for occasional travel within Europe.
• Availability to work from the office once a week during the first 2–3 months , followed by approximately once a month .

🎁 WHAT WE OFFER

• Permanent contract (CTI).
• Meal allowance.
• Health insurance.
• An extra holiday on Christmas Eve or New Year’s Eve.
• Access to Quanteam Academy for continuous learning and certifications.
• Elevate Program to support professional development and career growth.
• Career progression plan.
• Ongoing follow-up and technical support provided by a Consultant Expert.