Solutions Architect

PeerPay Networks is building the Automated Financial Commitment Settlement (AFCS) platform, a next-generation financial infrastructure designed to strengthen trust across the financial ecosystem by enabling secure, automated settlement of financial commitments between regulated financial institutions.

Role Purpose

The Solutions Architect is a hands-on technical leader responsible for translating enterprise blueprints into scalable, secure, and resilient software realities. Working closely with engineering teams and technical partners, this role bridges the gap between high-level architecture and daily code execution, ensuring that PeerPay’s core platform is highly performant, well-integrated, and production-ready.

Key Operational Responsibilities

• Solution Design & Implementation: Design detailed microservices blueprints, event-driven workflows, and robust REST APIs utilizing NestJS, TypeScript, and Kafka.
• Payments & Integration Execution: Lead the practical integration of the platform with commercial banks, payment service providers, MMOs, and Open Banking APIs.
• Hands-on DLT Management: Configure and maintain Hyperledger Fabric components, write/review smart contracts, and manage identity services and Certificate Authorities.
• Cloud & DevOps Security: Manage cloud infrastructure (AWS/Azure) utilizing Docker, Kubernetes, and Terraform; implement security-by-design patterns (RBAC, Secrets Management, TLS).
• Technical Mentorship: Guide mid-to-junior engineers, perform code/architecture reviews, and maintain clean technical documentation.

Technical Environment (Hands-on Proficiency)

• Development: Node.js, NestJS, TypeScript, PostgreSQL, Redis, React.
• Architecture & Messaging: Microservices, Domain-Driven Design (DDD), Kafka, API Gateways.
• Infrastructure & DLT: Hyperledger Fabric, Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform.
• Payments & Security: Basic exposure to ISO 20022/8583, NIBSS integrations, OAuth2, OIDC, PKI.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
• Minimum 5 years of active software engineering and systems design experience, preferably within the Nigerian fintech or banking space.
• Deep practical experience with containerized environments (Kubernetes/Docker) and event-driven microservices.
• Familiarity with or strong foundational knowledge of distributed ledger technology (Hyperledger Fabric preferred).
• Strong problem-solving skills and a willingness to be close to the code while steering architecture.

Pay: ₦800,000.00 per month

Application Question(s):

• How many years of experience do you have
• Describe a large-scale financial or banking architecture you have designed.
• Rate your expertise in Enterprise Architecture
• Rate your expertise in Hyperledger Fabric
• Rate your expertise in Microservices
• Rate your expertise in Event-Driven Architecture
• Rate your expertise in Kubernetes
• Rate your expertise in OAuth2/OIDC
• Rate your expertise in Banking Integrations

Work Location: Hybrid remote in Lagos