Software Architect

About ThetaRay:

ThetaRay is a trailblazer in AI-powered Anti-Money Laundering (AML) solutions, offering cutting-edge technology to fintechs, banks, and regulatory bodies worldwide. Our mission is to enhance trust in financial transactions, ensuring compliant and innovative business growth.

Our technology empowers customers to expand into new markets and introduce groundbreaking products.

ThetaRay is a culture-driven company. Our values are at the heart of our success. By joining us, you'll have the opportunity to embody these values and inspire others through your actions.

Why Join ThetaRay?

At ThetaRay, you'll be part of a dynamic global team committed to redefining the financial services sector through technological innovation. You will contribute to creating safer financial environments and have the opportunity to work with some of the brightest minds in AI, ML, and financial technology. We offer a collaborative, inclusive, and forward-thinking work environment where your ideas and contributions are valued and encouraged.

Join us in our mission to revolutionize the financial world, making it safer and more trustworthy for millions worldwide.

We are looking for a Software Architect to join our R&D team lead the solution definition and architecture of functional and technical product initiatives.

In this role, you will be responsible for translating product requirements into clear technical specifications, breaking down features into development-ready tasks. You will work closely with product managers, engineers, and scrum teams to ensure readiness for implementation

This is a hands-on role that performs at the intersection of product, engineering, and delivery. You will take a part in customer-facing activities, providing technical expertise throughout all phases of a project, starting from supporting pre-sell activities and relevant engagements with the customer IT organization.

Responsibilities

• Translate high-level product requirements into detailed architecture and development tasks
• Provide technical expertise throughout the whole product delivery life cycle to relevant stakeholders – collaborate with product management during requirements definition and support the development process throughout it’s various phases.
• Conduct hands on proof of concepts
• Take part in customer-facing technical initiatives, including pre-sell and engagement with the customers IT organization.
• Serve as the technical point of contact for strategic initiatives and development readiness

Requirements

• 5+ years of hands-on software development experience.
• 5+ years of experience as a software architect / technical lead
• Proven experience working in cloud environments (Azure preferred)
• Deep understanding of Kubernetes-based, cloud-native architectures, both on premise and in the public cloud.
• Experience with designing and building distributed, large scale data and ML-oriented solutions using frameworks such as Spark and Airflow.
• Strong hands-on experience with Python and/or Java microservices
• Experience with SQL/NoSQL databases: Postgres, OpenSearch/Elastic, object storage
• Strong communication and collaboration skills
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced, cross-functional team environment
• Background in the financial sector (banking / Fintech) – an advantage
• Past experience in a customer facing technical role – an advantage