Lead Technology Architect
Tandem Interim
Role:Lead Technology Architect – Core Banking & Digital Platforms
Location : Doha, Qatar
About :
A major bank is reviewing its core banking and digital platforms, and we need a hands-on architect to lead the technical assessment and set out how to modernize without putting financial integrity at risk.
What you’ll do
Assess the core banking setup: customizations, interfaces, batch/EOD, capacity and dependencies
Review digital channels, APIs, microservices, cloud/hybrid infrastructure, CI/CD, security and DR
Weigh up retain, upgrade, decouple or replace options for the core
Design phased migration paths, including coexistence, cutover, rollback and financial-control sign-off
Run workshops with bank and vendor teams and deliver clear findings and roadmap inputs
What you’ll bring
8+ years in technology architecture or engineering, with 3+ in banking
Hands-on Finastra Equation experience (essential)
Architecture lead on at least 2 complex banking platform transformations
Experience integrating cloud or distributed services with a legacy core
Solid grasp of core banking processing (interest, fees, postings, EOD) and distributed transaction design (idempotency, retries, no duplicate postings)
Nice to have
GCC banking, a cloud architecture certification, phased core migration experience