[Hiring] Enterprise Architect @Heirs Technologies

Role Description

The Enterprise Architect is the most senior technical architect on the platform — and this role is defined by genuine depth across every architectural domain, not seniority alone. You are a practitioner-architect: someone who can design the cloud architecture, the data architecture, the network architecture, the security architecture, and the on-premises integration architecture — any of them, hands-on, alone — but who also has the breadth, the judgment, and the executive presence to sit above all of them and hold the whole together.

In lean mode, you are the architecture function. You do the work — translating business requirements, regulatory mandates, and end-user needs into an overarching technical vision, and from that vision into the individual architectures the platform is built on. When domain specialists join — a Sr. Cloud Architect, a Database Architect, others over time — you shift into a governance and direction role: setting the architectural intent, reviewing their outputs, ensuring coherence across domains, and freeing your specialists to go as deep as the platform needs. You can always go back to doing it yourself. You never stop being capable of it.

This is also a role that operates at the highest levels of the organisation. You will engage with the Platform Director, the GCTIO, and the institution's senior technology and business leadership — comfortably, confidently, and with the political intelligence to navigate complex stakeholder environments and earn trust at that level.

What You'll Do

• Business & Requirements Translation: Engage directly with business stakeholders, product leadership, and institutional counterparts to understand business objectives, end-user requirements, regulatory constraints, and institutional priorities — and translate them into a clear, coherent architectural vision.
• Overarching Architectural Vision: Own the platform's end-to-end technical architecture — defining the structural principles, integration patterns, and technology standards that govern how the entire platform is designed across cloud, data, network, security, and on-premises layers.
• Domain Architecture: Design and own the individual domain architectures the platform is built on — cloud infrastructure, data and database architecture, network and security architecture, on-premises integration architecture.
• On-Premises & Core Banking Integration Architecture: Own the architectural design of the platform's integration with on-premises infrastructure and the institution's core banking systems.
• Architecture Governance: When leading a team of domain architects, own the architecture governance process — chairing the Architecture Review Board (ARB).
• Platform Standards & Engineering Patterns: Define and own the master set of platform engineering standards and architectural patterns.
• Non-Functional Requirements & Resilience: Define, own, and validate the platform's non-functional requirements — including availability, scalability, performance under load, security, recoverability, and regulatory compliance.
• Technology Strategy & Governance: Own the platform's technology strategy and approved technology catalogue — making principled build-vs-buy decisions.
• Regulatory & Compliance Architecture: Ensure the platform's architecture meets PCI DSS, CBN guidelines, and all applicable data protection and financial services regulations.
• Executive & Stakeholder Engagement: Engage at the highest levels of the organisation — with the Platform Director, GCTIO, and the institution's senior technology, business, and risk leadership.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of technology experience, including substantial time in architecture roles.
• Genuine depth across cloud infrastructure (AWS and/or Azure), distributed data systems, network architecture, and application architecture.
• Experience with on-premises infrastructure architecture and enterprise integration.
• Proven experience translating complex business requirements, regulatory mandates, and end-user needs into coherent technical architectures.
• Experience governing architecture across a multi-team engineering organisation.
• Strong understanding of microservices architecture, event-driven systems, API-first design.
• Executive presence and stakeholder management capability.

Nice to Have

• TOGAF certification or equivalent enterprise architecture framework experience.
• AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional (SAP-C02) and/or Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert (AZ-305).
• Direct experience as a hands-on cloud architect, database architect, or solutions architect.
• Experience in fintech, banking, or financial services.
• Familiarity with domain-driven design, data mesh, or event sourcing at enterprise scale.
• Experience engaging with African regulatory frameworks.

Compensation

Competitive and commensurate with experience. Details will be shared with shortlisted candidates.

What We Offer

• Impactful work — you'll set the architectural direction of a platform built to serve hundreds of millions of Africans.
• World-class team — you'll lead domain architects and work alongside engineers, security specialists, and product leaders.
• Modern ways of working — architecture-led, cloud-native, and built on a dual-cloud (AWS + Azure) foundation.
• Lagos, Nigeria — based at our Lagos office, at the heart of Africa's most dynamic technology ecosystem.

How to Apply

To apply, please use the link provided in the job posting. Applications are managed through our recruitment platform and reviewed on a rolling basis.