Architect – Fintech Solutions Full Time NEW

As a Fintech Solutions Architect, you will play a crucial role in facilitating technical and commercial collaborations. Your expertise will be instrumental in creating end-to-end solution architectures, guiding the successful delivery of our products, services, and technology initiatives. This position offers an opportunity to contribute to our mission, vision, and values, ensuring effective and systematic progress.

At Safaricom Ethiopia, we are a purpose‑led technology company dedicated to transforming lives through digital connectivity and inclusive financial services. In less than five years, we have grown to serve 15 million customers, with our network now reaching 62% of Ethiopia’s population — a testament to our bold vision and trusted partnerships.

Guided by our core values of customer obsession, innovation, integrity, and collaboration, we are building a workplace that is dynamic, inclusive, and empowering. We believe our greatest strength lies in our people. That is why, for three consecutive years, we have proudly earned the Top Employer Award — recognition of our unwavering commitment to fostering a supportive, innovative, and inclusive environment.

Join Safaricom Ethiopia and be part of a team that is shaping the digital future of Ethiopia. Here, your work has meaning, your voice matters, and your growth is our priority. Together, we are transforming lives for a digital future.

Role purpose: 

The position holder shall develop and maintain end to end Technical Solutions that enable the organization to achieve its mission, vision, and values systematically through effective facilitation across multiple technical and commercial stakeholders and the development of end-to-end technical solution architecture artefacts that guide the successful delivery of products and services and technology enablers

• Systems Design
  • Participate in the Strategy formulation sessions for both Technology & Commercial
  • Develop & maintain the high-level and low-level designs and champion adoption of leading practice methodologies for system design
  • Work with teams to ensure that all technical and commercial compromises with respect to system design are dealt with in a way that minimizes technical debt whilst maintaining BAU delivery.
  • Collaboratively oversee the development of the solution as per agreed architecture, evolving it throughout the delivery in the face of changing requirements and feedback from the team.
  • Set baseline through introduction of standards and working practices such as coding standards, design principles and tools.
  • Execute research and development for system design, experiment by building prototypes, frameworks and foundations to be consumed by the technical development team
• Project Management Overview
  • Maintain a high-level overview of ongoing systems design projects
  • Champion the implementation of software projects within agreed timelines
• Services Architecture
  • Define AS-IS and TO-BE services architecture guided by the business plans and ambition indicating integrations, protocols and connectivity details
  • Give guidance on integration options for Technical Solutions
  • Recommend solutions based on the most efficient architecture
• Quality Management
  • Ensure application of best practice in Service Delivery Models
  • Drive adoption of ISO and ITIL into systems architecture and integration practices
  • Ensure uniform Standards across the integrations team
• Knowledge Transfer
  • Ensure on the job training of the relevant teams
  • Ensure detailed and standardized documentation practices across the team
• Participate in technical knowledge exchange sessions within the team

Core competencies, knowledge, and experience:

Business Competencies:

• Working knowledge of all technical domains in telecoms including VAS, Charging, CRM and Digital Financial Services
• Proven track record for delivery of large scale, complex projects delivering IT/Telco customer solutions; demonstrable leadership skills and organizational experience.

Creativity and Innovation

• Excellent Problem-solving skills

Business Know how

• Strong business acumen and mindset
• Ability to guide/teach others in architecture principles

 

Working with Change

• Excellent communication skills
• Experience in planning medium to complex projects

Project and Programme Management

• Certification in Agile Project Management will be an added advantage
• Knowledge of Scrum/Kanban Agile methodologies

Functional Competencies:

• Degree in Science/computer science/Engineering related.
• Certification in Solution Architecture and Certificate in Cloud expertise will be an added advantage.
• At least 2 years of broad technical background inclusive of databases, applications, Infrastructure, cloud, development, enterprise architecture, solutions architecture and system design experience
• At least 1 year experience as a developer or systems engineer

  Key performance indicator:

• 100% design & documentation of all solution designs
• Skillset modernization – continuously upskill according to M-Pesa Technology yearly skillset modernization program.
• Adherence to industry standards such as TOGAF , TM Forum in solution design

Must have technical / professional qualifications: 

• Working knowledge of all technical domains in telecoms including VAS, Charging, CRM and Digital Financial Services
• Proven track record for delivery of large scale, complex projects delivering IT/Telco customer solutions; demonstrable leadership skills and organizational experience.

Desired 

Certification in Solution Architecture and Certificate in Cloud expertise will be an added advantage 

How to Apply. If you feel that you are up to the challenge and possess the necessary qualification and experience, kindly proceed to create/ update your candidate profile on the recruitment portal and then Click on the apply button. Remember to attach your resume