Senior Solution Architect / Lead Engineer – Central Pricing Engine
Location: Pune
Experience: 13+ Years
Industry: Banking / Financial Services
Role Overview
We are looking for a Senior Solution Architect / Lead Engineer to design and lead a centralized Pricing & Decisioning Platform, leveraging modern AI/ML capabilities where applicable to enhance pricing decisions, automation and customer-level pricing.
Key Responsibilities
- Design architecture for a centralized Pricing & Decision Engine.
- Define AI/ML integration for intelligent pricing, decisioning and optimization use cases.
- Design APIs, Microservices and event-driven integrations.
- Develop pricing rules, configurations, parameters, workflows and simulations.
- Integrate with Core Banking, CRM, Risk, Finance, Treasury and Digital Channels.
- Define security, scalability, performance, DR and observability requirements.
- Support RFI/RFP, vendor evaluation and make-vs-buy decisions.
- Lead engineering teams and ensure high-quality implementation.
- Ensure auditability, governance and regulatory traceability.
Key Skills
- 13+ years in Solution/Enterprise Architecture or Engineering.
- Strong Banking / BFSI experience.
- Experience with Pricing Engine / Rule Engine / Decision Engine.
- Knowledge of AI/ML and AI-enabled decisioning.
- Strong Java / Python, Spring Boot / FastAPI.
- Microservices, REST APIs, Event-driven architecture.
- Cloud / Hybrid architecture, CI/CD and containers.
- Architecture design, vendor evaluation and technical leadership.
- Knowledge of Deposits, Lending, Cards, Mortgages or Wealth.
Preferred: Experience in banking pricing, AI/ML-based decisioning, product configuration, rule engines or core banking transformation.