Money Forward Vietnam

Overview of job

As a new initiative, Money Forward has begun considering the provision of BaaS/digital banking in collaboration with Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group and Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation.

We are seeking an experienced Technical Solutions Architect with deep expertise in modern enterprise architecture, cloud platforms, and core banking domains. In this role, you will lead the architectural vision, strategy, and hands-on execution for high-throughput, highly resilient banking and financial platforms. You will serve as the bridge between business stakeholders and engineering teams, translating complex financial requirements into scalable microservices architectures powered by Java and AWS.

Responsibilities

Architectural Leadership & Strategy

• Design, architect, and guide the implementation of end-to-end cloud-native microservices solutions tailored for enterprise banking systems (e.g., core banking, payments, loan processing, or fraud detection etc.).
• Establish architectural principles, blue-prints, and coding standards for distributed systems, ensuring high availability, fault tolerance, low latency, and audit readiness.
• Lead technology selection, proof-of-concepts (PoCs), and architectural review for the solution designs in the team.

Technical Execution & Hands-On Guidance

• Architect modular microservices using Java and the Spring Framework (Spring Boot, Spring Cloud, Spring Data, Spring Security).
• Design and implement robust API management strategies (RESTful, gRPC, GraphQL) and event-driven architectures (using Apache Kafka, AWS Kinesis, or RabbitMQ) for real-time transaction processing.
• Optimize database architectures using a polyglot approach (relational like PostgreSQL/Aurora alongside NoSQL like DynamoDB/MongoDB) with strict data consistency and ACID transaction management across microservices (Saga pattern, CQRS).

Cloud & Infrastructure (AWS)

• Architect enterprise-grade, secure infrastructure on AWS utilizing technologies such OAuth2, Nimbus JOSE+JWT, WebAuthn, Authlete and Lattice SigV4 auth starter .
• Drive Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform or AWS CloudFormation, ensuring automated, repeatable environments across multi-region deployments.
• Enforce cloud security best practices aligned with banking regulatory standards (PCI-DSS, SOC 2, ISO 27001, Open Banking APIs).

Collaboration & Domain Expertise

• Collaborate closely with product managers, business analysts, domain experts, and security leads to align technical strategies with business objectives.
• Mentor senior engineers, tech leads, and developers, conducting architecture reviews and fostering a culture of technical excellence.

Caring Mental & Physical Recreation: 

• Hybrid working
• Full salary in probation & 13th month salary
• Social insurance on full salary from probation
• Premium Health insurance from probation
• Flexible start 8AM-9AM from Mon-Fri
• 16 days off annually + 1 Birthday Leave 
• Paternity leave extra 5 days 
• Annual company trip; Quarterly team building activities
• Club activities
• Annual health check

Caring Career & Development: 

• Clear Career path
• Foreign language & International technology-related certifications sponsoring
• Well-equipped facility: Macbook pro,  additional monitor,..
• Soft skill workshops
• Tech seminars
• Monthly and biannually Recognition Awards
• Performance review twice/year