Staff Solutions Architect

Candescent is a forward-thinking technology company transforming how financial institutions deliver Intelligent Banking experiences. We unite digital banking, account opening, and branch solutions that power and connect digital banking, account opening, and branch solutions—creating seamless engagement across digital, remote, and in-person channels.

Our Experience-Led, Intelligence-Driven approach combines human-centered design with data, automation, and cloud-based innovation. Built on an API-first architecture, our extensible ecosystem enables institutions to adapt quickly, integrate easily, and unlock new opportunities for growth—turning every customer interaction into a moment of clarity, confidence, and connection.
About Candescent

Candescent is the leading cloud-based digital banking solutions provider for financial institutions. We are transforming digital banking with intelligent, cloud-powered solutions that connect account opening, digital banking, and branch experiences for financial institutions. Our advanced technology and developer tools enable seamless, differentiated customer journeys that elevate trust, service, and innovation. Success here requires flexibility in a fast-paced environment, a client-first mindset, and a commitment to delivering consistent, reliable results as part of a performance-driven, values-led team. With team members around the world, Candescent is an equal opportunity employer.
Director, Client Architecture & Technical Strategy
Business Function:
Client Operations
Reports to:
Chief Operating Officer (COO)
Type:
Full Time
Job Summary

The Staff Solutions Architect serves as the senior technical authority for Client Operations and a key enterprise leader connecting Candescent 's digital banking platform strategy to client outcomes, implementation scale, and services growth. The role provides executive-level technical leadership across the DI platform, Votiv transformation, Professional Services, Development Services, Client Engagement, Product, and Engineering.

Reporting to the COO, this role operates as an enterprise-level individual contributor with broad decision influence across organizational boundaries. It establishes technical direction, architecture standards, implementation and support patterns, and executive recommendations for complex platform matters that materially affect client experience, delivery risk, scalability, operating cost, and revenue. The role is not accountable for a single client solution; it shapes how Candescent solves, implements, migrates, and supports platform capabilities across the client base.

The position has three strategic mandates: serve as Client Operations' senior technical authority and DI platform SME; define the architecture and operating models required to migrate and support clients on Votiv at scale; and provide the technical leadership required to position, solution, sell, and successfully deliver Candescent Advantage Services. Success requires the judgment and credibility to influence executives, architects, engineers, delivery leaders, and clients without relying on direct-line authority.
Key Responsibilities

Enterprise Platform Architecture & Technical Governance

- Define and govern Client Operations architecture principles, technical standards, implementation patterns, and support models across Candescent platform services.

- Establish the technical frameworks and decision criteria used to evaluate complex implementation, integration, migration, and support approaches across the client base.

- Represent Client Operations in enterprise architecture and platform decisions that materially affect scalability, serviceability, upgradeability, resiliency, and long-term operating cost.

- Identify systemic technical risks and capability gaps, recommend enterprise-level solutions, and drive cross-functional resolution with Product and Engineering leadership.

DI Platform Authority & Client Solution Leadership

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