About this role
WHO WE ARE:
As Singapore’s longest established bank, we have been dedicated to enabling individuals and businesses to achieve their aspirations since 1932. How? By taking the time to truly understand people. From there, we provide support, services, solutions, and career paths that meet their individual needs and desires.
Today, we’re on a journey of transformation. Leveraging technology and creativity to become a future-ready learning organisation. But for all that change, our strategic ambition is consistently clear and bold, which is to be Asia’s leading financial services partner for a sustainable future.
We invite you to build the bank of the future. Innovate the way we deliver financial services. Work in friendly, supportive teams. Build lasting value in your community. Help people grow their assets, business, and investments. Take your learning as far as you can. Or simply enjoy a vibrant, future-ready career.
Your Opportunity Starts Here.
Solution Architect – Trade Finance
Why Join
Imagine being part of a team that shapes the future of banking technology. As a Solution Architect (Trade Finance) at OCBC, you'll play a key role in designing and implementing innovative solutions that transform the way we deliver financial services. You'll have the opportunity to work on exciting projects, collaborate with talented individuals, and develop your skills in a dynamic and supportive environment.
How you succeed
Drive end‑to‑end architecture for Trade Finance capabilities (e.g., LCs, guarantees, collections, supply chain finance), integrating front‑to‑back processes, channels, and operations. Ensure scalable, secure, and compliant designs spanning applications, data, and infrastructure—modernizing legacy stacks while enabling digital trade and ecosystem connectivity
What you do
1. Architect target-state Trade solutions and modernize legacy platforms.
Produce detailed solution artefacts (domain models, integration diagrams, etc.).
Define integration patterns for SWIFT, ISO20022, sanctions/TBML screening.
Drive straight-through processing and partner API enablement.
Ensure compliance with trade regulations and operational controls, such as controls for sanctions, dual‑use goods, AML/KYC, fraud/TBML, and data privacy
2. Align Solution Design with Enterprise Strategy. Demonstrate strong understanding of architecture strategy and roadmap, ensuring solution designs consistently align with enterprise blueprints, guidelines, roadmap and guiding principles.
3. Deliver Comprehensive Solutions Design Artefacts. Create detailed design artefacts (e.g. component diagram, sequence diagram, deployment model etc) for the initiatives with end-to-end solutions spanning across multiple integrated systems and leveraging on data & AI
4. Define and Evolve Architecture Design Patterns. Develop and update architecture design patterns, frameworks, standards, and guiding principles ensure adoption across teams.
5. Define canonical integration patterns for SWIFT MT/MX/ISO 20022, document exchange (eUCP/URDG/URC compliance), sanctions/TBML screening, and trade document OCR/classification.
6. Collaborate and Govern Effectively. Identify and raise architecture deviations and manage tech debt resolutions to Architecture / Platforms forums for timely resolution and alignment.
7. Hands-On Engagement with Delivery Teams. Work closely with development teams throughout the build process, providing technical leadership and ensuring adherence to solutions design & guiding principles.
8. Provide Expert Guidance and Support. Offer regular support on complex coding challenges, issue resolution, and implementation best practices to ensure high-quality delivery.
Who you are
1. Preferably 7+ years in enterprise / solutions architecture and cloud-native technologies such as microservices, Kubernetes, kafka/MQ, redis, databases (e.g. PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Oracle).
2. Strong knowledge of cloud architecture and infrastructure setup.
3. Experience with sanctions screening, document digitization, and workflow engines.
4.Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills across all levels.
5. Proven ability to define new architectures, lead projects independently, and drive adoption of best practices.
6. Strong analytical and decision-making skills; proactive and resourceful.
7. Experience in Infrastructure, Cloud, Payments, Core Banking domains is an advantage.
What we offer:
Competitive base salary. A suite of holistic, flexible benefits to suit every lifestyle. Community initiatives. Industry-leading learning and professional development opportunities. Your wellbeing, growth and aspirations are every bit as cared for as the needs of our customers.
Other facts
About OCBC
OCBC is the longest established Singapore bank, formed in 1932 from the merger of three local banks, the oldest of which was founded in 1912. It is now the second largest financial services group in Southeast Asia by assets and one of the world’s most highly-rated banks, with an Aa1 rating from Moody’s. Recognised for its financial strength and stability, OCBC is consistently ranked among the World’s Top 50 Safest Banks by Global Finance and has been named Best Managed Bank in Singapore by The Asian Banker.
OCBC and its subsidiaries offer a broad array of commercial banking, specialist financial and wealth management services, ranging from consumer, corporate, investment, private and transaction banking to treasury, insurance, asset management and stockbroking services.
OCBC’s key markets are Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia and Greater China. It has more than 570 branches and representative offices in 19 countries and regions. These include about 300 branches and offices in Indonesia under subsidiary Bank OCBC NISP, and over 90 branches and offices in Mainland China, Hong Kong SAR and Macau SAR under OCBC Wing Hang.
OCBC’s private banking services are provided by its wholly-owned subsidiary Bank of Singapore, which operates on a unique open-architecture product platform to source for the best-in-class products to meet its clients’ goals.
OCBC's insurance subsidiary, Great Eastern Holdings, is the oldest and most established life insurance group in Singapore and Malaysia. Its asset management subsidiary, Lion Global Investors, is one of the largest private sector asset management companies in Southeast Asia.
What you'll do
- The Solution Architect will drive end-to-end architecture for Trade Finance capabilities and ensure scalable, secure, and compliant designs. They will also collaborate with development teams and provide expert guidance throughout the build process.
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