Full-Time

Architect

Posted on 11/23/2024

Zafin

Zafin

501-1,000 employees

SaaS platform for banking product pricing

No salary listed

Senior

Toronto, ON, Canada

Requires onsite presence in Toronto for two to three days per week.

Category
Backend Engineering
Full-Stack Engineering
Software Engineering
Required Skills
Microsoft Azure
React.js
NoSQL
Apache Kafka
Java
Postgres
GraphQL
Spring
Requirements
  • 7+ years in: Designing and coding scalable, high-performance solutions.
  • Leading technical teams in distributed systems and full-stack development.
  • Building secure, cloud-native applications with technologies like Java, Spring (Spring Boot and Spring Batch) React, GraphQL, and Kafka.
  • Database design and optimization with PostgreSQL and NoSQL solutions.
  • Expertise in: Cloud platforms (preferably Azure) with cost-efficient design principles.
  • Event-driven architectures and stream processing.
  • 12-factor app design and headless architectures.
  • 3+ years in a product-focused environment (Nice to Have).
  • Experience with release automation and management including GitOps, CI/CD automation with Kustomize overlays and ArgoCD (Nice to Have).
Responsibilities
  • Collaborate with teams of talented engineers, guiding architecture decisions while contributing directly to the codebase.
  • Translate business requirements into system specifications, propose high-impact design changes, and develop enterprise-grade backend applications.
  • Drive modern architectural practices like 12-factor app design, cloud-native development, and event-based systems.
  • Use your expertise to diagnose and resolve challenging technical problems.
  • Partner with the Chief Architect and cross-functional teams to shape our modernization strategy and execute it with excellence.
  • Work in a fast-paced, agile environment, delivering solutions that scale and perform.
  • You’re comfortable rolling up your sleeves to debug, code, and deliver solutions.
  • Passionate about staying ahead of tech trends, experimenting, and learning.
  • Skilled at explaining complex concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences.
  • Focused on scalability, reliability, and delivering exceptional user experiences.

Zafin provides a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) platform tailored for banks and financial institutions to manage and optimize their product pricing, packaging, and offers. The platform enables banks to quickly adapt to customer needs and competitive pressures by deploying new products and pricing strategies in days, rather than months, which reduces reliance on extensive IT support. This efficiency helps banks attract new customers, retain existing ones, and grow their business while ensuring compliance with regulations through consistent and transparent practices. Zafin serves a wide range of clients, from small regional banks to large international institutions, and operates on a subscription-based model that provides ongoing value through regular updates and support. The company's goal is to assist banks in their digital transformation and core modernization efforts, allowing them to remain competitive in a rapidly changing financial landscape.

Company Size

501-1,000

Company Stage

Late Stage VC

Total Funding

$37M

Headquarters

Vancouver, Canada

Founded

2002

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Simplify's Take

What believers are saying

  • Collaboration with Microsoft enhances Zafin's AI-driven solutions for bank modernization.
  • IO Canvas attracts banks seeking simplified data integration, expanding Zafin's customer base.
  • Partnership with 10x Banking reduces core system modernization risks and costs for banks.

What critics are saying

  • Emerging fintech startups offering cheaper solutions could erode Zafin's market share.
  • Rapid technological advancements may outpace Zafin's innovation capabilities, risking obsolescence.
  • Economic instability in key markets could impact banks' IT budgets, affecting Zafin's revenue.

What makes Zafin unique

  • Zafin's miRevenue platform offers rapid deployment of banking products and pricing strategies.
  • The SaaS model ensures continuous updates and support, enhancing client value and satisfaction.
  • Zafin's platform aids banks in regulatory compliance, ensuring consistency and transparency.

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Benefits

Paid Vacation

Wellness Program

Professional Development Budget

Hybrid Work Options

Growth & Insights and Company News

Headcount

6 month growth

2%

1 year growth

2%

2 year growth

3%
Business Wire
Nov 14th, 2024
Zafin Introduces IO Canvas, a Low-Code Builder, to Redefine Data Integration for Financial Institutions

Zafin introduces IO Canvas, a low-code builder, to redefine data integration for financial institutions.

Business Wire
Oct 22nd, 2024
Zafin Launches Next-Gen Tiering Capability as Financial Institutions Intensify Competition for Customer Loyalty and Deposit Retention

VANCOUVER, British Columbia-(BUSINESS WIRE)-Responding to the increasing demand for hyper-personalization in banking, Zafin, a global provider of SaaS core modernization and transformation solutions, has announced its new Tiering capability.

FF News
Oct 16th, 2024
Zafin Strengthens Collaboration with Microsoft, Advancing Bank Modernization with Azure AI

Zafin, a global provider of SaaS core modernization and transformation solutions for banks, announced today the extension of its worldwide strategic collaboration with Microsoft.

PYMNTS
Aug 15th, 2024
Ltimindtree Becomes Global Implementation Partner Of 10X Banking’S Core Platform

LTIMindtree, a global technology consulting and digital solutions company, is now a global implementation partner for 10x Banking’s core banking platform.The companies have formed a global partnership agreement in which they will work together to help financial institutions adopt modern core banking systems, according to a Thursday (Aug. 15) press release.As part of this partnership, LTIMindtree has established a new global practice that includes experts dedicated to the 10x platform, according to the release.“As banks review their strategy, they recognize the opportunity for innovation and transformation,” Ram Khizamboor, chief delivery officer, banking, financial services and insurance at LTIMindtree, said in the release. “Increasingly, they are looking at next-generation core banking systems with their lightweight core and real-time capabilities to drive growth, enhance efficiencies and deliver superior value to their customers.”Antony Jenkins, founder, chair and CEO of 10x Banking, said in the release that the partnership will enable 10x to serve more financial institutions, helping them modernize their legacy core systems.“By combining our best-in-class platform and LTIMindtree’s expertise, we are set up to deliver transformational solutions that address the challenges that financial institutions face today and support them into the future,” Jenkins said.This news comes about a week after 10x Banking partnered with Zafin, a provider of software-as-a-service (SaaS) core modernization and transformation solutions for banks, to enable financial institutions to modernize their core banking systems incrementally.The phased approach enabled by this collaboration makes the implementation of core banking systems less disruptive while delivering immediate value, thereby mitigating risk, maintaining stakeholder confidence and reducing upfront capital expenditures.Another collaboration in this category was formed in June when Mastercard and Thought Machine expanded their partnership to deliver payments and core banking capabilities to financial institutions worldwide.This collaboration brings together Mastercard’s global network and digital solutions and Thought Machine’s cloud-native core banking and payments platform.In March, Citi Ventures announced that it became a strategic investor in core banking provider Tuum.Citi Ventures, which acts as a strategic investor on behalf of Citi, will introduce Tuum to key stakeholders within the bank to explore commercialization opportunities

PYMNTS
Aug 6th, 2024
Zafin And 10X Partner To Facilitate Core Banking System Modernization

Zafin and 10x Banking have partnered to enable banks and financial institutions to modernize their core systems incrementally. This phased approach makes the implementation less disruptive while delivering immediate value, thereby mitigating risk, maintaining stakeholder confidence and reducing upfront capital expenditures, the companies said in a Tuesday (Aug. 6) press release. The new partnership brings together Zafin’s software-as-a-service (SaaS) core modernization and transformation solutions for banks and 10x Banking’s cloud-native core banking platform, according to the release

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