Lead Solution Architect - Digital, AI & Fintech Solutions
JazzWorld · Islamabad
Title: Solution Architect — Digital, AI & Fintech Solutions
Grade: L3
Location: Islamabad / Lahore
Company: JazzWorld
JazzWorld is Pakistan’s fastest-growing digital ecosystem, spanning connectivity, financial services, entertainment, lifestyle, enterprise and software services. As Solution Architect — Digital, AI & Fintech Solutions, you will translate complex customer requirements, RFP specifications and regulatory constraints into technically sound, commercially viable solutions. Working across enterprise digital transformation, applied AI and fintech, you will lead solution design and technical proposals for public sector institutions, regulators and large enterprise clients, partnering with Sales, Product, Delivery and technology partners to ensure solutions are practical, compliant and deliverable.
Requirements
What you’ll own
- Lead end-to-end solution design, from requirements discovery and architecture blueprints to integration design and cloud, on-premise, hybrid or sovereign deployment models.
- Drive technical responses to RFPs, RFQs and tenders, preparing proposals, compliance matrices, architecture diagrams, BoQs and effort estimates aligned with PPRA rules and evaluation frameworks, including Single Stage Two Envelope and QCBS.
- Evaluate solution options using build-versus-buy-versus-partner assessments, total cost of ownership and delivery risk.
- Design AI and data solutions by identifying viable use cases, selecting models and platforms, defining data pipelines, and embedding governance, privacy and responsible-deployment guardrails.
- Architect fintech solutions across payments, wallets, digital onboarding, KYC, lending and merchant ecosystems, incorporating applicable SBP regulatory requirements.
- Manage technology partners across hyperscalers, ERP and platform vendors, OEMs and system integrators; structure JV and consortium technical arrangements where required.
- Present and defend solution architectures to CXO-level stakeholders, evaluation committees and technical panels.
- Align Sales, Partners, OEMs, Procurement, Delivery and Product on solution feasibility, and protect design intent through delivery and product transition.
- Develop reusable reference architectures, solution accelerators, pricing models and proposal libraries to improve win rates and shorten proposal response cycles.
What success looks like
- Digital, AI and fintech opportunities are translated into technically sound, commercially viable architectures aligned with customer requirements and regulatory constraints.
- Technical proposals, compliance matrices, architecture diagrams, BoQs and effort estimates address tender requirements and applicable evaluation frameworks.
- Solution options reflect clear build-versus-buy-versus-partner choices, total cost of ownership and delivery risks.
- AI and data architectures address viable use cases, appropriate platforms, data pipelines, governance, privacy and responsible deployment.
- Fintech architectures incorporate relevant SBP requirements across payments, wallets, digital onboarding, KYC, lending and merchant solutions.
- Clients and evaluation panels receive clear, credible technical presentations that defend the proposed solutions.
- Sales, partners, Procurement, Delivery and Product remain aligned on solution feasibility, with design intent maintained through transition.
- Reusable architectures, accelerators, pricing models and proposal libraries support improved win rates and faster response cycles.
You may be a strong fit if you:
Bring 6–8 years of experience in solution architecture, pre-sales engineering, enterprise IT consulting or digital product engineering, including meaningful client-facing solutioning.
Hold a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, IT or a related field.
Have a track record of architecting and winning large, complex deals, ideally involving public sector tenders and multi-vendor engagements.
Have strong command of modern application architecture, including microservices, APIs, event-driven design, containerisation and DevOps.
Understand cloud, sovereign and on-premise infrastructure, including AI workload compute sizing, security architecture and high-availability design.
Bring practical knowledge of AI and data, including LLMs, RAG patterns, MLOps, data warehousing and analytics.
Understand enterprise platforms such as ERP, HRMS, CRM and BPM, along with integration standards and middleware.
Have fintech and payments knowledge covering switches, payment rails, wallet architecture, digital KYC, core banking integration and applicable regulations; communicate exceptionally well, present confidently, manage compliance-heavy documentation, exercise commercial judgement, collaborate across teams and remain resilient under pressure. Relevant certifications are valued.
Benefits
Why JazzWorld
JazzWorld is building Pakistan’s next-generation digital services platform.
Here, you will build products and solutions that solve real problems at national scale. The reach of Jazz Telco, combined with shared capabilities across connectivity, transactions and identity, gives builders the power to take an idea from zero to tens of millions.
You will not simply run what already exists. You will create what comes next—turning ambitious ideas into products, products into businesses and businesses into category leaders.
Build. Scale. Learn. Repeat.
As a certified Top Employer, JazzWorld is committed to global workplace standards and an inclusive environment where diverse talent can thrive and perform at their best.
Apply by: 30th October 2026