Summary of Role
V-Key is one of the world’s leading deep-tech companies in mobile cyber-security. Our patented technology V-OS has been deployed by top banks, mobile payment providers, and governments to secure software solutions and protect more than 30 million users globally.
We are rapidly expanding into new markets and new customer segments. Apart from securing digital transactions for everyone, we are also enabling new generation technology by providing the cyber-security infrastructure for banking, government and smart homes, among many others.
At V-Key, we are building towards a future where technology users can enjoy unprecedented security and convenience.
We are looking for a Product Architect to lead the design and evolution of our product architecture. As part of the Engineering team, you will be responsible for defining scalable, secure, and high-performance architectures, ensuring alignment with business strategy, regulatory requirements, and customer expectations. You will work closely with cross-functional teams to drive innovation and deliver enterprise-grade solutions.
Duties and Responsibilities
- Define, own, and continuously evolve the end-to-end product architecture across mobile SDK, backend services, identity platforms, and data systems
- Drive product architecture strategy and promote reusable, scalable platform capabilities across product lines
- Translate business and product requirements into scalable, secure, and high-performance technical solutions
- Design and lead development of distributed, high-availability systems across client, server, and data layers
- Architect secure and resilient mobile SDKs with seamless backend and identity integration
- Design and evolve backend and identity platforms, including APIs, authentication, and authorization mechanisms
- Define and scale data platforms and pipelines for telemetry, analytics, and threat intelligence use cases
- Ensure systems are built with security, compliance, scalability, and reliability by design
- Drive adoption of modern architecture patterns (microservices, cloud-native, API-first, event-driven)
- Evaluate and introduce emerging technologies to enhance platform capabilities and performance
- Provide technical leadership, architectural governance, and strategic direction across engineering teams
- Conduct architecture reviews and enforce design standards and best practices
- Collaborate with Product, Engineering, Security, and DevOps teams for aligned and efficient execution
- Support customer engagements and pre-sales discussions requiring deep technical expertise
- Ensure alignment with regulatory and compliance requirements (e.g., MAS guidelines, fintech and security standards)
- Mentor engineers and contribute to a strong, security-first engineering culture
Requirements
Must Have
- Bachelor’s or master’s degree in computer science, Engineering, or a related field
- 10–14 years of software engineering experience, with 5+ years in architecture roles
- Proven experience as a Product Architect or Solution Architect in enterprise or SaaS environments
- Strong expertise in distributed systems and microservices architecture
- Hands-on experience with atleast one or more cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP)
- Deep understanding of:
- API design and system integration
- Backend architectures and scalable system design
- Strong programming background (e.g., Java, Python, or similar), one who can still read and reason about code
- Solid understanding of security, scalability, and high-availability design principles
- Security-first mindset while designing solutions or new features
- Experience in fintech, cybersecurity, or other regulated industries
- Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and technical leadership skills
Nice to Have
- Exposure to mobile SDK architecture (iOS/Android)
- Experience with identity and access management systems
- Experience with FIDO2, PKI, OTP, passkeys
- Familiarity with data platforms (data lakes, streaming, analytics pipelines)
- Knowledge of event-driven architectures and real-time processing systems
- Strong understanding of regulatory and compliance frameworks (e.g., MAS guidelines, central bank regulations)
- Experience working in high-growth product or SaaS environments
- Relevant certifications (e.g., AWS/Azure Architect, TOGAF)
- Experience with:
- DevOps practices and CI/CD pipelines
- Containerization (Docker, Kubernetes)
Skills Required
- Bachelor's or master's degree in computer science, engineering, or related field
- 10-14 years of software engineering experience with 5+ years in architecture roles
- Proven experience as a Product Architect or Solution Architect in enterprise or SaaS environments
- Strong expertise in distributed systems and microservices architecture
- Hands-on experience with one or more cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP)
- Deep understanding of API design and system integration
- Deep understanding of backend architectures and scalable system design
- Strong programming background (e.g., Java, Python) with ability to read and reason about code
- Solid understanding of security, scalability, and high-availability design principles
- Security-first mindset when designing solutions or features
- Experience in fintech, cybersecurity, or other regulated industries
- Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and technical leadership skills
- Exposure to mobile SDK architecture (iOS/Android)
- Experience with identity and access management systems
- Experience with FIDO2, PKI, OTP, passkeys
- Familiarity with data platforms (data lakes, streaming, analytics pipelines)
- Knowledge of event-driven architectures and real-time processing systems
- Relevant certifications (e.g., AWS/Azure Architect, TOGAF)
- Experience with DevOps practices, CI/CD pipelines, containerization (Docker, Kubernetes)
What We Do
V-Key is a global leader in software based digital security, and is the inventor of V-OS, the world's first virtual secure element. FIPS 140-2 Validated and accredited by IMDA, V-Key's Security, Authorization, and Verification solutions are used widely across banking and government mobile and digital platforms across the region. ★ The World's First Deployed by top banks, mobile payment providers, and governments globally, V-OS is the world’s first virtual secure element. With V-OS as a strong security base, V-Key is able to provide a complete mobile application security for any mobile application. Our solutions allow businesses to roll out cloud-based payments, trusted authentication for mobile banking, and other secured mobile applications for user data protection without the need to use any form of hardware secure elements. After all, software security is the new hardware. ★ Certified Cryptography Using a FIPS 140-2 certified module for cryptographic assurance, our solutions have been accredited and accepted by multiple government agencies and regulatory bodies globally. The hardened V-OS virtual machine has been proven in multiple penetration tests to be able to withstand many classes of hacking attacks that are rarely protected against – challenging security standards previously held by hardware tokens. This allows our customers to easily comply with stringent regulatory requirements and other security requirements of cloud-based payments and mobile transactions. ★ Patented Protections V-OS has been architected and developed like a hardware encryptor in order to provide military-grade protection for your mobile app. Traditional tamper-protection relies on techniques such as code obfuscation, whitebox cryptography, and anti-tampering / anti-debugging mechanisms. V-Key tightly integrates these best-of-breed techniques into the V-OS virtual machine in a groundbreaking manner in order to create a reinforcing system of protection. (tag: vkey, mobile app protection, digital identity, 2fa, mfa)
