Lead Solution Architect - Digital, AI & Fintech Solutions

JazzWorld, Pakistan’s fastest-growing digital ecosystem, is seeking a Solution Architect specializing in Digital, AI, and Fintech Solutions to join their team in Islamabad or Lahore. This role involves translating complex customer requirements, regulatory constraints, and RFP specifications into technically sound and commercially viable solutions. The successful candidate will lead solution design and technical proposals across enterprise digital transformation, applied AI, and fintech domains, collaborating closely with Sales, Product, Delivery, and technology partners to ensure solutions are practical, compliant, and deliverable for public sector institutions, regulators, and large enterprises.

Key Responsibilities

Lead end-to-end solution design, covering requirements discovery, architecture blueprints, integration design, and deployment models including cloud, on-premise, hybrid, or sovereign environments. Drive technical responses to RFPs, RFQs, and tenders by preparing proposals, compliance matrices, architecture diagrams, bills of quantities (BoQs), and effort estimates aligned with PPRA rules and evaluation frameworks such as Single Stage Two Envelope and QCBS.

Evaluate solution options through build-versus-buy-versus-partner assessments, considering total cost of ownership and delivery risks. Design AI and data solutions by identifying viable use cases, selecting appropriate models and platforms, defining data pipelines, and embedding governance, privacy, and responsible deployment guardrails.

Architect fintech solutions encompassing payments, wallets, digital onboarding, KYC, lending, and merchant ecosystems while ensuring compliance with relevant State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) regulations. Manage relationships with technology partners including hyperscalers, ERP and platform vendors, OEMs, and system integrators, and structure joint ventures or consortium technical arrangements when necessary.

Present and defend solution architectures to CXO-level stakeholders, evaluation committees, and technical panels. Align internal teams—Sales, Partners, OEMs, Procurement, Delivery, and Product—on solution feasibility and safeguard design intent through delivery and product transition phases. Develop reusable reference architectures, solution accelerators, pricing models, and proposal libraries to improve win rates and accelerate proposal response cycles.

Required Qualifications

6-8 years of experience in solution architecture, pre-sales engineering, enterprise IT consulting, or digital product engineering, with significant client-facing solutioning experience. Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, IT, or a related field.

Proven track record of architecting and winning large, complex deals, preferably involving public sector tenders and multi-vendor engagements. Strong expertise in modern application architecture, including microservices, APIs, event-driven design, containerization, and DevOps practices.

In-depth understanding of cloud, sovereign, and on-premise infrastructure, including AI workload compute sizing, security architecture, and high-availability design. Practical knowledge of AI and data technologies such as large language models (LLMs), retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) patterns, MLOps, data warehousing, and analytics.

Familiarity with enterprise platforms including ERP, HRMS, CRM, BPM, integration standards, and middleware. Solid fintech and payments domain knowledge covering payment switches, rails, wallet architecture, digital KYC, core banking integration, and applicable regulations.

Exceptional communication and presentation skills, ability to manage compliance-heavy documentation, exercise commercial judgment, collaborate effectively across teams, and maintain resilience under pressure. Relevant certifications in the field are considered an advantage.

Preferred Qualifications and Benefits

JazzWorld offers the opportunity to build products and solutions that address real national-scale challenges, leveraging the reach of Jazz Telco and shared capabilities across connectivity, transactions, and identity. The role empowers you to innovate beyond existing offerings, turning ambitious ideas into category-leading products and businesses.

As a certified Top Employer, JazzWorld is committed to maintaining global workplace standards and fostering an inclusive environment where diverse talent can thrive and perform at their best.

Applications are encouraged by 30th October 2026.