Aqovia

Technical Solutions Analyst, FinTech, Open Banking, BaaS

Aqovia

full-time

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Location Type: Remote

Location: United Kingdom

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Tech Stack

MicroservicesSQL

About the role

  • Engage with prospective clients to understand high-level business and technical needs, translating them into conceptual solution designs.
  • Produce pre-sales collateral including solution outlines, API capability summaries, diagrams, and technical responses for RFPs/RFIs.
  • Participate in discovery workshops and client meetings to shape proposals, validate feasibility, and recommend architecture patterns.
  • Capture and curate business requirements and system documentation in JIRA/Confluence, including user stories, API design and API enhancements.
  • Work with internal stakeholders to estimate delivery timelines, identify risks, and define integration approaches for proposed solutions.
  • Assist in constructing proof-of-concepts, prototypes, or sandbox demonstrations for client evaluation.
  • Write estimate-able user stories for developers in JIRA, including clear and testable acceptance criteria.
  • Design RESTful web APIs for new and existing products in an API-first context, aligned with technical architecture guidance.
  • Collaborate with engineering teams and business stakeholders to: Design RESTful web APIs
  • Design data models
  • Design event-driven processes in distributed/microservices architectures
  • Specify contracts for messaging and web services, primarily using JSON Schema and OpenAPI Specification (Swagger).
  • Validate and verify APIs by creating requests and asserting responses in Postman.
  • Document processes and data models using BPMN.
  • Define acceptance test scenarios using DSLs such as Gherkin and generate test datasets.
  • Support Delivery Managers, Product Owners, and QA teams during acceptance testing.
  • Participate in agile ceremonies as an integrated member of the team.
  • Support data engineers responsible for onboarding customers and data into the platform.

Requirements

  • Strong background across any of the following: FinTech APIs, BaaS platforms, embedded finance, and Open Banking (consent models, data access, secure API design).
  • Commercial experience as either a Solutions Architect or Technical Solutions Analyst across multiple customers/projects.
  • Excellent business, interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills; able to translate business needs for technical teams and simplify complex concepts for non-technical stakeholders.
  • Experience supporting pre-sales cycles, including discovery, solution shaping, and responding to technical queries.
  • Ability to develop clear and persuasive solution documentation, proposals, and customer presentations.
  • Confident in leading technical discussions with prospective clients and representing solution capabilities.
  • Understanding of commercial drivers, scoping principles, and delivery estimation practices.
  • Strong understanding of REST and its application to web APIs; proficient with tools such as Postman and Insomnia.
  • Knowledge of HTTP headers, authentication, authorisation, and response codes.
  • Commitment to agile and lean development principles.
  • Experience writing user stories for agile development teams.
  • Strong analytical, problem-solving, and conflict-resolution skills.
  • Experience documenting processes using BPMN, UML and good understanding of event-driven workflows.
  • Comfortable working with source control tools (e.g., Git) to manage API specifications.
  • Proficient at testing web APIs, including crafting authentication tokens and proficient in SQL.
  • Highly valuable experience in one or more of the following: Familiarity with financial messaging standards (ISO 20022, OpenAPI specs, bank interfaces).
  • Exposure to crypto/digital asset ecosystems, including wallets, custody, tokenisation, reconciliation, and relevant regulatory frameworks.
  • Experience with regulated financial entities (Banking Licence / EMI), virtual IBAN structures, and fiat–crypto exchange workflows.
  • Understanding of African and Middle Eastern currency markets, cross-border FX, and trading of major/exotic currency pairs.
  • Awareness of regulatory environments across Africa and the Middle East.
  • Competent in rapid prototyping, wireframing, and agile delivery (Scrum PO/SM experience preferred).
Benefits
  • Competitive benefits package : including healthcare
  • paid for gym membership
  • pension scheme
  • perkbox and more.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools
RESTful web APIsAPI designAPI enhancementsdata modelsevent-driven processesJSON SchemaOpenAPI SpecificationBPMNSQLuser stories
Soft Skills
business communicationinterpersonal skillswritten communicationverbal communicationanalytical skillsproblem-solving skillsconflict-resolution skillsleadershippresentation skillscollaboration