Solution Architect (Backend)

ABOUT MONEY FORWARD:   With the mission of 'Pushing Business Forward. Pushing People Forward,' Money Forward offers a wide range of services and products, including personal household accounting and asset management services, back-office SaaS services for corporations, and Fintech promotion services for financial institutions, catering to both B2C and B2B markets. The Money Forward Business Company (MFBC), which we are currently recruiting for, operates the corporate back-office SaaS service 'Money Forward Cloud,' which accounts for more than 60% of the Money Forward Group's revenue. This service integrates various back-office data, automates tasks, and streamlines cumbersome accounting and HR operations. 'Money Forward Cloud,' which offers more than 30 services, is strengthening its platform engineering team to create an environment where service developers can focus on delivering more value to users. By centrally managing the complexity of combined experiences and data integration, we aim to reduce the cognitive load on service developers and improve the overall product quality across the company. ABOUT THE TEAM:  We are responsible for designing and standardizing the architecture for the entire MFBC, creating templates and sharing knowledge applicable to each service to enhance the overall technical capabilities of MFBC.  This will facilitate efficient technology selection and architecture reviews, addressing organizational bottlenecks.  Additionally, we develop guidelines and methods for managing technical debt and re-architecting, and define the scope of security design within the architecture, applying it company-wide as needed.  Furthermore, we closely collaborate with Product Managers (PdM) and developers to incorporate architectural insights into the development process, aiming to improve productivity and quality. When necessary, we temporarily join teams to support the implementation of new architectures and the repayment of technical debt. This enables each product to confidently design the architecture necessary for its unique needs. Additionally, demonstrating technical influence both within and outside the company and serving as a role model is an important part of the role. YOUR RESPONSIBILITY:  Design and standardize the architecture for the entire MFBC. Create templates and share knowledge applicable to each service. Conduct technology selection and architecture reviews, addressing bottlenecks. Develop guidelines and methods for managing technical debt and re-architecting. Define and apply the scope of security design within the architecture company-wide. Collaborate with PdM and developers to integrate architectural insights into the development process. Temporarily join teams as needed to support implementation and technical debt repayment. Demonstrate technical influence and establish a role model within and outside the company.