AI Lead/ AI Architect (Banking Systems)

Salary: $70,000 – $90,000 per month

APJ Hong Kong ( www.apjcorp.com.hk ) provides the highest quality software development, maintenance and testing services. We have cost effective service centers with highly qualified IT professionals in Hong Kong. Our clients include major enterprises and organizations in the Finance, Manufacturing, Public Utility, Retail, Healthcare and Government sectors. We are looking for AI Lead/ AI Architect (Banking Systems).You will be involving…

• Banking AI Leadership: Lead the development, testing, and maintenance of large-scale AI applications tailored specifically for the banking domain (e.g., wealth management, risk assessment, fraud detection, and customer service automation).

• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner closely with banking business units (Retail, Corporate, Risk, and Compliance) to deliver high-quality software solutions that align with the bank’s strategic and financial goals.

• Financial Project Management: Manage end-to-end project delivery using Agile or Waterfall methodologies, handling stringent risk management, resource allocation, and stakeholder communication typical of highly regulated financial environments.

• Banking Business Analysis: Act as a hybrid Business Analyst to elicit, analyze, and document complex banking requirements. Translate financial workflows into technical AI use cases on Customer Account Management, Treasury and Trade Finance, Payment and Settlement or Lending / Loan operations would be great values to the position

• Regulatory Compliance & Security: Ensure all AI solutions, data pipelines, and system architectures strictly comply with banking industry standards, including HKMA regulations, Anti-Money Laundering (AML), Know Your Customer (KYC), and data privacy laws.

• System Troubleshooting: Troubleshoot and debug mission-critical banking applications to ensure zero-downtime functionality and continuous regulatory compliance.

• GenAI Modernization: Champion the adoption of the latest AI trends (LLMs, RAG, AI Agents) to drive GenAI-powered modernization of legacy banking systems.

We are looking for…

• Bachelor's degree or above in Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence, Software Engineering, Information Technology, or a related discipline.

• Minimum 7 years of system development experience in large-scale AI or enterprise systems, with at least 5 years dedicated to banking, FinTech, or financial services.

• Deep understanding of banking operations, financial products, and regulatory frameworks (HKMA regulations, data security, and AML compliance) in system design and code development.

• Proven ability to conduct requirement workshops with financial stakeholders, perform gap analysis, model banking business processes, and write detailed BRD/FRD and user stories.