Solution Architect
Allianz SE2 months ago
Barcelona, SpainStaff+
Responsibilities
- Own target architecture and roadmaps for SDW platform capabilities, services, and integrations across multiple operating entities.
- Define architecture principles, patterns, APIs, event-driven designs, data and security guardrails, and ensure adoption across squads.
- Guide solution design for Angular micro frontends, Spring Boot services, and BFF-based capabilities while leading design reviews.
- Ensure non-functional requirements for availability, performance, security, observability, and cost efficiency are engineered into solutions.
- Align with Enterprise Architecture, CISO, and Platform teams on cloud, networking, IAM, API gateway, and observability standards.
- Orchestrate cross-squad dependencies and shared components, including AppShell, EPCs, and shared Kafka topics.
- Drive incremental modernization, reduce technical debt, and promote domain-driven design, microservices, BFF, and API-first approaches.
- Champion DevSecOps, CI/CD, infrastructure as code, and SRE practices.
- Provide technical leadership and coaching to engineers and solution architects across the tribe.
- Use telemetry, defect patterns, data, and AI-assisted insights to inform architecture decisions and automation.
Requirements
- 10+ years of experience in software engineering and architecture.
- At least 3 years of experience as a Solution, Domain, or Tribe Architect leading large-scale digital platforms or CRM systems.
- Deep knowledge of Angular, micro frontend and AppShell patterns, API-first and event-driven architectures, Kafka, CISL, BFF, EPC or Anti-Corruption Layer, MFE, and Apigee API Gateway.
- Strong domain-driven design skills and experience with scalable, resilient backend architectures.
- Cloud architecture expertise with AWS EKS, containers, Kubernetes, Helm, and Terraform.
- Strong CI/CD and DevSecOps experience, including Jenkins and GitHub Actions.
- Knowledge of security and privacy by design, OAuth2/OIDC, OWASP, data protection, observability, and performance engineering.
- Proven ability to influence stakeholders across Product, Engineering, Security, and Operations.
- Experience working in globally distributed teams across Europe and APAC, including overlap with Central European business hours.
- Ability to produce architecture artifacts such as reference architectures, standards, and roadmaps and drive their adoption.
- Advanced familiarity with AI and generative AI technologies and their practical use in software architecture and delivery.
- Excellent English communication skills.
Benefits
- Hybrid work model with remote working and up to 25 days per year working from abroad.
- Company bonus scheme, pension, employee shares program, and employee discounts.
- Career development, digital learning programs, international career mobility, and lifelong learning opportunities.
- Flexible working and health and wellbeing benefits, including healthcare and parental leave.
- Full-time, indefinite employment.
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About Allianz SE
Allianz SE is a Munich-based public company that provides property-casualty, life and health insurance, and asset management to individuals and businesses worldwide. It earns premiums and investment-management fees, operating through brands such as Allianz Commercial and asset managers including PIMCO and Allianz Global Investors. Founded in 1890 and listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange, it serves over 100 million customers in about 70 countries.