Responsibilities
- Define and govern architectural standards across the engineering portfolio in alignment with enterprise architecture, security, and compliance requirements.
- Conduct architectural reviews and design assessments and provide actionable guidance throughout the software delivery lifecycle.
- Create reusable architectural patterns, reference architectures, and blueprints to improve consistency and delivery speed.
- Establish engineering guardrails, support SDLC and QA maturity, and monitor compliance with quality and security standards.
- Track architectural health, technical debt, risk, and improvement opportunities through metrics and dashboards.
- Coach engineering teams through workshops, collaborative design sessions, enablement sessions, playbooks, and communities of practice.
- Collaborate with engineering leads, product owners, enterprise architects, security teams, and senior stakeholders on aligned technology decisions.
- Evaluate emerging technologies and build business cases for tools that improve developer productivity, code quality, and delivery speed.
- Lead responsible adoption and governance of AI-assisted development tools, including code generation, automated testing, intelligent code review, and developer copilots.
- Measure the impact of AI adoption on engineering outcomes and iterate on the approach based on data.
Requirements
- Proven experience as a Technical Architect or Senior Software Architect defining and governing architecture across complex, multi-team engineering environments.
- Deep expertise in cloud-native architecture, distributed systems, microservices, API-first approaches, and infrastructure as code, preferably with AWS, Azure, or GCP.
- Strong knowledge of enterprise architecture frameworks and governance practices such as TOGAF or equivalent, including architectural reviews, technical-debt management, and standards compliance.
- Understanding of security-by-design, DevSecOps, and quality-assurance frameworks within an SDLC context.
- Hands-on experience with .NET technologies, including .NET Core, ASP.NET, and C#, and the ability to guide teams using a Microsoft technology stack.
- Strong stakeholder engagement and communication skills, including influencing without authority and explaining technical concepts to non-technical audiences.
- Software engineering or development experience is preferred.
- Experience with SDLC maturity models, quality metrics, platform engineering, developer experience, internal developer platforms, or golden paths is preferred.
- Experience with AI-assisted development tools such as GitHub Copilot, Amazon CodeWhisperer, Cursor, or similar is preferred.
- Coaching or mentoring experience and an interest in developing engineering capability are preferred.
Benefits
- Hybrid work model requiring at least three days per week in the office.
- Full-time position in Slovakia with a base salary paid monthly in the stated range.
- Performance-based variable compensation and global and location-specific benefits.
- Eligibility for benefits may vary according to Swiss Re policies and the employment contract.
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About Swiss Re
The Swiss Re Group is a leading wholesale provider of reinsurance, insurance and other insurance-based forms of risk transfer. Dealing direct and working through brokers, its global client base consists of insurance companies, mid-to-large-sized corporations and public sector clients. From standard products to tailor-made coverage across all lines of business, Swiss Re deploys its capital strength, expertise and innovation power to enable the risk taking upon which enterprise and progress in society depend. Founded in Zurich, Switzerland, in 1863, Swiss Re serves clients through a network of over 70 offices globally and is rated "AA-" by Standard & Poor's, "Aa3" by Moody's and "A+" by A.M. Best. Registered shares in the Swiss Re Group holding company, Swiss Re Ltd, are listed in accordance with the Main Standard on the SIX Swiss Exchange and trade under the symbol SREN. We're smarter together. For more information about Swiss Re Group, please visit: www.swissre.com, follow us on X @SwissRe and subscribe our YouTube channel @swissretv.