About the Role As a
Senior Technical Architect, you will be responsible for defining and evolving the technical architecture of Swiss Re’s Life & Health digital products. You will play a critical role in shaping end-to-end solution design, ensuring scalability, security, and maintainability across distributed systems and cloud infrastructures.
This role requires deep technical expertise, hands-on design capability, and the ability to influence engineering teams through thought leadership, coaching, and architectural governance. You will collaborate with product managers, delivery leads, and senior stakeholders to align technology strategy with business outcomes.
Responsibilities
Define and evolve
application architecture
aligned with enterprise standards like scalability, maintainability and cost effectiveness.
Design mission critical solutions using
12-factor App development principles
with
Spring and Spring Boot
Design and develop
secure authentication
(e.g., Okta, Azure AD) and
robust authorization
mechanisms
Design and document scalable cloud-native infrastructure on
Microsoft Azure
Establish and
enforce coding standards,
design patterns, secure coding practices and architecture best practices
Evaluate and integrate third-party solutions, open-source tools, and
cloud-managed services
Translate complex business requirements
into scalable and maintainable solution designs
Lead and mentor
engineering teams on architecture, design, coding, and deployment
Perform
architecture and code reviews
to ensure adherence to quality and security standards
Collaborate with DevOps teams to streamline
CI/CD pipelines and automated deployment processes
Oversee
vulnerability assessments, open-source
license usage, and
secure coding
practices
Ensure compliance with
governance, data privacy, and industry regulations
Assist in the
design and documentation
of application architectures under senior guidance.
Participate in
architecture workshops, reviews, and design sessions with engineering teams.
Support the
translation of business requirements
into high-level technical designs.
Contribute to
proof-of-concept
(PoC) projects and pilot implementations.
Collaborate with developers, QA engineers, and DevOps teams
to ensure architectural compliance.
Assist in creating
diagrams and documentation
for system design and workflows.
Stay up to date with
emerging technologies
and contribute fresh ideas for improvement.
About You We understand that no one meets 100% of the requirements — if you are passionate about building reliable, resilient systems and meet most of the below, we’d love to hear from you.
Required Skills & Experience
12+ years of experience
in Java/J2EE based enterprise software development
5+ years in application/solution architecture
roles with strong hands-on involvement
Expert-level proficiency in
Java/J2EE, Spring Framework, Spring Boot, Spring Security
Extensive experience designing and building
scalable architectures and solutions
Experience with
authentication and authorization
using
Okta ,
Azure Active Directory, and
OAuth2/OpenID Connect
Proficient
in REST APIs, Multithreading, Hibernate ORM/JPA, SQL, RDBMS (PostgreSQL, MSSQL)
Hands-on experience with
Microsoft Azure Cloud
(including services like AKS, Key Vault, Storage Accounts etc)
Strong knowledge
of containerization and orchestration tools
– Docker, Kubernetes (AKS)
Expertise in CI/CD and Maven/Gradle
Experience with full-stack development using
Angular or React
Strong integration experience ( REST, SOAP, ESB, Kafka, RabbitMQ )
Experience using IDEs such as
IntelliJ IDEA
and Spring Tool Suite (STS)
Experience in
SaaS product development
and multi-tenant architectures
Familiarity with
UML
and tools like Enterprise Architect, Microsoft Visio
Solid grasp of
secure coding standards, governance frameworks, and
compliance practices
Knowledge of
profiling and debugging
tools like JMeter, App Insights
Agile and DevOps mindset with experience in
Scrum or other agile methodologies
Excellent Communication Skills in
English, both written and verbal, to effectively interact with the team and collaborators.
Proactive and Collaborative, with a strong sense of ownership and a willingness to go the extra mile to deliver quality solutions.
For Spain, the base salary range for this position is between (EUR 60,000) and (EUR 100,000) (for a full-time role). The specific salary offered considers:
the requirements, scope, complexity and responsibilities of the role,
the applicant's own profile including education/qualifications, expertise, specialisation, skills and experience.
In addition to your base salary, Swiss Re offers an attractive performance-based variable compensation component, designed to recognise your achievements. Further you will enjoy a variety of global and location specific benefits.
Eligibility may vary depending on the terms of Swiss Re policies and your employment contract.
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About Swiss Re Swiss Re is one of the world’s leading providers of reinsurance, insurance and other forms of insurance-based risk