Senior System Architect - Client Lifecycle Management (CLM)

Tasks

As a System Architect on the Global IT Architecture Team, you will play a key role in defining and delivering solution architectures for the Client Lifecycle Management (CLM) program. Your responsibilities include:

• Ensure architectural consistency throughout the entire software lifecycle, from design to testing, release, and operation phases.
• Identify, document, and manage architectural debt resulting from discrepancies between transitional implementations and long-term goals.
• Initiate and formalize important decisions using Architecture Decision Records (ADRs) and obtain approval from the relevant architecture boards
• Advise and support software engineers and tech leads during technical implementation to ensure feasibility, scalability, and compliance
• Collaborate with product owners to refine business requirements and translate them into manageable capabilities and building blocks.
• Actively contribute to the Global Domain Architecture Board; present blueprints, review peer designs, and contribute to the overall direction of the target architecture
• Enforce architectural governance across development teams and maintain quality standards throughout the delivery process

Requirements

For this position, we are looking for candidates with:

• 3+ years of experience as a Senior Architect and 5+ years in leadership or senior software engineering roles, with prior experience in highly regulated industries, ideally in the banking or financial services sector
• Full responsibility for solution architectures—from design and implementation to operational constraints
• Demonstrable ability to evaluate architectural alternatives and find reasonable compromises under constraints
• Ability to analyze complex business requirements and translate them into robust, scalable technical solutions
• Strong knowledge of modern architectural styles: microservices, event-driven systems, modular monoliths
• Familiarity with integration patterns, Kafka, data streaming, Kubernetes, and hybrid cloud/monolithic architectures

We offer

We offer a challenging and varied role in a dynamic environment. Please note that we will only consider candidates who are available to start immediately. We look forward to receiving your complete application via our online application tool.