Senior System Architect - Client Lifecycle Management (CLM)

Tasks

As a System Architect within the Global IT Architecture team, you will play a central role in defining and delivering solution architectures for the Client Lifecycle Management (CLM) program. Your responsibilities will 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 through Architecture Decision Records (ADRs) to secure approval from the relevant architecture committees.
• Software engineers and tech leads advise and mentor to ensure that technical implementation is feasible, scalable, and compliant.
• Collaborate with product owners to refine business requirements and translate them into manageable capabilities and building blocks.
• Actively contribute to the global domain architecture committee: present blueprints, review peer designs, and contribute to the overall target architecture.
• Enforce architecture governance across development teams and maintain quality standards during delivery

Requirements

The following requirements apply to this position:

• 3+ years of experience as a senior architect and 5+ years in management or senior software development roles with previous experience in highly regulated industries, ideally in the banking or financial services sector
• Full responsibility for solution architectures—from conception to implementation and operation
• 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/on-premise environments
• Professional knowledge of UML and Archimate modeling, with practical experience in using EA tools such as Sparx Enterprise Architect
• Good understanding of BPMN 2.0 and business process modeling
• Deep knowledge of DevOps practices and software development excellence

We offer

The opportunity to help shape the future of wealth management and be part of a team that values and promotes the individual qualities of its employees.