Senior Technical Architect

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.

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., * 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.

#LI-Hybrid About Swiss Re

Swiss Re is one of the world's leading providers of reinsurance, insurance and other forms of insurance-based risk transfer, working to make the world more resilient. We anticipate and manage a wide variety of risks, from natural catastrophes and climate change to cybercrime. Combining experience with creative thinking and cutting-edge expertise, we create new opportunities and solutions for our clients. This is possible thanks to the collaboration of more than 14,000 employees across the world.