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# Technical Architect (Java)

- **Company:** UST
- **Location:** Madrid, Spain (Remote available)
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Java (Programming Language), Multitier Architecture, Automation of Tests, Static Program Analysis, Code Review, Continuous Integration, Software Design Patterns, Disaster Recovery, Distributed Systems, Fault Tolerance, Gradle, Java Persistence API, Junit, Key Management, PostgreSQL, Load Testing, Apache Maven, Enterprise Messaging Systems, OAuth, Software Architecture, Query Optimization, Openid Connect, Site Reliability Engineering Practices, Mockito, Software Engineering, Data Streaming, Systems Integration, Strategies of Testing, Management of Software Versions, Data Logging, Cloud Platform System, System Availability, Concurrency, Spring-boot, Caching, Git, Event Driven Architecture, Git Flow, Kubernetes, Deployment Automation, Apache Kafka, Domain Driven Development, Restful APIs, Code Restructuring, Dynatrace, Docker, Microservices
- **Published:** November 13, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.tecnoempleo.com/technical-architect-java-ust/spring-boot-tradenxt/rf-a0981500f2c8f33d3d44

## About the Role

We are looking for an experienced Technical Architect to become a technical reference within our TradeNxt team, designing robust, scalable, secure and highly available solutions for a critical enterprise platform.
The ideal candidate combines strong hands-on Java/Spring Boot expertise with extensive experience in software architecture, distributed systems and complex enterprise environments., 4+ years of experience as a Technical Architect, leading the architecture and delivery of technically complex platforms or projects.

 - 5+ years of software development experience, particularly with Java and Spring Boot.
 - Advanced knowledge of Java 21 and Spring Boot 3.x.
 - Strong experience with microservices and distributed systems, including synchronous and asynchronous integrations.
 - Strong knowledge of REST API design, contracts, versioning and backward compatibility.
 - Experience with Spring Data JPA, PostgreSQL, data modelling, transactions and query optimisation.
 - Experience with Gradle and/or Maven, dependency management and multi-module projects.
 - Strong understanding of SOLID, DDD, Clean Architecture, design patterns and refactoring.
 - Experience with JUnit 5, Mockito, AssertJ, integration and automated testing.
 - Knowledge of concurrency, caching, messaging, idempotency, consistency, resilience and fault tolerance.
 - Experience with Git, code reviews and branching strategies.
 - Strong knowledge of CI/CD, automated quality controls, static analysis and controlled deployments.
 - Experience with observability, including structured logging, metrics and distributed tracing.
 - Previous experience in financial or regulated environments with high availability, security and traceability requirements.
 - Professional English level, minimum B2.
 - Professional Spanish level, minimum B2.

Nice to have:

 - Experience with financial platforms, corporate banking, trading or mission-critical transactional systems.
 - Knowledge of Trade Finance or Documentary Trade.
 - Experience with event-driven architectures and Apache Kafka or similar messaging technologies.
 - Knowledge of Docker, Kubernetes and Cloud environments.
 - Experience with blue-green, canary and rolling deployment strategies.
 - Knowledge of OAuth2, OpenID Connect, threat modelling and secrets management.
 - Understanding of SRE practices, SLI/SLO, high availability, disaster recovery and business continuity.
 - Experience modernising legacy applications using progressive migration approaches such as the Strangler Pattern.
 - Experience defining architecture standards and governance models within large organisations.

## Description

Define the end-to-end technical architecture, including components, integrations, data flows and dependencies.

 - Lead architectural decisions and document them through Architecture Decision Records (ADRs).
 - Translate functional and non-functional requirements into scalable and implementable technical solutions.
 - Design distributed, resilient and scalable systems, considering concurrency, consistency, idempotency, fault tolerance and disaster recovery.
 - Contribute to critical development activities and conduct architecture and code reviews.
 - Define testing strategies covering unit, integration, contract, end-to-end, performance, resilience and security testing.
 - Design and review REST APIs, integration contracts and persistence models.
 - Ensure performance and capacity through profiling, load testing and measurable latency/throughput targets.
 - Drive quality and automation across CI/CD pipelines.
 - Embed secure-by-design principles, access control, secrets management and traceability.
 - Identify technical risks, architectural debt and bottlenecks, assessing their impact on scope, cost and delivery.
 - Collaborate with Architecture, Security, Infrastructure and Business teams in complex international environments.