Solution Architect - Business Intelligence

About the role

Coface, a global trade finance and risk management group, is hiring a Solution Architect within its Business Intelligence (BI) unit in Bucharest. The role shapes the technical and functional architecture of the company's business intelligence platforms, working with product teams, developers and stakeholders to build scalable, secure and data-led solutions.

Key responsibilities

• Gather and clarify business requirements with product teams
• Work with Enterprise and Data architects to solve business problems
• Analyse legacy systems and source code to understand current processes
• Document functional needs and architecture in Confluence and conduct gap analyses
• Design modular, scalable functional architectures and transition strategies, including integration points for parallel operation with legacy systems
• Select technology stacks through POCs and benchmarks, and define robust technical architectures
• Ensure alignment between functional and technical designs and conduct code reviews

Required profile

• 10+ years of full-stack architecture experience (infrastructure, data, microservices, front-end)
• Experience designing APIs, web platforms and mobile apps for credit, insurance or compliance
• Infrastructure migration and modernization (on-premises to cloud), and experience in regulated environments such as financial services or insurance
• Bachelor's degree in information technology or computer science
• Certifications in cloud architecture, Agile or cybersecurity
• Experience in financial services, insurance or compliance-driven industries
• Fluent English, written and spoken

Required skills

• Enterprise architecture, UML, ArchiMate, ITIL and governance frameworks
• DevOps and CI/CD, network and security architecture
• Cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP) and containerization (Docker, Kubernetes)
• API gateways, event-driven architecture and serverless computing
• Frameworks such as TOGAF, SAFe or COBIT

What we offer

• A hybrid role based in the Bucharest office
• Short Fridays, private healthcare and various vouchers (meal, vacation, gift)