Java Technical Architect

Role: Java Technical Architect

Location: Geneva, Switzerland

Experience: Min. 8 Years

Type of Hiring: Permanent

Language: English Advanced (French preferred, not mandatory)

Work Mode: Hybrid – 3 days a week in office, 2 days remote

Start Date: Immediate (candidates with 3 months' notice period won't work)

Job Description:

At least 8 years of experience as a Java Technical Lead, Java Technical Architect, or Senior Java Software Engineer, ideally with exposure to fee-based product domains (Fees, Billing, Commissions, Charges, Revenue Management, or similar platforms), along with strong Financial Services domain experience (Banking, Wealth Management, and/or Asset Management).

Experience Required:

• At least 8 years of experience as Technical Lead, Technical Architect or Senior Software Engineer
• Strong experience with Java, Spring and API-based architectures
• Experience with Agile delivery methods (Scrum)
• Strong experience with SQL and relational databases
• Demonstrated leadership, coaching and mentoring capabilities
• Financial Services Domain experience (Banking / Wealth Mgmt / Asset Mgmt)
• Good knowledge of CI/CD, Git, Maven and modern software engineering practices
• Preferred: Kubernetes, Docker and container-based deployments
• Preferred: Kafka, MQSeries or equivalent messaging technologies
• Proven experience designing and evolving enterprise-grade software architectures
• Experience in complex, business-critical environments, ideally in financial services
• Strong analytical skills, autonomy and ownership mindset
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills

Key Responsibilities:

• Own the technical vision and target architecture of the Fees platform
• Define architectural principles, engineering standards and development practices
• Design and implement high-performance Java-based solutions
• Lead technical design decisions and architecture reviews
• Contribute hands-on to development of key components and strategic initiatives
• Support the ramp-up of a new nearshore engineering team in Portugal
• Coach engineers and promote engineering excellence across the team
• Coordinate development between teams in Switzerland and Portugal
• Act as a bridge between business stakeholders and engineering teams
• Identify technical risks, dependencies and architectural improvement opportunities
• Drive platform modernization, technical debt reduction and continuous improvement
• Promote DevOps practices, CI/CD adoption and software industrialisation
• Provide Tier 3 support for complex production incidents and lead root cause analysis
• Ensure security, resiliency and operational readiness in technical solutions
• Produce and maintain architecture documentation, road maps and design standards

Interested and eligible candidates, please share:

• Updated CV
• Current location & Swiss residency/work permit status (B/C permit or EU/Swiss national)
• Willingness to relocate to Switzerland if not already domiciled there
• Relevant experience against each skill listed above
• French language proficiency (if any)
• Total experience & relevant experience
• Current notice period
• Contact number