Senior System Architect - Finance & Credit 100% (f/m/d) - (Contract through our external payroll partner with immediate start until 31.08.2027, possible extension)
Julius Baer
Posted 15 July 2026
About this role
At Julius Baer, we celebrate and value the individual qualities you bring, enabling you to be impactful, to be entrepreneurial, to be empowered, and to create value beyond wealth. Let’s shape the future of wealth management together.
You are a member of the System Architects team within global IT Architecture. Together with your colleagues from the Domain and Foundation Architecture teams, you are responsible for designing Solution Architectures.As a System Architect, you build bridges to Software Engineering and ensure that software solutions follow the target architecture.
YOUR CHALLENGE
You design and are responsible for the solution architecture for applications in delivery
You ensure that your solution architectures in delivery adhere to architecture standards and are aligned with the target architectures of the domain
You raise and manage architecture debt when there is a misalignment between transition and the target architectures
You initiate architecture decisions, document them as Architecture Decision Records (ADR) and have them approved by the relevant architecture boards
You advise and coach software engineers on the implementation of solution architectures and ensure technical feasibility
In addition to architecture design, you also support later phases of the software lifecycle, such as testing, release and operations
YOUR PROFILE
3+ years of experience as a senior architect, 5+ years of experience as a lead or senior software engineer
Responsible for solution architectures: from design and implementation to operation
Ability to identify options for solution architectures and make trade-off architecture decisions
Experience with SAP solutions, especially S4/HANA, BW/HANA, BTP
Good understanding of Financial Accounting, Management Accounting
Knowledge of IFRS and Swiss GAAP in financial service industries
Analysing complex business requirements and translating them into technical solutions
Ability to abstract complex topics and focus on the key issues that need architecture decisions
Collaboratively develop and coordinate solutions with business and technology stakeholders and architecture colleagues
Proactive mindset, able to work under pressure and meet deadlines
Proven experience in solution design and knowledge of current architecture styles, such as event-driven, microservices, modular monolith
Excellent communication and presentation skills
Fluency in English (verbal/written), German is beneficial
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