Hybrid Java Technical Architect – Fees Platform Lead

Ampstek; Genf; Hybrid; CHF 140.000 - 220.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Ampstek in Geneva seeks an experienced Java Tech Lead/Architect with 8+ years in Java, Spring and API architectures, ideally in financial services. You will own the Fees platform technical vision, design high-performance solutions and guide a nearshore Portugal team.

Hybrid role with 3 days in office and 2 days remote, start immediately. Strong leadership, DevOps, CI/CD and collaboration skills are essential to align business needs with engineering delivery.

Qualifikationen

• At least 8 years of experience in technical leadership or senior software engineering roles.
• Strong experience with Java, Spring and API-based architectures.
• Experience with Agile delivery methods (Scrum).
• Strong experience with SQL and relational databases.
• Proven leadership, coaching and mentoring capabilities.
• Financial Services domain experience preferred (Banking/Wealth/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.

Aufgaben

• 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 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.

Kenntnisse

Java

Spring

API-based architectures

Agile/Scrum

SQL

Leadership

CI/CD

Git

Maven

Communication

Tools

Kubernetes

Docker

Kafka

MQSeries

Jobbeschreibung

Ampstek in Geneva seeks an experienced Java Tech Lead/Architect with 8+ years in Java, Spring and API architectures, ideally in financial services. You will own the Fees platform technical vision, design high-performance solutions and guide a nearshore Portugal team.

Hybrid role with 3 days in office and 2 days remote, start immediately. Strong leadership, DevOps, CI/CD and collaboration skills are essential to align business needs with engineering delivery.