Lead Application Architect - Commercial & Origination Portfolio

EPAM Systems; Schweiz; On-site; CHF 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

EPAM Systems Inc. seeks a Lead Application Architect – Commercial & Origination Portfolio in Lausanne, Switzerland. You will steer architecture for customer-facing sales, origination and contract pricing apps, guiding agile teams across Switzerland, Spain and India.

The role aligns technical direction with client commercial goals and covers Run and Build services. You will lead senior technical discussions, govern design reviews, and support portfolio investments, with strong emphasis on

Qualifications

• 10+ years in application engineering or solution architecture.
• Strong background in energy markets and trading applications.
• Leadership of Build and Run teams.
• Experience with AWS, web services and modern web/backend stacks.
• Fluent English; French or German preferred.
• Hands-on with full-stack JavaScript or Python.
• Familiarity with risk and pricing applications.

Responsibilities

• Act as senior technical authority for the commercial and origination application portfolio.
• Define and govern application architecture and technology choices in line with client design principles.
• Lead Build and Run teams, managing priorities, quality and capacity.
• Own relationships with senior client stakeholders across IT and commercial leadership.
• Ensure technical governance through design reviews, standards adherence and technical debt management.
• Support business cases for portfolio investments with effort, risk and option analysis.
• Manage escalations for high-impact incidents and delivery risks within the portfolio.

Skills

10+ years exp

Energy markets

Build & Run leadership

Solution & integration architecture

AWS

Web services

Stakeholder mgmt

French or German

SaaS integration

JavaScript/Python

Education

CS/Engineering degree

Job description

We're looking for a Lead Application Architect – Commercial & Origination Portfolio to join our team in Lausanne, Switzerland, in an on-site working mode. You will support a major European company across more than 10 countries. The project brings the client’s application services under one managed services partner, covering both production operations (Run) and change delivery (Build). As senior technical lead, you will shape the architecture of customer-facing sales, origination and contract pricing applications, built on both custom code and SaaS solutions. You will guide agile delivery teams across Switzerland, Spain and India and align technical direction with the client’s commercial goals. The role follows business hours, with extended support around releases, go-lives and market deadlines.

Responsibilities

• Act as senior technical authority for the commercial and origination application portfolio
• Define and govern application architecture and technology choices in line with client design principles
• Lead Build and Run teams, managing priorities, quality and capacity
• Own relationships with senior client stakeholders across IT and commercial leadership
• Ensure technical governance through design reviews, standards adherence and technical debt management
• Support business cases for portfolio investments with effort, risk and option analysis
• Manage escalations for high-impact incidents and delivery risks within the portfolio

Requirements

• Extensive experience (10+ years) in application engineering or solution architecture
• Strong background in energy markets and trading applications
• Proven leadership of combined Build and Run teams
• Expertise in solution, application and integration architecture
• Practical knowledge of AWS, web services and modern web/backend stacks
• Strong stakeholder management and technical governance skills in an outsourced delivery model
• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering or a related field
• Fluent English, with French or German strongly preferred
• Nice to have Experience with SaaS integration
• Hands-on experience with full-stack JavaScript or Python
• Familiarity with risk and pricing applications