Head of Architecture Office (all genders)

valantic; Frankfurt; Vor Ort; EUR 90.000 - 120.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

Flexible working time models

Professional and personalized training

Team activities

Zusammenfassung

A leading technology firm in Frankfurt is seeking a Head of Architecture Office to lead the enterprise architecture function. You will ensure technology decisions align with business strategy and operational needs while overseeing platform evolution. The ideal candidate has 10+ years of experience in software engineering, especially in FinTech or payments, and will collaborate across teams to define robust technical solutions. This role offers flexible working arrangements and career development opportunities.

Qualifikationen

• 10+ years of software engineering or architecture experience, with at least 5 years in enterprise architecture leadership.
• Experience in FinTech, capital markets, payments.
• Deep understanding of cloud-native architectures, microservices, event-driven systems, and integration patterns.

Aufgaben

• Lead the enterprise architecture function and ensure alignment with business strategy.
• Define and enforce architecture principles while driving standardization and scalability.
• Oversee platform evolution and ensure compliance with industry regulations.

Kenntnisse

Software engineering

Enterprise architecture leadership

Stakeholder management

Microservices

Cloud-native architectures

Jobbeschreibung

Effective Field

The Head of Architecture Office (all genders) leads the enterprise architecture function, ensuring technology decisions and solutions align with business strategy, regulatory requirements, operational needs and technology innovation.

The role defines and enforces architecture principles, oversees platform evolution, and drives standardization, scalability, and interoperability across all products and services. It is also responsible for the development and maintenance of core frameworks used across products and solutions.

The Head of Architecture Office (all genders) works closely with engineering, product, and operations teams to define robust, future‑proof technical solutions for capital markets and payment products and customer specific solutions.

Architecture Strategy & Governance

• Define and maintain the enterprise architecture framework, principles, and standards and governance
• Align architecture decisions with business strategy, regulatory requirements, and risk frameworks
• Conduct architecture reviews and approve major technology and platform decisions
• Ensure all engineering initiatives adhere to the defined architecture and platform standards

Technical Leadership

• Guide the design of scalable, high‑performance, secure, and resilient systems
• Identify and drive platform modernization, cloud adoption, and technology innovation initiatives
• Partner with engineering teams to review technical designs and ensure long‑term maintainability and scalability

Cross‑Functional Collaboration

• Collaborate with Product, Engineering, QA, Security, and Operations to ensure consistent, high‑quality technical solutions
• Advise leadership on technical risks, trade‑offs, and emerging technologies
• Facilitate architectural alignment across multiple product teams and business units

Standards, Tools & Documentation

• Establish and maintain a repository of architectural artifacts, design patterns, and technology standards
• Promote reusable components, shared services, and modular architectures
• Ensure compliance with industry regulations, security standards, and audit requirements

Team Leadership

• Lead and develop a team of product and solution architects
• Build a culture of architectural excellence, technical mentorship, and innovation
• Drive adoption of architecture best practices across engineering teams

What distinguishes you

• 10+ years of software engineering or architecture experience, with at least 5 years in enterprise architecture leadership in a highly regulated market
• Experience in FinTech, capital markets, payments
• Deep understanding of cloud‑native architectures, microservices, event‑driven systems, and integration patterns
• Expertise in architecture frameworks (TOGAF, Zachman, etc.) and architecture governance practices
• Strong communication, influencing, and stakeholder management skills

What you can expect

• We offer you professional and personalized training
• We enable you to work independently in an international environment. Get the best out of yourself!
• We want to grow! And you can too! We support your development with offers that suit you
• Work‑life balance is part of everyday life, especially thanks to our flexible working time models (remote/on‑site)
• Technology, lifestyle, or mobility—choose what you need from our numerous benefits
• We are a team. This is also reflected in joint employee and sports activities