Spain Hub AI & IT Transformation Lead

Allianz Technology; Barcelona; Hybrid; EUR 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model with abroad days

Bonus, pension, shares program

Lifelong learning & mobility

Health & parental leave benefits

Job summary

Allianz Technology Spain Hub is seeking a senior technologist to drive the technical transformation across AI, cloud, DevOps, and security. You will connect global initiatives with local Hub teams, champion AI-driven SDLC patterns, and influence architecture without delivering end-to-end.

The role requires strong public speaking, thought leadership, and the ability to coach Tech Leads while shaping adoption across enterprise platforms. Hybrid work with international travel is offered.

Qualifications

• Senior/principal architect with broad expertise across full-stack, cloud, DevOps/security, and data/AI-ML.
• Proven thought leadership and public speaking experience.
• Ability to influence and drive adoption without formal authority.
• Experience connecting global initiatives with local/regional teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead the technical transformation, representing Allianz Technology Spain Hub at events.
• Translate global strategy into practical adoption paths for Tech Leads and teams.
• Shape AI-driven SDLC patterns and promote their adoption through design guidance.
• Advise on architecture direction for full-stack and cloud-native modernization (AWS/Azure).
• Drive DevOps/DevSecOps direction across platforms and teams.
• Converge toolchains to provide a clear, well-governed path for developers.
• Run workshops and enablement sessions on AI-assisted development and secure architecture.

Skills

Senior Architect

Technical leadership

Public speaking

Influence without authority

Global-to-local translation

AI/ML fundamentals

Cloud security

DevOps/DevSecOps

Full-stack & cloud

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in CS/SE

AWS/DevOps/Security/ML certs a plus

Tools

Claude Code

GitHub Copilot

MCP tooling

Job description

About The Job

Allianz Technology's Spain Hub AI & IT Transformation team is scaling the shift from individual tool adoption to a fully AI-driven, secure-by-design way of building and running software across a large engineering community. We are looking for a Technologist with broad technical credibility and a strong voice. Someone who can set direction across software development, AI-assisted engineering, DevOps, cloud, data & analytics, AI/ML, and security, and who is equally comfortable influencing an executive room, coaching a Tech Lead, or speaking at an external conference. This is a catalyst role embedded in an IT transformation team: you don't own delivery, you connect global initiatives with local Hub teams, build conviction through thought leadership and enablement, and multiply impact through others rather than through your own hands-on output.

What you do

• Act as a thought leader and public voice for the Hub's technical transformation, representing Allianz Technology Spain Hub at internal forums and external events (conferences, meetups, partner summits) on AI-assisted engineering, cloud, and secure-by-design practices.
• Connect global initiatives and teams (e.g. AI Factory) with local Hub teams, translating global strategy, tooling, and standards into practical adoption paths for Tech Leads and engineering teams on the ground, and feeding local realities and needs back into the global conversation.
• Shape and pilot AI-driven SDLC / spec-driven development (SDD) patterns (e.g. with Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, MCP) across planning, coding, testing, and deployment, and champion their adoption through architecture guidance, reference designs, and design reviews rather than building them yourself end to end.
• Influence architecture direction for full-stack and cloud-native modernization on AWS and Azure by advising teams, connecting with Enterprise Architecture, and enabling teams to design and deliver, rather than delivering in their place.
• Advocate for and help shape DevOps/DevSecOps direction (CI/CD, Infrastructure as Code, container/Kubernetes platforms, security gates, secure-by-design workflows) across Hub service teams, working through Platform Engineering, Enterprise Architecture, and Tech Leads to drive adoption.
• Act as a bridge between Platform Engineering, Enterprise Architecture, and day-to-day development reality: help converge and align the toolchain (CI/CD, API management, observability, MCP servers/catalog) so teams have one clear, well-governed path.
• Run "art of the possible" workshops, talks, and hands-on enablement sessions on AI-assisted development, cloud, and secure architecture, coaching Tech Leads and building grassroots advocacy for adoption within their own teams.
• Champion the evolution of Communities of Practice and Circles, converting them into a genuine technical authority, curating reusable assets, reference architectures, and best-practice content, and giving these communities a credible external and internal voice.
• Track and report adoption and impact of these initiatives (e.g. AI-enabled SDLC coverage, DORA metrics, security posture, cloud cost/governance), feeding insights back into their roadmaps.

What you bring

• Proven track record as a senior/principal Solutions Architect or technical leader with broad, credible expertise across full-stack, cloud, DevOps/security, and data/AI-ML, strong enough to set direction and be trusted by specialists, without needing to personally deliver the implementation.
• Demonstrated thought leadership and public speaking ability: experience presenting at conferences, meetups, or large internal forums, writing technical content, or otherwise building a credible external and internal voice in a technical domain.
• Strong ability to influence and drive adoption without formal authority: comfortable operating through persuasion, coaching, and credibility across Tech Leads, Service Owners, and teams that don't report to you.
• Experience connecting global initiatives, standards, or programs with local/regional teams: translating strategy into locally relevant action, and surfacing local needs and feedback upward and outward.
• Solid grounding in application and cloud security, and in DevOps/DevSecOps practices (CI/CD, Infrastructure as Code, container/Kubernetes platforms, security automation), enough to set direction and evaluate trade-offs, even when not personally implementing them.
• Practical fluency with AI coding assistants and agentic development tools (e.g. Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, MCP-based tooling), and working knowledge of LLM/AI-ML fundamentals, enough to design AI-driven workflows and evaluate AI/ML use cases credibly.
• 7+ years in software engineering/architecture roles spanning at least three of the following: full-stack development, cloud infrastructure, DevOps/security, or data & analytics/AI-ML, including recent exposure to AI-assisted development practices.
• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or equivalent work experience; AWS Solutions Architect / DevOps / Security / ML certifications are a plus.
• Basic knowledge of AI technologies, principles, and their practical use.

What We Offer

• We offer a hybrid work model which recognizes the value of striking a balance between in-person collaboration and remote working incl. up to 25 days per year working from abroad.
• We believe in rewarding performance and our compensation and benefits package includes a company bonus scheme, pension, employee shares program and multiple employee discounts (details vary by location).
• From career development and digital learning programs to international career mobility, we offer lifelong learning for our employees worldwide and an environment where innovation, delivery and empowerment are fostered.
• Flexible working, health and wellbeing offers (including healthcare and parental leave benefits) support to balance family and career and help our people return from career breaks with experience that nothing else can teach.

About Allianz Technology

With its headquarters in Munich, Germany, Allianz Technology is Allianz's global IT service provider and delivers IT solutions that drive the group's digitalization. With more than 11,000 employees in over 20 countries around the world, Allianz Technology is tasked to run, optimize, transform, and innovate the infrastructure, applications, and services together with Allianz companies to co-create the best customer experience.

We service the entire spectrum of digitalization – from one of the industry's largest IT infrastructure projects that spans data centers, networks, and security, to application platforms ranging from workplace services to digital interaction.

In short: We deliver comprehensive end-to-end IT solutions for Allianz in the digital age. We are the backbone of Allianz.

Find us at: www.linkedin.com/company/allianz-technology.

Commitment to Integrity, Fairness & Inclusion

Allianz Technology is proud to be an equal opportunity employer dedicated to fostering an inclusive work environment for everyone. We embrace individuals of all gender identities and expressions, sexual orientations, ethnicities, ages, nationalities, religions, disabilities, and philosophies of life. Ultimately, our greatest strength as a company lies in the unique skills, experiences, and backgrounds our employees contribute.

To Recruitment Agencies

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When we do work with recruitment agencies, that engagement is formalized by a contract. Fees will only be paid when there is a contract in place. Without a contract in place, we will not accept invoices on unsolicited resumes, even if the candidate was ultimately employed by Allianz.