Application Architect (Information Technology/Software)

Black Pen Recruitment; Warszawa; Remote; PLN 388,000 - 560,000; Part time

Job summary

Black Pen Recruitment is seeking an Application Architect fluent in English to join a remoteEU development team. The role focuses on information systems architecture within SOA, BPMN and enterprise design, aligned with client IT teams on site as needed.

The ideal candidate has a IT degree and 10+ years of experience in IT, with Java/JEE, Spring, Hibernate, REST, and tools like JIRA, IntelliJ, GIT. Strong English and collaboration are essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in IT and 10+ years of IT experience.
• Strong experience with Java/JEE stack and REST services.
• Knowledge of enterprise architectures and BPMN notations.
• Excellent command of English.

Responsibilities

• Architect and design information systems and components.
• Analyze integration of diverse information systems.
• Develop services and composites in an SOA context (BPMN, BPEL, SCA).
• Produce architecture documents and models; review components for conformance.
• Document technical implementations and deployments; support testing and rollout.

Skills

Java

JEE

Spring

Hibernate

REST

JIRA

IntelliJ

GIT

SOA

BPMN

BPEL

SCA

Wiki

Agile

English

Education

Bachelor’s degree in IT

Tools

Jenkins

Maven

SQL

XML

Oracle

Job description

Our client, a leading Software, Information and Communication Technologies company, operates internationally (Athens, Brussels, Luxembourg, Copenhagen, Stockholm, London, Nicosia, Hong-Kong, Valetta, etc). Our client is a renowned supplier of IT services to government institutions, multinational corporations, public administrations and multinational companies, research and academic institutes.

Role Overview

Our clientcurrently has a vacancy for an Application Architect fluent in English, to offer his/her services as an expert who will work remotely. In the context of the first assignment, the successful candidate will be integrated in the Development team of the company that will closely cooperate with a major client’s IT team on site.

Job type: Contract

Location: EU

Workplace: Remote

Deadline for submission: 18 May 2026

Please note that we can consider only EU candidates for this position due to security clearance.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in IT, combined with 10 years of relevant working experience in IT;
• Experience with Procurement / Grants business procedures and/or involvement in IT solutions design;
• Experience with Java, JEE, Spring, Hibernate, REST, JIRA, IntelliJ, GIT;
• Experience with Mockito, Junit, Maven, SQL, XML, Oracle, Jenkins and enterprise architecture;
• Experience with complex application environments and knowledge of information systems;
• Experience of Workflow applications;
• Good knowledge of Wiki and collaborative sites and knowledge of software development methodologies (e.g. RUP, Agile);
• Knowledge of enterprise architecture notations such as BPMN;
• Excellent command of the English language.

Responsibilities

• Architecture and design of information systems and design and development of architecture components;
• Analysis of the integration of different information systems;
• Analysis, design and implementations of services and composites in SOA context (BPMN, BPEL, SCA);
• Production of case models, software architecture documents, design and analysis models, implementation models;
• Follow up the data analysis and data modelling;
• Documentation of the technical implementations and the composites;
• Evaluate and test technical components delivered by other teams to ensure that they conform to requirements and methodology;
• Participation in technical working groups, progress meetings and meetings with the users;
• Provide assistance or support in the resolution of production issues;
• Assistance in the testing, the technical documentation, the deployment, the evaluation and the reporting.