Senior Application Architect (M/F/D)

DSV - Global Transport and Logistics; Warszawa; On-site; PLN 180,000 - 300,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Employment contract with benefits

Training and internal e‑learning

Buddy onboarding

Internal mobility programs

Job summary

DSV - Global Transport and Logistics is seeking an experienced Application Architect to lead the Doc ES system’s architectural direction within the DDM team. You will drive greenfield design at system level, ensuring scalability, security, and reliability across enterprise integrations and data platform relations.

You will collaborate with product managers, solution architects and developers to align architecture with business goals, while mentoring the team and maintaining up‑to‑date design

Qualifications

• University degree in computer science, IT or equivalent.
• 3–4 years in architect roles with 8–12 years total IT experience.
• Experience with ELK and Prometheus for monitoring.
• Experience with microservice patterns (DDD, Event Driven, CQRS) is valuable.
• Strong knowledge of cloud platforms (AWS, Azure), Docker, Kubernetes, and Terraform.
• Familiarity with database design and performance analysis.
• Experience documenting system interfaces for clarity and consistency.
• Business fluent English and strong cross‑cultural communication.

Responsibilities

• Adapt and apply system architecture and data principles defined by DDM Solution Architecture.
• Maintain focus on cost and non‑functional requirements with DDM Solution Architect.
• Collaborate with Lead Solution Architect, Domain Specialists, and Business Analysts.
• Mentor DocES development team on backend design best practices.
• Translate design into system‑level design stories for the development team.
• Review development processes and low‑level design documentation with DocES Lead Developer.
• Improve technical quality through backlog and technical debt reviews.
• Coordinate with DevSecOps, DBAs, and networks to resolve issues in CI/CD and environments.

Skills

Java

Spring Boot

GRPC

PostgreSQL

MongoDB

Redis

Confluent Kafka

K streams

Docker

Kubernetes

Azure DevOps

AWS

Keycloak

NGINX

Terraform

ELK

Prometheus

DDD

CQRS

Cloud platforms

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or IT

Tools

Terraform

Azure DevOps

AWS

Kafka tooling

Confluent

Job description

Our Team

At our global Digital Document Management (DDM) team, we provide cross‑functional services for all Business and Functional Units worldwide within DSV supporting them with our services as the backbone for DSV operations by providing digital creation, distribution, archival and document exchange processes. Running initiatives and upcoming projects thrive to further improve and boost our way of digitizing DSV’s global digital document management.

The Role

You will primarily fill the role of Application architect for DSV’s Document Enterprise Service (Doc ES) application under the Digital Document Management (DDM) team along with architectural support to other applications under DDM.

This role is expected to:

• Drive system‑level technical design and implementation of greenfield components
• Have constant focus on architectural best practices for solving scalability, availability and security areas in Doc ES
• Collaborate with product administration and management peers
• Ensure consistency and quality in the digital document services landscape
• Work closely with Solution architects, DDM Lead Architect, Lead developer and development team as well as Product Managers to enhance stability and drive improvements
• Solution and system design all relevant new integrations and further targets from enterprise data platform relations

Responsibilities and Tasks

• Adapt and apply system architecture, integration guidelines, and data architecture principles defined by the DDM Solution Architecture and EDP
• Maintain a strong focus on operational cost and non‑functional requirements in close alignment with the DDM Solution Architect
• Continuously learn and adapt to the evolving enterprise Digital Document Solution landscape with guidance from the DDM Solution Architect
• Collaborate with the Lead Solution Architect, Domain Specialists, and Business Analysts during requirement analysis to ensure alignment with the broader DDM solution direction
• Serve as a backup domain SME for DocES to prevent single points of failure in domain expertise
• Act as the custodian of the technical and system‑level architecture of DocES components as they evolve
• Maintain up‑to‑date system design documentation for new and enhanced DocES backend components
• Serve as the security‑by‑design guardian to ensure that DocES implementations consistently align with enterprise security architecture principles
• Serve as the bridge between DocES and the Digital Core Backend Team for changes involving relevant SDKs and architectural dependencies
• Mentor the DocES development team to ensure adherence to backend design best practices defined by Digital Core
• Translate the aligned solution design into clear, system‑level design story units for the development team
• Review development processes and low‑level design documentation in collaboration with the DocES Lead Developer
• Support high engineering standards through regular implementation of backlog and technical debt reviews
• Coach developers on best practices related to design patterns, clean architecture, cloud‑native, and microservices
• Coordinate with development and testing teams to improve overall technical quality and ensure technical debt is systematically addressed
• Work closely with DBAs and DevSecOps teams to prevent and resolve system‑level health or operational issues
• Engage with DevSecOps, Database, and Network teams to troubleshoot blocker issues in environments or CI/CD pipelines
• Collaborate with the testing team to conduct performance tests aligned with the non‑functional requirements of each new release
• Analyze DocES component observability data, including system reliability and performance trends, to drive continuous improvement

Requirements

• BE language: Java
• BE framework: Spring Boot, GRPC
• Relational database: PostgreSQL
• NoSQL database: MongoDB
• Caching: Redis
• Event Streaming: Confluent Kafka, K streams
• Containerization: Docker
• Container orchestration: Kubernetes
• CI/CD: Azure DevOps, AWS
• Identity brokerage: Keycloak
• Load balancing: NGINX

Other requirements

• University degree in computer science, IT or equivalent.
• 3‑4 years of experience in architect roles (e.g. technical architect or software architect) with an overall minimum technical/IT experience of 8‑12 years.
• Experience with ELK and Prometheus for application log and metrics monitoring.
• Experience with microservice patterns (such as Domain Driven, Event Driven, and CQRS) is valuable.
• Good knowledge of cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure), containerization (Docker), orchestration (Kubernetes), and infrastructure as code (Terraform).
• Familiarity with database design best practices and performance analysis.
• Experience in designing and aligning system interface documentation to ensure clarity and consistency.
• Business fluency in both written and spoken English is a must.
• Strong at effective cross‑cultural communication with an international and collaborative mindset.
• Knowledge of agile software delivery methodologies along with experience of handling development tickets in Jira & documentation in Confluence like tools

What We Offer

• Employment based on an employment contract, along with a comprehensive benefits package
• Training and development programs, including access to an internal e‑learning platform
• Onboarding with the support of a dedicated Buddy
• Participation in annual company‑wide integration events
• Work environment rooted in Scandinavian organisational culture
• Opportunities for professional development through internal mobility programs

Benefits

• Sharing the costs of sports activities
• Private medical care
• Sharing the costs of language classes
• Sharing the costs of professional training and courses
• Life insurance
• Integration events
• Corporate gym and sports teams
• Coffee / tea
• Employee parking space
• Extra social benefits
• Holiday funds
• Christmas gifts
• Employee referral program
• Charity initiatives
• Bicycle parking
• Modern, ergonomic office
• Yoga in the office