Solution Architect

EPAM Systems; Kraków; Hybrid; PLN 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Stock purchase plan

Remote work within Poland

Relocation opportunities

English classes

Job summary

EPAM Systems in Kraków seeks a Solution Architect to shape and support the architectural direction of Investment Bank programs. You will interact with GCTO and governance teams to ensure alignment with group strategies while driving architecture across streams.

Responsibilities include defining standards, leading governance, and partnering with engineering early in the lifecycle. The role demands strong English, collaboration, and a bias for practical, scalable solutions.

Qualifications

• Extensive enterprise or solution architecture experience.
• Ability to operate in governance-driven, multi-stakeholder environments.
• Excellent communication and influential skills with tech and business.
• Fluent in English; able to work across international teams.

Responsibilities

• Develop and communicate architectural standards and guardrails aligned to IB and GCTO strategies.
• Lead architectural governance processes and provide oversight across the division.
• Collaborate with engineering teams early in projects to address architecture from ideation through delivery.
• Represent IB CTO in group initiatives and coordinate cross-team communications.

Skills

Enterprise architecture

Solution architecture

Governance & compliance

Stakeholder management

Communication skills

English fluency

Independent thinker

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science / related field

Tools

AWS

Azure

GCP

Anthropic

Gemini

Job description

As a Solution Architect within our client, the Investment Bank (IB) CTO Architecture team, you will play a pivotal role in shaping and supporting the architectural direction of the IB. You will collaborate closely with our Governance Crew and broader IB streams and interact with the Group CTO (GCTO) organization. Your work ensures that IB’s architecture is consistently aligned with both divisional and group-level strategies.

Responsibilities

• Develop, maintain and communicate architectural standards, guardrails, reference architectures and best practices, with alignment to both IB and GCTO strategies
• Lead and manage key architectural governance processes within the IB CTO function, with proactive architectural oversight across the division
• Serve as the primary GCTO point of contact for the Investment Bank, represent IB CTO in group-led initiatives and facilitate clear, relevant communication
• Assess and prioritize incoming requests from IB and GCTO, determine their impact and coordinate responses—absorb operational, data-gathering and coordination tasks to enable the core architecture team to focus on strategic work
• Partner with IB engineering teams early in the project lifecycle to ensure architectural considerations are addressed from ideation through delivery

Requirements

• Extensive experience in enterprise or solution architecture, across business, application, data and technology domains
• Proven ability to operate in a governance-driven, multi-stakeholder environment where transparency and adherence to process are essential
• Skilled at interpretation, communication and application of group-level architectural strategies within divisional contexts
• Demonstrated ability to work independently, with clarity and structure in ambiguous situations
• Excellent communication and influencing skills, with the ability to engage both technology and business stakeholders
• Comfortable to work autonomously to set direction, as well as collaboratively within a team environment
• Strong focus on quality and ability to learn quickly
• Willingness to challenge the status quo and propose innovative solutions
• Independent thinker who seeks more efficient ways to achieve objectives
• Fluent in English

We offer

• We gather like-minded people:
  • Top tech minds driving innovation in AI, cloud and digital platform modernization
  • Supportive team and agile, startup-like culture
  • Hybrid by design mode and opportunity to work remotely within Poland
  • Chance to work abroad for up to 60 days annually
  • Business-driven relocation opportunities
• We provide growth opportunities:
  • Career development programs
  • Thought leadership, mentoring, soft skills and well-being programs
  • Certification (Anthropic, Gemini, GCP, Azure, AWS)
  • English classes
• We cover it all:
  • Stable pay
  • Participation in the Employee Stock Purchase Plan with a 15% discount
  • Benefits package (health insurance, multisport, shopping vouchers)
  • Referral bonuses up to $2,000
  • Offices featuring entertainment and relaxation zones, table tennis and football, free snacks, coffee and more
  • Corporate, social and well-being events
• Please, note:
  • Benefits listed above are available to employees only
  • We are open for working with Contractors. Terms of B2B cooperation agreements are agreed individually
  • We will reach out to selected candidates exclusively

EPAM is global leader in AI transformation engineering and integrated consulting, serving Forbes Global 2000 companies and ambitious startups. With over thirty years of expertise in custom software, product and platform engineering, we empower our clients to become AI-Native enterprises, driving measurable value from innovation and digital investments.