System Architect with focus on Data Streaming for Production core unit -

PostNord Group AB; Solna kommun; Hybrid; SEK 900,000 - 1,300,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid workplace

Great development opportunities

Insurance & pension terms

Wellness allowance & gym access

PostNord Plus benefits

Job summary

PostNord is seeking a System Architect to join our Production Core, shaping the data streaming platform underpinning our next-generation logistics IT. You will contribute to a streaming, microservice–based cloud future, designing data models and governance with a focus on quality and scalability.

You will collaborate across business units, architects, and delivery teams to implement architecture principles, influence backlogs, and drive our tech transformation toward lean, efficient services.

Qualifications

• Experience with data streaming platforms like Apache Kafka or Confluent.
• Strong understanding of event-driven architectures at enterprise scale.
• Experience with information models and data governance.
• Experience in transaction-intensive IT systems.
• Experience driving organizational tech transformations.
• Excellent communication with stakeholders.
• Strong integrity and analytical skills.
• Urge to understand and model business needs.
• Ability to balance functional and non-functional requirements.

Responsibilities

• Strengthen the Data Streaming platform for long-term relevance with hands-on platform tech-stack.
• Develop the data model and ensure high data quality across domains.
• Follow company-wide architecture principles while innovating and challenging status quo.

Skills

Data streaming

Event-driven architecture

Data governance

Transaction systems

Tech transformation leadership

Stakeholder communication

Integrity & analytics

Business needs modeling

Non-functional requirements

Education

Bachelor's in Computer Science

Civil Engineering background

Tools

Apache Kafka

Confluent

Schema registry

Job description

Are you passionate about driving change? Do you thrive in a dynamic environment where you can shape the future of logistics and how parcels are delivered – both physically and from an information perspective? Look no further! PostNord, the leading supplier of communication and logistics solutions in the Nordic region, is searching a talented System Architect to join our ongoing transformation journey.

Postnord is undergoing a large transformation within the Production domain to modernize and harmonize our IT across the Nordics. We are leaving a monolith‑centric past and entering into a streaming and microservice based future in the cloud.

As a System Architect in the Production Core unit, you will be in the heart of production, creating data structures and information flows that impact how systems interact and collaborate. You will be working from operational all the way to strategic level. In collaboration with others, you will be taking decisions with immediate implications on agile development team’s backlogs.

Job duties

Central to PostNord’s new architecture, is a streaming based Data Platform where all messages are governed by a schema registry. Schemas decide what information is being exchanged between sub‑domains within PostNord. The underlying data model is under development and will continue to evolve on the maturity timeline. To be effective, the model must cater for business needs, while at the same time being lean and straightforward.

You as System Architect will primarily have focus on strengthening the Data Streaming platform for long term relevance. With hands‑on experience on the platform tech‑stack, you will explore different ways to further increase the usability for downstream services. You will work closely with business, architects on different levels and development teams.

An important area will be to develop the forementioned data model and ensure high data quality. You will make sure that agreed company‑wide architecture principles and guidelines are followed, while also innovating and challenging status quo. In this role, you will be in a good position to play an important role in our ongoing tech‑transformation and our future success!

Must-have

• Experience in working with Data Streaming platforms like Apache Kafka or Confluent
• Strong understanding of event driven architectures on a large enterprise scale
• Experience in working with information models and data governance including documenting current data flows and creating a wanted state to work towards
• Experience in transaction intensive IT Systems
• Experience in driving organizational tech‑transformations
• Excellent communication skills with strong stakeholder management abilities
• Strong integrity and analysis skills
• Urge to understand and model business needs
• Understanding of the importance of weighing both functional and non‑functional requirements

Nice-to-have

• Experience in the logistics or supply chain industry.
• Experience in building Micro‑Service based architecture
• Fluency in Swedish

Knowledge requirement

• Civil Engineering, bachelor’s degree in computer science (as a minimum), or equivalent
• Fluency in English, both written and spoken.

We offer you

• Hybrid workplace with a Nordic and dynamic environment. Watch the video about our office.
• Great development opportunities
• Great insurance and occupational pension terms
• Wellness allowance & opportunity to train at Arken's gym and indoor swimming pool
• Employee benefits through PostNord Plus - PostNord´s own personnel foundation