Technical Architect

Talan; United States; Remote; USD 130,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote within CET Time zone

Job summary

Talan is seeking a Technical Architect to lead end-to-end architectural design for a critical enterprise platform. You will translate business goals into scalable, secure, and operable architectures, guiding implementation and ensuring quality across code, tests, and deployments.

Join a global consulting group with a focus on data, cloud, and innovation. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams, drive ADR decisions, and help shape the technical roadmap in a multinational context.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of experience as Technical Architect leading design/delivery of complex platforms.
• 5+ years in software development with Java, Spring Boot, APIs, distributed systems, CI/CD.
• Experience in regulated/financial environments with high availability and security.
• Experience conducting architecture reviews and governance in large orgs.
• Strong collaboration with Architecture, Security, Infrastructure and Business teams.

Responsibilities

• Define end-to-end technical architecture including components, integrations, data flows, and boundaries.
• Document architectural decisions with ADRs and evaluate trade-offs.
• Translate requirements into implementable designs and evolution roadmaps.
• Design scalable, resilient distributed solutions with proper latency targets.
• Lead code reviews focusing on security, maintainability, and operability.
• Define testing strategy: unit, integration, contract, performance, security.
• Review APIs and persistence schemas; ensure compatibility and governance.
• Ensure CI/CD pipelines with automated quality checks and deployments.
• Incorporate secure-by-design principles and threat modeling.
• Identify risks and communicate impact on schedule and cost.

Skills

Java

Spring Boot

APIs

CI/CD

Architecture reviews

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

PostgreSQL

Gradle

Maven

Job description

Company Description

Talan – Positive Innovation

Talan is an international consulting group specializing in innovation and business transformation through technology. With over 7,200 consultantsin 21 countriesand a turnover of €850M, we are committed to delivering impactful, future-ready solutions.

Talan at a Glance

Headquartered in Paris and operating globally, Talan combines technology, innovation, and empowermentto deliver measurable results for our clients. Over the past 22 years, we’ve built a strong presence in the IT and consulting landscape, and we’re on track to reach €1 billion in revenuethis year.

Our Core Areas of Expertise

• Data & Technologies:We design and implement large-scale, end-to-end architecture and data solutions, including data integration, data science, visualization, Big Data, AI, and Generative AI.
• Cloud & Application Services:We integrate leading platforms such as SAP, Salesforce, Oracle, Microsoft, AWS, and IBM Maximo, helping clients transition to the cloud and improve operational efficiency.
• Management & Innovation Consulting:We lead business and digital transformation initiativesthrough project and change management best practices (PM, PMO, Agile, Scrum, Product Ownership), and support domains such as Supply Chain, Cybersecurity, and ESG/Low-Carbon strategies.

We work with major global clients across diverse sectors, including Transport & Logistics, Financial Services, Energy & Utilities, Retail, and Media & Telecommunications.

Job Description

The Technical Architect will serve as the technical point of reference, with the objective of transforming business goals into robust, evolvable, secure, and operable architectures. They will lead end-to-end technical architecture design, establish technical and non-functional criteria, support the team during implementation, and ensure that deliverables meet the quality, performance, resilience, and security levels required by a critical enterprise platform.

Responsibilities

• Define the end-to-end technical architecture of the project, including components, integrations, data flows, dependencies, and boundaries of responsibility.

• Make and document architectural decisions using ADRs, evaluating alternatives, trade-offs, evolution costs, risks, and operational consequences.

• Translate functional and non-functional requirements into implementable designs, technical acceptance criteria, and an evolution roadmap.

• Design scalable and resilient distributed solutions, considering consistency, concurrency, idempotency, fault tolerance, and disaster recovery.

• Participate in the development of critical components and conduct code reviews focused on design, maintainability, security, and operational behavior.

• Define the testing and quality strategy: unit, integration, contract, end-to-end, performance, resilience, and security testing.

• Design and review APIs, integration contracts, persistence schemas, and compatibility and evolution mechanisms.

• Evaluate performance and capacity through analysis, profiling, load testing, and the definition of measurable latency and throughput targets.

• Ensure the automation of builds, validations, static analysis, deployments, and quality controls within CI/CD pipelines.

• Integrate secure-by-design principles, threat modeling, secrets management, access control, and traceability into the architecture.

• Identify technical risks, structural debt, and bottlenecks; prioritize their remediation and communicate their impact on timeline, cost, and scope.

• Participate in planning complex deliveries, technical estimations, milestone definition, and tracking architectural commitments.

Qualifications

• More than 4 years of experience as a Technical Architect, with demonstrable experience leading the design and delivery of platforms or projects of high technical complexity.

• At least 5 years of experience in software development and in Java, Spring Boot, APIs, persistence, distributed systems, automated testing, and CI/CD.

• Experience in regulated or financial environments with high availability, performance, security, and traceability requirements.

• Experience conducting architecture reviews, defining standards, managing technical debt, and evolving existing systems.

• Experience working with Agile methodologies and collaborating cross-functionally with Architecture, Security, Infrastructure, and Business teams.

• Advanced experience with Java 21, Spring Boot 3.x, and designing mission-critical enterprise applications.

• Mastery of microservices architecture, distributed systems, synchronous and asynchronous integration, and communication patterns.

• In-depth knowledge of REST API design, contracts, versioning, backward compatibility, and integration governance.

• Experience with Spring Data JPA, data modeling, transactions, PostgreSQL, and query and persistence optimization.

• Experience with Gradle or Maven, multi-module projects or composite builds, dependency management, and build automation.

• Mastery of SOLID principles, DDD, Clean Architecture, design patterns, and refactoring and safe evolution techniques.

• Experience defining testing strategies using JUnit 5, Mockito, AssertJ, as well as contract, integration, and performance testing.

• Solid knowledge of concurrency, caching, messaging, idempotency, consistency, resilience, and fault tolerance.

• Experience with Git, code reviews, branching strategies, and collaborative development practices at scale.

• Experience with CI/CD, automated quality, static analysis, artifact management, and controlled deployments.

• Knowledge of observability: structured logs, metrics, distributed traces, alerting, and production diagnostics.

Languages

• Minimum B2 English level, mandatory. A professional level is required to lead decisions and collaborate with international teams.

• Spanish – professional level, minimum B2, mandatory.

Nice to Have

• Experience in the architecture of financial platforms, corporate banking, trading, or high-criticality transactional systems.

• Experience with event-driven architectures, Kafka, or other messaging and distributed processing platforms.

• Knowledge of Docker, Kubernetes, Cloud, and deployment patterns such as blue-green, canary, and rolling releases.

• Experience applying OAuth2, OpenID Connect, threat modeling, secrets management, and application security controls.

• Knowledge of SRE, SLO/SLI, capacity, high availability, disaster recovery, and business continuity.

• Experience in application modernization, progressive migrations, the strangler pattern, and technical debt reduction.

• Experience defining architecture standards, technical reviews, and governance models in large organizations.

• Domain knowledge of Trade Finance or Documentary Trade.

Additional Information

What do we offer you?

• Full-time or B2Bcontract
• Remote within CET Time zone.
• Possibility to be part of a multicultural team and work on international projects.

If you are passionate about data, development & tech, we want to meet you !

Talan Spain’s commitment to non-discrimination based on gender, race, ideology, or any other reason, in accordance with the company’s "Equality Plan" and the current regulations on gender equality between women and men (Royal Decree-Law 6/2019).