We are looking for a Java Technical Architect to define and lead the design of scalable, secure, and maintainable backend solutions. Our mission is to combine strategic technical leadership with hands-on guidance, ensuring solutions that are well designed from ideas through to production.

Key Responsibilities

• Designing, governing, and guiding the implementation of software solutions with a focus on scalability, resilience, and long-term maintainability
• Review existing architecture and work with the Head of Application architecture and Principal Architect to review/improve solutions and migrate from existing datacentre to cloud platform
• Lead the technical journey from idea to production, contributing to planning, architecture, development oversight, testing strategy, and release
• Define end-to-end solution architecture for backend systems and distributed applications
• Translate business and technical requirements into scalable, maintainable solution designs
• Communicate architectural decisions, trade-offs, and recommendations to stakeholders.
• Provide architectural governance, design reviews, and technical leadership to delivery teams
• Support teams in resolving complex technical and production issues
• Mentor engineers and drive best practices across software design, quality, and delivery

What we are looking for

• Strong experience in backend development
• Experience in microservices solution design
• Experience in cloud design patterns

Technical experience required

• Backend architecture and development: Java Standard Edition 17+, Spring Boot
• Persistence architecture: Spring Data
• API and integration design: REST APIs
• Event-driven architecture / messaging: Kafka, RabbitMq or similar
• Databases and data architecture: PostgreSQL, Oracle, Elasticsearch, MongoDB, SQL
• Version control: Git
• Build & tools: Maven, Jenkins, Sonar, Nexus
• Testing strategy: Unit tests
• Containers and orchestration: Docker, Kubernetes

Other skills required

• Excellent communication skills with strong collaboration
• Ability to work autonomously and lead technical decision-making
• Strong stakeholder management skills
• Strong mentoring, leadership, and influencing skills
• Ability to explain technical strategy clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences

Who are we?

We’re part of one of the world’s largest banking groups and we’re leading its best IT and Operations projects.

Central Europe Technologies (CE.T) is an expertise Shared Service Center for BNP Paribas Group, supporting subsidiaries across 19 countries and we are consistently expanding.

Located in Romania, with offices in Bucharest and Brasov, the company brings together over 350 employees, with expertise in a range of technologies (Java, .NET, COBOL, manual & automation testing) and various operational roles (Credit Analysts, System Expert Administrators).

Our culture

We are proud to create, maintain and develop strategic business applications for BNP Paribas Group entities around the world, while keeping a high level of service and providing added value to our customers.

Working in a multicultural environment, we encourage our people to develop their talents and skills, offering various career opportunities and internal mobility programs, within local CE.T teams or in other entities within the Group, both in Romania and abroad.

We value our employees’ experience by keeping a well-balanced environment with flexibility regarding the work schedule and care for everyone’s personal time. We have adopted a hybrid work model, because we firmly believe that social connections consistently enhance the value of our daily activities.

Diversity and inclusion are among our core values, as CE.T is an equal opportunity employer. Therefore, we are committed to ensure employment opportunities are accessible to all, regardless of race, skin color, beliefs, religion, nationality, ethnic background, age, sex, sexual orientation, marital status or political opinions.