Senior Software Architect – Risk Management Applications

About the role

A European financial institution is looking for a Senior Software Architect to provide technical expertise for its Financial & Liquidity Risk domain. The role focuses on the operation, maintenance, and evolution of risk management applications, especially derivatives valuation systems and related reporting environments.

Key responsibilities

• Ensure stability, performance and ongoing maintenance of IT infrastructure supporting risk applications.
• Monitor system health, batch processes, application layers and databases; optimise scheduling and execution.
• Provide technical support for in‑house tools, maintain automation scripts (e.g., PowerShell) and drive continuous improvement.
• Define and implement best practices for code versioning, configuration management and DevOps pipelines.
• Lead database migration activities and support data‑virtualisation and reporting platforms.
• Design and maintain monitoring solutions and advanced dashboards for technical and business stakeholders.

Required profile

• Minimum 11 years of professional IT experience.
• At least 6 years in a Software Architect or similar specialist role.
• 7+ years supporting and maintaining risk‑management applications.
• 3+ years experience with banking or financial reporting solutions.
• Fluent English (C1 level or equivalent).

Required skills

• PowerShell scripting and automation.
• Git‑based version control and DevOps platforms.
• Monitoring and observability tools, including complex dashboard creation.
• Database migration and relational database environments.
• Data‑virtualisation and reporting tools.