Senior Solution Architect

Our opportunity

Are you ready to be at the forefront of digitalization in the insurance industry? Zurich Insurance is seeking a dynamic and innovative individual to join our team as the Senior Digital Solution/Product Architect. In this pivotal role, you will collaborate closely with our Business Units and the Digital Payments Product Management.

You will champion the cross-group reusability of digital assets, ensuring that our client and intermediary-facing tools are utilized to their fullest potential across Zurich. This emphasis on scalability will allow us to maximize the benefits of our digital assets and achieve the highest levels of efficiency and effectiveness.

If you are passionate about driving digital transformation, thrive in a collaborative environment, and want to make a significant impact in the insurance industry, then we want to hear from you. Join Zurich Insurance and be a part of our journey to revolutionize the way we serve our customers and intermediaries through digitalization.

Your role

As a Senior Digital Solution/Product Architect your main responsibilities will involve

• Collaborate closely with Product Management, Business Units and Developer Team to bring the product roadmap to life.
• Provide early opinion on technical feasibility and viability of product ideas
• Lead the development and execution of solution demos to make the Digital Payments Product more tangible
• Establish and advocate the Architecture Principles supporting Decoupling, Scale, Distributed processing, Microservices, Domain Driven Design, Performance, Security, Event Driven Architecture etc.
• Define the high level Logical Architecture(aka System Design) of the product, aligning to architecture principles. Ability to build consensus on the architectural solutions
• For new Product offerings, contribute to Epic elaboration, define use-cases, evaluate trade-offs, honour domain principles, produce Architecture artifacts (C4 Model) and System Design documentation, identify and define service interactions and produce flow level architecture etc.
• Deep engagement with the Dependent Domains to ensure seamless integration adhering to the Domain Driven Design principles
• Lead business unit level engagements from the solution implementation side
• Even so this is an individual contributor role team leadership of assigned developers contributing to the Digital Payment Product is required

Your Skills and Experience

As a Digital Solution/Product Architect your skills and qualifications will ideally include:

• Strong technical knowledge and demonstrated experience in Software Architecture and System Design
• Proven history of designing enterprise-grade applications following Domain Driven Design, Microservices, Event Driven Systems, Cloud Native principles, API design, Eventual Consistency etc.
• Exposure to Cloud, Messaging middleware's, Monitoring tools, Authentication/Authorization, gRPC, REST, Variety of Persistence and Caching technologies, Frontend stack etc.
• Exposure to following technologies- Java, REST, SpringBoot, Kafka, NATS, gRPC, noSQL, Cassandra, Postgres, Redis, Prometheus, Grafana, React etc.
• Excellent communication, presentation, negotiation and interpersonal skills.
• Exhibit sound judgment and swift decision-making skills, strong attention to detail and accuracy.
• Proven history in payments industry and payment services solution development
• Experience in the insurance industry is a plus
• Excellent English skills

Additional Information

As well as a competitive salary and a yearly bonus we offer benefits package which includes:

• Option to work remotely within Spain even up to 100% - you choose
• Over 300 euros net to set up your home office and additional monthly home office allowance
• Flexible working hours
• Wide range of internal and external trainings
• Free English, German and Spanish classes depending on the needs
• Ticket restaurant
• Life Insurance
• Collective Life Retirement Plan - after 1 year in the company
• Referral bonus if you bring other talented people like you
• Special banking and insurance conditions
• Exclusive Employees discounts

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Primary work location is Barcelona, Poblenou. Please apply with your CV in English by clicking on the button “Apply online”.

Who we are

Looking for a challenging and inspiring work environment where you can make a difference? At Zurich millions of individuals and businesses place their trust in our products and services every day. Our 53,000 employees worldwide form the basis of our success, enabling, businesses and communities to face a world of risk with confidence. Imagine if you could help people do this all over the world. You’d give them confidence and reassurance by protecting what they love most. It’s a big challenge, but you will be supported by a world-class team who believe in helping you to reach your full potential and deliver on our promises.

Diversity & Inclusion

At Zurich we are an equal opportunity employer.  We attract and retain the best qualified individuals available, without regard to race/ethnicity, religion, gender, sexual orientation, age or disability.

So be challenged. Be inspired. Help us make a difference.

You are the heart & soul of Zurich! 
 

At Zurich, we like to think outside the box and challenge the status quo. We take an optimistic approach by focusing on the positives and constantly asking What can go right? 

We highly value the experience and know-how of our employees and offer a wide range of opportunities across business areas to encourage you to apply for new opportunities within Zurich when you are ready for your next career step. 

Let’s continue to grow together!

• Location(s):  ES - Barcelona 
• Remote working:
• Schedule: Full Time
• Recruiter name: Laura Santamaría Rodríguez