Senior Architect, Europe

Overview

As a Senior Architect at Travelers, you will lead and shape technology strategy during a major transformation. You’ll drive AI-powered initiatives, API and event-driven architectures, and cross-functional collaboration to modernize the tech estate. Your work will influence governance, delivery roadmaps, and architectural guidance across complex applications. This role offers impact at scale within a culture focused on innovation, collaboration, and customer value.

Pay / Benefits

• Private Medical Insurance
• Pension Plan contribution
• Holiday entitlement (min 25 days, up to 35)
• Wellness programme
• Free mental health resources
• Volunteer and matching gift programmes

Responsibilities

• Lead or contribute to architecture efforts, roadmaps, and design recommendations.
• Facilitate governance processes for projects (blueprints, design reviews).
• Define stability and performance strategies for applications and technology domains.
• Input to portfolio prioritization and remediation escalation for performance issues.
• Promote adoption of new concepts, best practices, and architectural patterns.
• Collaborate with other architects, development teams, and OAI-Sys employees.
• Participate in enterprise initiatives like Centers of Excellence and own deliverables.
• Participate in development/production support of utilities and related deliverables.
• Contribute to vendor/product management strategies and deliverables for evaluations/PoCs.
• Execute the architectural strategy day-to-day and perform additional duties as assigned.

Key requirements

• Working knowledge of architecture directions across enterprise, application, and information contexts.
• Experience with SDLC and product/project management.
• Knowledge of Java, .NET, SQL and SOA; broad experience across multiple technologies.
• Ability to influence in a matrixed organization.
• Experience in multiple technologies and architectures including J2EE, Web Application Development, SOA & Web Services, and middleware/DB familiarity.
• Experience engaging with business stakeholders and translating requirements into IT solutions.
• Ability to guide development teams with architectural oversight.

• Analytical and diagnostic thinking
• Influence and collaboration in cross-functional teams
• People management and inclusive leadership
• J2EE
• Web Application Development (User & B2B)
• SOA & Web Services (SOAP, XML, REST)

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