Senior Architect (m / f / d)
Everyone's story matters. Come shape your story with us at Riverty. But where does that take you?
To one of our 30 hybrid workspaces – designed for exchanging ideas, learning from others, and shaping the way we work. An international community of over 4,000 people, representing almost 80 nationalities across 11 countries. United by one mission : Combining empathy, advanced technology and data-driven insights to keep people and businesses in flow. With payments made for them. So that they don't have to worry about it.
And there's more : We are part of the family-owned Bertelsmann group. Established. Corporate. In a fast-paced industry. We enable flexible payments in various industries, simplifying the financial management of known brands and helping people repay debt to build financial confidence. In short : shaping FinTech.
Your key responsibilities :
- Architect Riverty's AI platform for the SDLC : Design scalable, modular AI architectures that integrate LLMs, agent runtimes, and orchestration layers.
- Drive agentic systems : Evaluate and implement frameworks such as the Model Context Protocol (MCP) and AI Gateway solutions for controllable, multi-agent interaction.
- Design intelligent data integration : Build semantic layers and knowledge graphs that provide rich context to AI components.
- Ensure scalability, reliability, and compliance : Establish architectural principles and governance for secure AI systems on Azure.
- Collaborate across teams : Partner with AI Engineers, Solution Architects, and Product Owners to turn AI concepts into enterprise-ready capabilities.
- Evaluate emerging technologies : Continuously assess LLM, agentic, and orchestration trends to inform platform evolution.
- Guide technical direction : Define standards, reference architectures, and best practices for sustainable AI development across Riverty.
Your profile :
12+ years of experience in software development, with strong hands-on engineering capabilities.7+ years in software architecture roles, guiding and enabling teams in a hands-on capacity.5+ years of experience in system design and distributed architectures.3+ years of experience leading or running engineering teams.Proficiency in at least two programming languages, one of them being Java or C#, plus familiarity with scripting languages (e.g., Python, JavaScript).Strong understanding of GenAI and LLM-based architectures, agentic systems, and related frameworks or up-to-date research.Experience with cloud-native environments (preferably Azure), containerization, and DevOps practices.Familiarity with knowledge graph technologies, semantic data integration, and contextual retrieval patterns.Strategic mindset combined with hands-on technical leadership.Excellent communication skills and the ability to work effectively across technical and business domains.Fluent in English; German is a plus.Equal Opportunity Employer Statement
We want to be a fair and inclusive employer. We value the diverse perspectives that a diverse workforce brings to the table. Therefore, we are actively looking for people who enrich our company through their identity, background and personal experiences, with or without a disability.
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