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Role Overview

The Java Technical Architect is responsible for driving end-to-end solution architecture, producing high-quality designs (HLD/LLD), ensuring adherence to SDLC standards, and enabling scalable, secure, and high-performance Java-based platforms.
This role partners with cross-functional stakeholders, governs engineering practices, and ensures readiness for production deployments across distributed systems.

Experience

• 10+ years hands-on Java/Spring engineering experience.
• 3–5+ years as architect/tech lead with strong system design & integration expertise.
• Proven experience in performance tuning, JVM internals, query optimization, and distributed architecture.
• Agile/Scrum delivery experience within globally distributed teams.

Key Responsibilities

• Produce HLD/LLD, architectural blueprints, and reference implementations for complex systems.
• Conduct design/code reviews; ensure adherence to design principles and best practices.
• Own non-functional requirements (NFRs) such as performance, resilience, security, scalability, and observability.
• Govern SDLC standards, coding guidelines, quality gates, CI/CD/DevSecOps pipelines, and cloud/container strategies.
• Define API integration patterns, messaging strategies, and microservices architecture.
• Partner with technical and business stakeholders to translate needs into solution roadmaps.
• Ensure production readiness: capacity planning, DR/HA strategies, SLO/SLA definitions.

Required Technical Skills

• Advanced Java (Java 11/17+), Spring Boot, Spring Cloud, JPA/Hibernate.
• REST API design, microservices architecture, API gateways, OAuth2/OIDC security.
• Messaging: Kafka, RabbitMQ, or event-driven architectures.
• Oracle/PostgreSQL SQL expertise; schema design; performance tuning.
• DevOps tools: Git, Maven/Gradle, Jenkins; Docker, Kubernetes awareness.
• Observability: ELK, Prometheus, Grafana, distributed tracing.
• Good experience in using Github copilot, Claude code or other AI tools

Good-to-Have Skills

• Experience in insurance/financial services domain.
• Cloud architecture exposure: AWS/Azure/GCP.
• Knowledge of service mesh, circuit breakers, resilience patterns and exposure to AI tool.

Soft Skills & Behaviors

• Strong communication and stakeholder alignment skills.
• Analytical thinking and problem-solving; ability to simplify complex designs.
• Leadership in guiding engineering teams; mentoring developers.
• Flexibility for critical releases/cutovers during off hours.

Allianz Group is one of the most trusted insurance and asset management companies in the world. Caring for our employees, their ambitions, dreams and challenges, is what makes us a unique employer. Together we can build an environment where everyone feels empowered and has the confidence to explore, to grow and to shape a better future for our customers and the world around us.  

At Allianz, we stand for unity: we believe that a united world is a more prosperous world, and we are dedicated to consistently advocating for equal opportunities for all. And the foundation for this is our inclusive workplace, where people and performance both matter, and nurtures a culture grounded in integrity, fairness, inclusion and trust. 

We therefore welcome applications regardless of ethnicity or cultural background, age, gender, nationality, religion, social class, disability or sexual orientation, or any other characteristics protected under applicable local laws and regulations. 

Join us. Let's care for tomorrow. 

Note: Having different strengths, experiences, perspectives and approaches is an integral part of Allianz‘ company culture. One means to achieve this is a regular rotation of Allianz Executive employees across functions, Allianz entities and geographies. Therefore, the company expects from its employees a general openness and a high motivation to regularly change positions and collect experiences across Allianz Group.