Enterprise IT Architect with focus on AI Engineering

Do you want to actively shape the technological future of PostFinance? As an Enterprise IT Architect, you will develop solutions that lay the foundation for a modern IT landscape and drive its further development. You will take responsibility for the implementation of innovative architectures and ensure that our systems remain high-performing and future-proof. With your technical understanding and conceptual strength, you will move PostFinance sustainably.

Why you start with us

Time for recovery
6 weeks vacation and the possibility of unpaid leave.

Flexible working models
Part-time, job sharing, and top sharing.

Individual development
Diverse training and further education offers, temporary job changes, and stages.

Modern working environments
Modern workplaces, co-working in Bern and Zürich, as well as home office in many areas.

Maternity & paternity leave
18 weeks fully paid maternity leave and 4 weeks paternity leave.

Health in focus
Preventive offers, ergonomic workplaces, and targeted support during longer absences.

Mobility offers
Free Halbtax or discounted GA, as well as attractive bicycle, car sharing, and e-car offers.

Lived equal opportunity
Among other things through transparent salary information in our job advertisements.

The impact you can make

• You define target architectures, architecture principles, and engineering guardrails for modern software development, including cloud-native architectures, AI engineering, platform engineering, DevSecOps, automation, as well as functional and non-functional requirements
• You help shape AI governance and architecture specifications and develop them further to ensure the responsible use of Artificial Intelligence at PostFinance
• You define guardrails, standards, and best practices for the development, integration, and use of AI solutions as well as AI-supported development tools throughout the entire software development lifecycle
• You advise and accompany architecture, development, and platform teams in the introduction of modern software engineering practices, AI-supported development methods, and cross-technology solution architectures
• You identify, evaluate, and establish new technologies, methods, and trends in the areas of software development, platforms, automation, and Artificial Intelligence and derive recommendations for action for PostFinance from them

What you bring with you

• Tertiary education or further education (FH or university) in computer science
• Several years of experience as an IT Enterprise, Lead, or Principal Architect with a focus on software architecture as well as on the definition and further development of modern architecture paradigms such as Domain-Driven Design (DDD), Microservices, Event-driven Architectures, API-first, Cloud-native, and container platforms
• Sound experience in the entire software development lifecycle as well as in the definition and introduction of software engineering standards, DevSecOps practices, CI/CD pipelines, and platform engineering
• Practical experience in AI-supported software development as well as in the further development and implementation of AI governance, architecture principles, standards, and compliance specifications, as well as their implementation in projects and teams
• Experience in the creation of target architectures, reference architectures, technology standards, and architecture decisions at the enterprise level
• Strong communication and moderation skills as well as experience in regulated environments, ideally in the financial sector
• Very good German and English skills