Senior Architect

At Riverty, we believe that everyone should be in control of their own financial situation. Our shared commitment is to make financial solutions more innovative, empathetic and user-friendly to empower financial growth for everyone. To do this, we rely on 50 years of experience and the commitment of over 5,000 creative minds, innovators and explorers in 11 countries.

Are you ready?

As part of our community, you will have the opportunity to develop your skills and transform the world of finance together with us. We create an environment where you can evolve personally and benefit from our flexible working conditions and work-life balance.

**We are looking for a**
**Senior Architect (M/F/d)**
**(unlimited, full-time) Join our team at our location in Berlin, Baden-Baden, Verl, Tallinn, Oslo or Stockholm - flexible working conditions available**

As a Senior Architect in our Technology & Innovation department, you will architect Riverty's AI platform for the Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC). You will define how Large Language Models, knowledge graphs, and agentic systems interact within a secure, scalable, and high-performing ecosystem. Your work will provide the architectural foundation for Riverty's next generation of intelligent developer tools and automation capabilities.

**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.

**Benefits**:

- **Mobile Office**: Opportunity to work from home
- **Discounts & Extras**: Exclusive Bertelsmann discounts and financial benefits, e.g., €1,500 referral bonus
- **Flexible Working Hours and Models**: Customize your working hours to suit your needs
- **Training & Development**: A variety of (online) courses, from language learning to leadership training, e.g., from Bertelsmann University
- **Health & Leisure**: Supported sports and (mental) health programs, e.g. from our partner TELUS Health
- **Appreciative Environment**: Diversity and employee networks enrich our culture

**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.