This job is with Allianz Commercial, an inclusive employer and a member of myGwork – the largest general platform for the LGBTQ+ business community. The Enterprise Architecture team at Allianz Technology is looking for a Senior Architect with strong AI expertise and solid data foundations to take on a high-impact, cross-cutting mandate. This is not a delivery role - it is an architecture and enablement role. This role requires someone who can operate at two levels simultaneously: setting the strategic direction for AI architecture and governance, and getting hands-on - building PoCs, reviewing designs, writing ADRs, and producing artifacts that are technically credible and immediately usable by delivery teams.
You will be embedded in the global EA team, reporting to the EA line manager for Spain, and collaborate closely with CTO domain architects, the AI4IT initiative, and the AI factory programme.

Research, assess, and prototype AI-powered productivity tools and workflows (from agentic coding assistants to autonomous task runners), build the business case and adoption guidance for the most promising ones, and monitor the Agentic AI technology radar to bring structured recommendations to the Technology Radar Lab and Innovation Council.
Contribute to the AI Development Lifecycle (AIDLC) strategy: define what good looks like for AI-assisted software development from requirements through deployment and governance, championing spec-driven development where specifications precede implementation and serve as the contract between AI agents and human reviewers.
Identify reusable architectural patterns emerging from AI factory delivery, codify them into reference architectures available to all delivery teams, and flag architectural risks early (security, data residency, model governance, vendor lock-in) before they become production issues.

Hands-on experience with AI/ML system design (LLM integration patterns, RAG architectures, vector databases,



evaluation frameworks), familiarity with agentic frameworks (LangChain, LangGraph, AutoGen, CrewAI or equivalent) and the ability to critically assess their trade-offs, and ability to read, write, and review code (Python preferred) at a level sufficient to build and evaluate PoCs without a dedicated engineering team.
Knowledge of cloud-native patterns (AWS, Azure, or GCP) and their relevance to AI workloads, combined with a solid understanding of modern data architecture patterns: data mesh, data lakehouse, federated query, and streaming platforms (Kafka or equivalent).
Familiarity with data governance concepts (data classification, lineage, quality, metadata management) sufficient to assess AI solutions that depend on data as an input, understanding of how data flows connect to AI system design (feature stores, embedding pipelines, retrieval layers, and the data quality requirements that make AI outputs reliable), and awareness of privacy-by-design and data residency constraints as they apply to AI workloads in a regulated financial services context.
ADRs, reference architectures, principles, guardrails, and decision frameworks, not just slide decks.
Understanding of citizen development risks and controls (what shadow IT looks like, where it creates compliance exposure, and how to channel it productively), autonomous in surfacing questions, framing options, and coming with a recommendation, and comfortable with ambiguity - agentic AI is evolving fast; you bring structure to spaces that do not yet have it.





We offer a hybrid work model which recognizes the value of striking a balance between in-person collaboration and remote working incl. We believe in rewarding performance and our compensation and benefits package includes a company bonus scheme, pension, employee shares program and multiple employee discounts (details vary by location).
From career development and digital learning programs to international career mobility, we offer lifelong learning for our employees worldwide and an environment where innovation, delivery and empowerment are fostered.
Flexible working, health and wellbeing offers (including healthcare and parental leave benefits) support to balance family and career and help our people return from career breaks with experience that nothing else can teach.

With its headquarters in Munich, Germany, Allianz Technology is Allianz's global IT service provider and delivers IT solutions that drive the group's digitalization. We service the entire spectrum of digitalization - from one of the industry's largest IT infrastructure projects that spans data centres, networks and security, to application platforms ranging from workplace services to digital interaction.

We deliver comprehensive end-to-end IT solutions for Allianz in the digital age. We therefore welcome applications regardless of race, ethnicity or cultural background, age, gender, nationality, religion, social class, disability, sexual orientation, or any other characteristics protected under applicable local laws and regulations.

When we do work with recruitment agencies, that engagement is formalized by a contract. Fees will only be paid when there is a contract in place. Without a contract in place, we will not accept invoices on unsolicited resumes, even if the candidate was ultimately employed by Allianz.

102111 | IT & Tech Engineering | Professional | Non-Executive | Allianz Technology | Full-Time | Permanent

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🏢 Allianz Commercial
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