Location: Madrid, M, ES

About Us

At Swiss Re, we build innovative, cloud‑native solutions that help Life & Health insurance companies around the world operate smarter, faster, and more securely. Our internal software house delivers modern SaaS and PaaS products used globally — from mature enterprise platforms like Magnum to new and rapidly scaling solutions.

With a technical community of more than 150+ engineers , architects, and cloud specialists across multiple countries, we design highly available, multi‑regional products built on cutting‑edge technologies and a strong engineering culture focused on quality, innovation, and resilience.

About the Role

We are looking for a AI Architect to lead architecture across our Data Analytics and AI/GenAI offerings.

You will design and shape a cloud-native, enterprise-grade SaaS environment built on Azure, using technologies such as Azure Data Factory, Databricks, Synapse, modern data lakehouse architecture , and supporting AI components powered by LLMs, RAG, OCR, NLP , and more.

This is a hands-on leadership role where you will combine high-level architecture with real implementation, experimentation, and guidance for engineering teams. You will be part of our technical leadership group, influencing product direction, platform evolution, and long-term technology strategy.

What You Will Do

Architecture & Design

- Design scalable, secure, and resilient cloud-native platforms
- Create architectures with self-healing and highly available capabilities
- Model systems and define technical documentation and specifications

Technical Leadership

- Guide engineering teams through best practices, design decisions, and innovation
- Present architectural roadmaps to product and business stakeholders
- Mentor engineers and drive strong engineering standards

Hands-on Engineering

- Contribute to development, troubleshooting, and platform evolution




- Lead PoCs exploring emerging technologies (AI/ML, data engineering, cloud services)
- Support implementation with practical expertise in cloud, code, and infrastructure

Strategic Impact

- Shape the long-term architecture vision for Data & AI platforms
- Identify future opportunities in cloud, data, AI, and automation

About You

We don’t expect perfection — but we’re looking for someone who brings strong architectural thinking, a hands-on mindset, and the curiosity to push technical boundaries.

You have strong experience with:

- Cloud Architecture: Enterprise-grade Azure solutions (AKS, networking, CDN, WAF, etc.)
- SaaS Platforms: Multi-tenant, high-availability systems
- System Design: Java/Spring MVC and distributed systems
- Security: Zero Trust principles, authentication & network security
- Integrations: REST, SOAP, event-driven patterns
- DevSecOps: CI/CD, IaC, cloud automation, resilient infrastructure
- Architecture Modelling: Technical specs, design documentation
- Team Leadership: Coaching multicultural engineering teams

Bonus points for:

- Experience with quality and vulnerability tools (SonarQube, Invicti, Aqua)
- Additional non-Java programming background (Python, .NET, ideally Go)
- Maven and/or Gradle experience

For Spain the base salary range for this position is between [EUR 60.000] and [EUR100.000] (for a full-time role). The specific salary offered considers:

- the requirements, scope, complexity and responsibilities of the role,
- the applicant's own profile including education/qualifications, expertise, specialization, skills and experience.

In addition to your base salary, Swiss Re offers an attractive performance-based variable compensation component, designed to recognize your achievements. Further you will enjoy a variety of general and location specific benefits.

Eligibility may vary depending on the terms of Swiss Re policies and your employment contract.

📌 Lead AI Architect (Madrid)
🏢 Swiss Re
📍 Madrid