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Architect - FinTech

  • Job
    Full-time
    Senior & Expert Level
  • IT & Cybersecurity
    Architecture & Urban Planning
  • Amsterdam

AI generated summary

  • You should gather stakeholder requirements, possess strong analytical skills, design large-scale architecture, enhance patterns, and have experience with public clouds, DDD, and event storming.
  • You will support projects with architectural solutions, validate implementations, lead knowledge sharing, write documentation, manage stakeholders, and reduce complexity in the architecture landscape.

Requirements

  • Experience gathering stakeholder requirements - are a very important part of the deliverables, the needs of the stakeholders will have to be correctly interpreted. This deliverable can also reflect how the product will be designed, developed.
  • Fluent in speaking and writing in English
  • Great analytical and soft skills being able to listen, document and present
  • Being able to design large scale architecture that affect the whole business unit and participate in defining the business unit strategy
  • Ability to enhance existing patterns to make it perfectly fit to our context and define new best
  • Experience with Public Cloud vendors (AWS,GCP,Azure)
  • Experience with DDD and Event Storming workshops
  • Experience executing Architecture Role outside of Booking.com

Responsibilities

  • Play a key role in the Architecture Review Board of the Fintech organization
  • Supporting teams and projects to deliver on time and delivering feasible transition architecture solutions while focusing on the target state architecture on the long term.
  • Validating the theoretical with the implementation to ensure that the environment feedback feeds the theoretical boundaries.
  • Delivering Architectural patterns and knowledge sharing sessions to spread Architecture awareness and good practices
  • Writing Architectural documentation and guidelines and maintaining ownership of specific areas of focus.
  • Reduce complexity and coupling in the architecture landscape
  • Key stakeholder management with relevant stakeholders

FAQs

What is the role of the Architect in the FinTech team at Booking.com?

The Architect plays a key role in shaping the architectural vision, strategy, and roadmap across the FinTech business unit, supporting teams to deliver projects on time and ensuring compliance with architecture guidelines.

What qualifications are required for this Architect position?

Required qualifications include experience in gathering stakeholder requirements, fluency in English, great analytical and soft skills, experience with public cloud vendors (AWS, GCP, Azure), and experience with Domain-Driven Design (DDD) and Event Storming workshops.

Is experience outside of Booking.com valued for this role?

Yes, experience executing an Architecture role outside of Booking.com is valued and considered beneficial.

What does the Architecture Review Board do?

The Architecture Review Board plays a key role in overseeing architectural decisions within the FinTech organization, ensuring that projects align with the overall architectural vision and strategy.

Are there opportunities for knowledge sharing within the FinTech team?

Yes, the position involves delivering architectural patterns and knowledge-sharing sessions to promote awareness and good practices among team members.

What benefits does Booking.com offer to employees in this role?

Benefits include competitive compensation, annual paid time off, generous leave schemes, hybrid working arrangements, flexible working conditions, and product discounts.

How does Booking.com prioritize Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI)?

DEI is a core part of Booking.com’s culture, with ongoing efforts to ensure a diverse workplace that reflects various backgrounds and experiences, creating a more inclusive travel experience.

Is relocation assistance provided for this position?

No, this role does not come with relocation assistance.

How important is stakeholder management for this role?

Stakeholder management is crucial, as understanding and gathering stakeholder requirements is a fundamental aspect of delivering successful architectural solutions.

Does the role involve reducing complexity in the architecture landscape?

Yes, one of the key responsibilities is to reduce complexity and coupling within the architecture landscape to facilitate smoother implementations.

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A career at Booking.com is all about the journey, helping you explore new challenges in a place where you can be your best self. With plenty of exciting twists, turns and opportunities along the way. We’ve always been pioneers, on a mission to shape the future of travel through cutting edge technology, to make it easier for everyone to enjoy amazing experiences wherever they go. Under a desert sky, or in the heart of a bustling city. Discovering the perfect hideaway, or the perfect paella. When you join us, you’ll be part of a community where taking a different path and trying something new is celebrated and supported. And where making a difference counts. We’re determined to make the world of travel more sustainable, more accessible, and more inclusive, to create a positive impact on a global scale. That’s why we’re always looking for people who search for better solutions, the ones eager to stray off the beaten path to find new ways of doing things. Because at Booking.com it’s more than a job, it’s a journey we’re on together.