Architect - FinTech

About Us: At Booking.com, data drives our decisions. Technology is at our core. And innovation is everywhere. But our company is more than datasets, lines of code or A/B tests. We’re the thrill of the first night in a new place. The excitement of the next morning. The friends you encounter. The journeys you take. The sights you see. And the memories you make. Through our products, partners and people, we make it easier for everyone to experience the world. Leadership/Team Quote: The role of the Solution Architect is to help shape the architectural vision, strategy & roadmap across the Fintech business unit. The Solution Architect is part of the Fintech Products Architecture team within Fintech that aligns organization strategies with IT operations and ensures the continuity and visibility of the business unit by providing Architecture support. Solution architects within the FPA team help to ensure conformance and compliance with architecture guidelines, standards and practices aligned with company wide business objectives throughout the journey of ongoing projects. They provide a bridge between Enterprise architecture and development teams to ensure that Enterprise architecture is always aligned with implementation and is guided by high level strategy and low level implementation on equal ground. Role Description: The role of an Architect is about providing insights and efficiency to the teams, helping them navigate the complexity of the organization and ensuring that we innovate with new ideas while maintaining a unified vision of where we want to go. To navigate what must be done as intermediate architecture while preserving a target. Key Job Responsibilities and Duties: 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 Qualifications & Skills: 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 Benefits & Perks - Global Impact, Personal Relevance: Booking.com’s Total Rewards Philosophy is not only about compensation but also about benefits. We offer a competitive compensation and benefits package, as well unique-to-Booking.com benefits which include: Annual paid time off and generous paid leave scheme including: parent, grandparent, bereavement, and care leave Hybrid working including flexible working arrangements, and up to 20 days per year working from abroad (home country) Industry leading product discounts - up to 1400 per year - for yourself, including automatic Genius Level 3 status and Booking.com wallet credit Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) at Booking.com: Diversity, Equity & Inclusion have been a core part of our company culture since day one. This ongoing journey starts with our very own employees, who represent over 140 nationalities and a wide range of ethnic and social backgrounds, genders and sexual orientations. Take it from our Chief People Officer, Paulo Pisano: “At Booking.com, the diversity of our people doesn’t just build an outstanding workplace, it also creates a better and more inclusive travel experience for everyone. Inclusion is at the heart of everything we do. It’s a place where you can make your mark and have a real impact in travel and tech.” We ensure that colleagues with disabilities are provided the adjustments and tools they need to participate in the job application and interview process, to perform crucial job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Application Process: This section should provide: Let’s go places together: How we Hire This role does not come with relocation assistance. Booking.com is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status. We strive to move well beyond traditional equal opportunity and work to create an environment that allows everyone to thrive. Key Skills TBC Pre-Employment Screening If your application is successful, your personal data may be used for a pre-employment screening check by a third party as permitted by applicable law. Depending on the vacancy and applicable law, a pre-employment screening may include employment history, education and other information (such as media information) that may be necessary for determining your qualifications and suitability for the position.