About our team

We are the ones reinventing banking every day through digitization solutions, financial education, and sustainable financing. Annually, 1 in 5 Romanians buys a home using BCR's services and products, and 1 in 6 Romanians accesses personal loans for personal needs.

We are recognized as the best employer in banking according to "undelucram.ro" platform in 2023, and we hold the Guinness World Record for “The Largest Financial Literacy Lesson”.

How you will contribute

• Design architecture solutions for the IT systems complying with the IT architecture and technology standards of BCR; Act as a technical lead for design, build and approve the target architecture of the bank on various financial domains or platforms;
• Ensures the cross-alignment between IT divisions regarding the architecture solutions proposed and the evolution of the architecture of IT systems in BCR;
• Plays the role of Project Technical Lead for complex solutions (inside a value stream, projects or during RFI / RFP period), ensures continuous and collaborative support to technical analysts including the delivery of the solution’s Building Permit;
• Direct involvement in design, implementation and delivery software products acting as a member in a value stream (laboratory) or project member or by actively participating to design, implement and delivery transversal software components (reusable components);
• Performs the technical evaluation of projects and technical solutions and checks the compliance with the architectural principles agreed in BCR IT Strategy. When needed, defines recommendations for changing them or requires the definition of alternative solutions.
• Act all the time as a consultant in relationship between IT division and business division (IT’s clients);
• Solution definition;
• Provides advice and upstream support to ensure the right scoping of Business Requirements during high level concept design of IT solutions;
• Ensures the market intelligence about technology trends and the assessment of how they fit with BCR specific architecture and business requirements;
• Communicate with business stakeholders about agile processes to set and manage expectations about delivery methods and timelines.

What will help you be successful

• 10+ years of experience in IT (minimal 2+ years in banking / financial market);
• 3+ years of experience on a Solution or Enterprise Architect position (or similar one);
• Knowledge about banking and banking products;
• Economic and financial knowledge (desired);
• Understanding and knowledge of Investment products and Capital Market industry processes
• Good overview of platforms landscape which support Capital Market industry
• Solid IT technology knowledge and of IT architecture standards and methodology frameworks (TOGAF);
• Understanding of IT technology trends;
• Solid knowledge of banking IT applications
• Expertise in Spring Boot 2.7.x, Java 8/17;
• Experience with the following: microservices, RESTful APIs, relational databases (PostgreSQL, Oracle), RabbitMQ, Oracle AQ, Maven, Git, code refactoring, design patterns, domain driven design, continuous deployment;
• Experience with the following: code refactoring, design patterns, behavior-driven development, domain driven design, continuous deployment, highly scalable applications, application security, pair programming, continuous integration, test-driven development & incremental design, Linux;
• Preferably experience with OpenShift, AWS, GitLab, NoSQL data stores, ElasticSearch, Shell, Ansible, testing frameworks;
• Experience on cloud environments (Azure or AWS).

Sounds like you'd be a good fit? Well, check out what we provide for our passionate people

• Monthly budget for flexible benefits through the Benefit Online platform;
• Performance-based bonus;
• Banking facilities, benefits for private pension and discounts on insurance policies;
• Gifts for special occasions;
• Private medical services for you and your family;
• Hybrid and flexible work schedule;
• Up to 27 vacation days depending on your professional experience;
• Extra 7 days off per year if you have used up your vacation days;
• One day off for your birthday;
• Wellbeing, personal and professional development programs, and platforms that allow you to learn anytime, anywhere, and from any device;
• Subscription to Bookster.