About the job

SEB is a leading northern European financial services group, and at the same time, one of the largest IT employers in the Nordics. Banking is changing rapidly, and we are proud of our reputation for being entrepreneurial and innovative in the face of change. Our brilliant techies work hard to future proof SEB’s digital architecture and customer products because it genuinely makes a huge impact for our customers and colleagues. Does that sound like a fit for you?

Are you an experienced architect passionate about data products, event-driven architecture, and scalable integration patterns? Do you know how to balance people, processes, and technology at a strategic level—and thrive in a hands-on role, ensuring consistency in how APIs, Kafka events, and Data Products are designed and implemented? If so, we have an exciting opportunity for you!

In this role, you’ll drive architecture and transformation, helping divisions and teams adopt a structured approach to integrations such as APIs, Kafka events, and Data Products. You’ll enable teams, define patterns, and ensure our platforms support their needs—creating a more scalable, predictable, and well-governed ecosystem.

Your work will shape today’s platform strategy and guide its future evolution, ensuring our methodologies grow alongside new data integration challenges.

If you’re excited about working with multi-cloud enterprise architecture while driving alignment across divisions and teams, we’d love to hear from you!

We are an enabler domain, providing best-in-class platforms and architecture patterns for APIs, Events, Event Streaming (Kafka), Data Products, Business Intelligence (BI), and Machine Learning.

As a Senior Solution Architect, your primary mission is to:

Ensure integrations adhere to structured interoperability standards.
Guide other domains and teams in applying the defined architecture in daily development, acting as a trusted advisor to stakeholders in both Business and Technology.
Work closely with other architects.
Coach and mentor solution architects, helping them embed best practices into their designs.
Be passionate about contract-first thinking in integration patterns.

What You Bring:

5+ years in a senior architecture role.
Extensive experience in data integrations and integration patterns.
Strong background in multi-cloud data platforms, with deep expertise in GCP.
Solid understanding of data governance and lifecycle management within a layered architecture framework.
Proven ability to coach and mentor solution architects, driving the adoption of best practices.
Experience with data provisioning and integrating into data governance frameworks.
A strategic mindset, enabling divisions to adopt integration-first methodologies aligned with platform capabilities.

Bonus Points for Experience with:

Previous experience in the financial industry
Familiarity with Data Mesh concepts and adoption
Experience in data modeling
Understanding of ML architecture
Expertise in integration architecture
Hands-on experience in data engineering
Knowledge of DevOps and continuous delivery practices
Familiarity with authentication protocols such as OpenID Connect (OIDC) and OAuth

At SEB, we provide an empowering and inclusive environment where your career journey is uniquely yours. Here’s what you can look forward to:

Opportunities to contribute to SEB’s top-priority initiatives.
A collaborative, friendly, and welcoming culture.
Diverse, international teams in a global working environment.
Competitive compensation with exclusive SEB staff banking benefits.
Agile and modern ways of working.
A modern hybrid work model and state-of-the-art office spaces.

Do you want to be a part of SEB?

It is our fundamental belief that inclusion and diversity is crucial for our future success. We strive to have an inclusive, value-driven culture where employees feel valued, respected, and involved irrespective of who they are, what they believe or where they come from.

We are looking forward to your application by June 15th, 2025.

If you have questions about the position please contact Lars Lindgren, Business Infrastructure, Deputy Domain Architect, lars.lindgren@seb.se.

Please be aware that our final candidates undergo background checks, a process that includes for example identity control, verification of qualifications, credit checks, company engagements and history of crime. In some cases, we also apply random drug checks.

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