Senior IT Architect, Cards Domain

Job ID: 30455

Would you like to join a team delivering competitive card products for everyday spending to our customers? 

At Nordea, we are at the forefront of a technology-driven revolution in banking, committed to evolving alongside our customers' changing needs. By fostering an agile and inspiring environment, we empower you to bring your unique skills, ideas, and perspectives. As one of the largest IT employers in the Nordic region, we offer a wealth of opportunities to collaborate with international teams and drive impactful change. Join us in shaping the future of Cards business, where your contributions can truly make a difference and help you grow within something bigger.   

About this opportunity

We are looking for a Solution Architect to the Cards Domain responsible for crafting solutions that align with the Nordea Group Architecture guidelines, encompassing vision, target, and transitional architecture. Your focus will be on developing solutions that satisfy business needs while considering existing constraints and identifying dependencies and risks, along with recommending corrective measures. 

With us, you’ll be in good company, with a chance to make your mark on something bigger. 

What you’ll be doing:

• Creating a unified technical and architectural vision for the solutions developed by the Agile Release Train
• Designing solutions compliant with the guidelines of Nordea Group Architecture: vision, target and transitional architecture. Collaborating with Agile Teams to refine the emerging solution design and validate technical assumptions
• Determining the essential infrastructure and technology requirements for the ART backlog
• Designing solutions that meet business requirements and take into account the existing limitations
• Identifying dependencies and risk and proposing remedial actions
• Cooperation and support for development teams
• Modelling architecture and creating architectural documentation in BPMN and UML: context diagram, flow diagrams, implementation diagrams, component model, class model, requirements

This position is based in Poland (Gdansk, Gdynia, Warsaw) or Finland (Helsinki).

Who you are

Collaboration. Ownership. Passion. Courage. These are the values that guide us in being at our best – and that we imagine you share with us.  

To succeed in this role, we believe that you have:

• Integration knowledge
• Knowledge of microservices and micro-applications
• Communication with suppliers and development teams
• Experience working in agile methodology (SAFe)
• Holistic thinking combined with detailed analysis
• General knowledge of java at the level that allows communication with development teams. Knowing about Angular, React is also useful
• General knowledge of IBM Mainframe and legacy systems is welcome

Personal skills:

• Strong leadership and delivery orientation
• Communication and interpersonal skills
• Continuous sharing of knowledge, experience and information

Your experience and background:  

• Experience working as an architect on large projects in international organizations
• Analysis and design of flows and integration
• Analysis of the existing state and solutions
• Analysis and management of dependencies
• Experience in banking is welcome

Business domain experience from one or more of the following areas is an advantage:

• Card Management Systems
• Transaction and Payments Processing
• Card and ATM Networks
• Loyalty Programmes
• Data Management
• Security, GDPR and PCI compliance

If this sounds like you, get in touch!

Next steps 

Submit your application no later than 15/12/2025.

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