Senior IT Solution Architect (Trading & Settlement Systems)

Location: Leipzig, Germany; hybrid working culture with flexible working time arrangements and remote-work options.

Company

hirify.global’s EEX Group operates mission-critical systems supporting European energy and commodity trading.

What you will do

• Steer target architectures, long-term roadmaps, and architectural decisions for three trading and settlement applications.
• Support legacy-to-successor data-flow transitions, architectural upgrades, refactoring, and technical-debt reduction.
• Improve high-throughput and high-availability capabilities for peak loads and continuously enhance system performance.
• Monitor vulnerabilities, enforce SLA-based remediation, and support risk assessments and penetration testing.
• Ensure solution designs comply with hirify.global Group information-security frameworks and regulatory requirements, especially DORA.
• Guide development teams, evaluate technologies and frameworks, and collaborate with product, architecture, operations, management, and external providers.

Requirements

• Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or equivalent practical experience as a Solution Architect, Lead Architect, or Senior Systems Engineer.
• Expertise in event-driven architecture, API design, IAM/IDP integrations, and modern data-streaming and batch-processing approaches.
• Experience decoupling legacy architectures and implementing architectural upgrades.
• Experience with high-availability and mission-critical enterprise environments.
• Collaborative mindset and strong communication skills for working with executive stakeholders and technical teams.
• Fluent spoken and written English required. German is an advantage.

Nice to have

• Hands-on experience designing CI/CD pipelines and automated testing strategies.
• Experience steering complex products with frequent release cycles.
• Experience guiding and reviewing external IT service providers and software development teams against internal architecture standards.
• Experience with enterprise IT security, vulnerability management, and regulatory frameworks such as DORA, ISO 27001, BSI, BaFin, and ISRM requirements.
• Domain knowledge in energy trading, financial derivatives, clearing, or exchange interfaces.
• Industry certifications in enterprise or solution architecture.

Culture & Benefits

• Hybrid work with flexible working-time arrangements and remote-work options.
• Ownership and direct impact on mission-critical tools in European energy and commodity trading.
• Structured learning, professional certification support, mentorship, and career development paths across EEX Group and hirify.global Group.
• International exchange mindset with collaboration, corporate events, team building, off-sites, and holiday celebrations.
• Attractive salary package, benefits, and a long-term perspective in a growing energy industry.