Solution Architect Core Banking & Payments -- Digital Euro Pilot (f/m/d)

ID: 10305

Our client is one of Austria's leading corporate and investment banks with a presence in 11 Central and Eastern European markets. With approximately 42,000 employees and 18.6 million customers, the company ranks among the largest banking groups in the region.

Vienna 4 Days a Week Hybrid 2/3 days remote / week

Must haves

  • Core Banking Systems
  • Payment-Architekturen & ISO 20022
  • SEPA, Instant Payments, Cards, Open Banking, Request-to-Pay, Payment Hubs

Nice to have

  • CBDC / Digital Euro
  • TARGET Services

Wanted Expertise

  • Architect - Software Engineering
  • Architect - Infrastructure

Your Tasks

  • Together with the enterprise architect, define the target architecture for the Digital Euro Pilot; assess local vs. central implementation across RBI Group entities.

  • Design integration patterns between Digital Euro components and Core Banking Systems; define interfaces to payment platforms, settlement, liquidity management, and customer channels.

  • Evaluate Digital Euro vendors and platforms; support build-vs-buy decisions and vendor selection. Facilitate architecture workshops; identify risks, dependencies, and design gaps.

  • Prepare architecture recommendations and management-ready summaries and present them to sponsors/SteerCo; support go/no-go decisions.

  • Deliverables: target architecture, integration blueprint, CBS/payment landscape assessment, decision papers, gap analysis, and roadmap.

Requirements

  • Extensive experience as a Solution or Enterprise Architect with a strong banking/financial services background.

  • Hands-on experience with Core Banking Systems (Temenos, SAP Banking, Finacle, Avaloq, Hogan or similar).

  • Solid understanding of payment architectures and processing, plus deep expertise in ISO 20022 (pain/pacs/camt), SWIFT MT/MX, and cross-border payments.

  • Experience with TARGET Services (T2/TARGET2, TIPS), settlement, liquidity management, and reconciliation.

  • Design of large-scale integration architectures in complex banking environments; strong understanding of API-first, microservices, event-driven integration, and cloud-native.

  • Experience with regulatory and compliance requirements in banking.

  • Experience with CBDC initiatives or Digital Euro projects and ECB Digital Euro concepts is highly preferred.

  • Experience in international multi-entity organizations.

  • Fluent English (mandatory); German and/or CEE languages are an advantage.

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