Applications & Technology Architect – based in Luxembourg

This position is based at our Luxembourg headquarters and requires regular office presence. The EIB offers you the opportunity to live and work in a truly international and multi-cultural environment. We also offer relocation support.

The EIB, the European Union's bank, is seeking to recruit for Information Systems Directorate (IS), Enterprise Architecture Unit (EA), at its headquarters in Luxembourg, a (Senior) Applications & Technology Architect*.

This is a full-time position at grade 5/6 for which the EIB offers a permanent contract.

Internal benchmark: (Senior) Engineer IT Technology & Infrastructure

Panel interviews are foreseen as from June 2025

Purpose

Are you driven by the challenge of designing high-level application architectures that empower businesses to thrive?

Do you excel at integrating complex solutions, drawing from diverse technology stacks, and leading innovation from concept to execution?

We're looking for a visionary architect, someone who understands that every design choice impacts the future of business operations and recognizes the power of thoughtful architecture in shaping digital transformation.

In this role, you'll take the lead in defining and managing our application and technology architecture. You'll plan the structure of new systems, oversee implementation, collaborate closely with key stakeholders, and champion architectural awareness across the organization.

Ready to make a lasting impact? Join us and help shape the future.

Operating Network

The role of the Enterprise Architecture Unit is to support the EIB Group to convert traditional businesses and ways of working to digital ones, using the potential of modern technologies and data. The aim is to establish a comprehensive business transformation strategy, synchronised with operational imperatives, and aligned with the overarching Digital strategy and vision. It ensures alignment in the strategic transformation journey while maintaining a consistent architecture.

It facilitates the discussions between the Value Chains (VC) and platforms and support and monitor the Value Chains in their business processes optimisation, the delivery of solutions and activation of innovation.

In this position, you would report directly to the Head of Unit.

Accountabilities

• Lead application & technology architecture practice. You won't just follow the trends; you'll set them. Share your vision and make a mark across the board by establishing cutting-edge principles, standards, and guidelines.
• Design Tomorrow's Solutions, Today. Dive into the heart of our operations, joining forces with our elite Solution Architects and Delivery teams. Your collaborative spirit and foresight will help sculpt the enterprise's future, ensuring our architectural efforts are not just current but pioneering.
• Navigate details across various layers, encompassing business, application, technology, data, operations, and security, the architect will exhibit exceptional proficiency in guiding the development of comprehensive, forward-looking solutions.
• Maintain the architectural body of knowledge by documenting the architectural designs in place and manage the initiatives (knowledge repository that encompass any relevant matter linked to architecture such as prioritisation, feedbacks problems or new ideas and guides architectural development)
• Turn Opportunities into innovations, with a keen eye for optimization, you'll continually enhance our application and technology landscape.
• Ensure the alignment between Application Architecture practices with markets standards and best practices, including relevant monitoring activities
  Work closely with senior leaders, transforming business needs into technological solutions, building architectural bridges that enhance our journey from aspiration to reality.

Qualifications

• University degree (minimum an equivalent to a Bachelor) preferably in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field.
• At least 5 years of relevant professional experience as an Enterprise/ Technology/ Application Architect or similar role, with a track record of successfully delivering complex application projects
• In-depth knowledge of application architecture principles, design patterns, and integration techniques
• Expertise in multiple technology stacks, languages, and frameworks commonly used in application development
• Understanding of data architecture, including database design, data modeling, and data integration
• Experience in designing solutions that encompass application, integration, data, and business layers, fostering a unified and coherent ecosystem, preferably in Cloud environment
  Excellent knowledge of English and/or French (**), with a good command of the other. Knowledge of other EU languages would be an advantage.

Competencies

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To find out more about our eligibility criteria

(**) Unless stated explicitly as a required qualification, a good command of French is not a pre-requisite for hire. As both English and French are however official working languages of the EIB, proficiency in both languages is a pre-requisite for your future career development. Any language clause in your contract must be fulfilled in order for you to be eligible for a promotion (either via the annual appraisal cycle or via an internal selection process). Proficiency is understood to mean the attainment of level 5 of the Inter Institutional language courses, corresponding to B1.2 of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFRL). The Bank offers appropriate training support.

We hire and value talent with unique characteristics, creating a work environment where they can be themselves. We believe that Diversity, Equity and Inclusion makes us a performing and innovative organisation. We encourage all suitably qualified and eligible candidates to apply regardless of their gender identity/expression, age, racial, ethnic and cultural background, religion and beliefs, sexual orientation, disability or neurodiversity.

We strongly invite applicants with a disability, neurodivergent profile or chronic condition to request reasonable accommodations at any stage during the recruitment process. Please contact the EIB Recruitment team who will ensure that your request is handled.

By applying for this position, you acknowledge the importance of maintaining the security and integrity of the Information of the EIB Group. In case of selection for the position you agree to comply with all measures (policies, controls, document classification and management) implemented by the EIB Group to prevent unauthorised disclosure of any information or any damage to the EIB Group reputation.

This is an open campaign to consecutively fill open position. The campaign will remain open until position is filled. Applications will be reviewed in order of receipt.