Architect IT

At Pretius, we are looking for an IT Architect to lead an incremental system transformation toward a more modular, microservice-oriented architecture.

We are working with a system that has evolved over many years and has become increasingly difficult to change and scale. It currently consists of a monolith supported by several services, shared database schemas, and tightly coupled processes.

The architectural transformation is already aligned and supported at the leadership level and is being driven top-down across the project. This role is expected to shape and execute that direction in close collaboration with engineering teams, turning strategy into concrete, working solutions.

This is not a slide-driven or purely advisory role. It is a role for someone who enjoys practical, deep technical work: diagnosing problems, defining guardrails, reshaping boundaries, stabilizing long-running processes, and improving integrations step by step.

Project / Role

• Analyze existing business flows (users, orders, devices, vouchers) and identify meaningful domain boundaries

• Design and implement an event-driven approach, including outbox patterns, idempotency, and sagas/compensation mechanisms

• Move external integrations into a dedicated integration / anti-corruption layer (inbound and outbound)

• Gradually decouple the system from a shared database model (data ownership → separation)

• Improve observability across the system (tracing, correlation, metrics, structured logging)

• Work closely with engineering teams through code reviews, pairing, and architectural decision records (ADRs)

Requirements

• 8+ years of experience in IT, including at least 3 years in an architect role

• Proven experience modernizing legacy or monolithic systems in production environments

• Practical knowledge of designing long-running, distributed processes (sagas, compensations)

• Knowledge of architecture management tools and methods (TOGAF, ArchiMate, C4, UML)

• Hands-on experience with event-driven architectures (Kafka, RabbitMQ, or similar)

• Ability to design solutions in cloud environments (AWS experience is a plus)

• A pragmatic, delivery-focused mindset: stabilization first, incremental improvements, realistic plans

• Experience in database design and modeling, as well as using tools such as Enterprise Architect and Flowchart Maker & Online Diagram Software

• Experience in developing systems built with Java technology

• Willingness to commit long-term and take ownership

Nice to Have

• Practical experience with DDD and Bounded Contexts (beyond theory)

• Experience with BPMN or workflow engines (Camunda, Zeebe, Temporal, etc.)

• Background in database separation and data migration strategies

The culture is straightforward and non-corporate. There’s space for a normal atmosphere and a sense of humor, and when it’s time to work, people focus and deliver. No theatre, no buzzwords — just people who care about doing solid engineering.

What do we offer at Pretius?

• We focus on long- term relationships based on fair principles and reliability

• Co-financing of the Multisport card and Medicover private healthcare

• Modern office available

• Team bonding activities, internal courses, conferences, certifications