Technical Solution Architect

Ciklum is looking for a Technical Solution Architect to join our team full-time in Romania.

We are a custom product engineering company that supports both multinational organizations and scaling startups to solve their most complex business challenges. With a global team of over 4,000 highly skilled developers, consultants, analysts and product owners, we engineer technology that redefines industries and shapes the way people live.

About the role:

As a Technical Solution Architect, become a part of a cross-functional development team engineering experiences of tomorrow. Clientis a leading global payments platform that connects businesses and consumers across 260 payment types in over 40 countries. With over 20 years of experience and an annual transaction volume exceeding $150 billion, Client is a powerhouse in digital wallets (Skrill, NETELLER), eCash solutions, and merchant acquiring. In 2026, Client is undergoing a massive AI transformation. You will be joining the Intelligent Automation & AI Engineering initiative with the goal of replacing manual decision-making workflows with reliable, auditable AI-assisted systems. You will work in an automation COE, collaborating with a centralised AI Platform team, IT, Dev Ops etc. 

Responsibilities:

• Formulate and drive the overarching technical architecture strategy, aligning technology initiatives with core business objectives
• Define, establish, and enforce enterprise architecture standards, engineering principles, and governance frameworks across engineering teams
• Spearhead emerging technology research and R&D initiatives to evaluate new tools, frameworks, and trends for business integration
• Cultivate and scale shared skills, technical competencies, and engineering best practices across cross-functional tech organizations
• Establish continuous improvement programs to optimize engineering performance, code quality, and system scalability
• Oversee the development, maintenance, and adoption of centralized internal libraries, common components, and shared services
• Design, standardize, and champion robust deployment patterns, CI/CD practices, and cloud-native operational architectures

Requirements:

• Proven executive or senior-level architectural leadership experience within high-scale enterprise environments (preferably Fintech or Payments)
• Deep technical expertise in enterprise software design, distributed systems, cloud infrastructure, and microservices architecture
• Strong track record of establishing organizational technology governance frameworks and engineering quality standards
• Hands-on experience leading R&D efforts, prototyping emerging tech, and successfully transitioning innovations into production
• Demonstrated ability to mentor engineering teams, foster continuous learning, and elevate collective technical capabilities
• Extensive experience building reusable core libraries, SDKs, and developer-facing platform tooling
• Mastery of modern deployment strategies, infrastructure-as-code, pipeline automation, and high-availability operational architectures
• Exceptional stakeholder management, communication, and strategic visioning skills to bridge business and engineering priorities

What’s in it for you?

• Strong community: Work alongside top professionals in a friendly, open-door environment
• Growth focus: Take on large-scale projects with a global impact and expand your expertise
• Tailored learning: Boost your skills with internal events (meetups, conferences, workshops), Udemy access, language courses, and company-paid certifications
• Endless opportunities: Explore diverse domains through internal mobility, finding the best fit to gain hands-on experience with cutting-edge technologies
• Enjoy radical flexibility – work remotely or from an office, your choice
• Care: Medical subscription to Regina Maria, meal tickets of 40 ron net/day worked

About us:

At Ciklum, we are always exploring innovations, empowering each other to achieve more, and engineering solutions that matter. With us, you’ll work with cutting-edge technologies, contribute to impactful projects, and be part of a One Team culture that values collaboration and progress.

In Romania, we welcome top-tier tech talent — whether from our Bucharest office or fully remotely. Tap into deep industry knowledge, grow your career, and make an impact in an empowering environment.

Explore, empower, engineer with Ciklum!

Interested already? We would love to get to know you! Submit your application. We can’t wait to see you at Ciklum.

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