Solution Architect (m/f/d)*

Munich Re is a global market leader in re-insurance, global specialty insurance and digital solutions.  New technologies are disrupting the insurance value chain. Our innovative minds in IT spearhead the transformation and make change happen. We support clients with a comprehensive range of insurance and risk management products. Our goal is to become even more digital through the expertise of our IT & Tech specialists, and by leveraging data and insights to support innovation and client service. We are therefore making targeted IT investments and helping our insurance clients and partners to tackle problems in the modern digital world with innovative and forward-looking solutions.

This role will be part of the Investment & Asset Management Tower for Group Technology (IT1.19), responsible for ensuring the availability, reliability, and maintenance of all investment and asset management systems, applications, and platforms. The Tower manages the seamless transition of new systems or projects to steady-state operations and takes ownership of key business relationships, providing accurate metrics on uptime, issues, and resolutions.

As an IT Solution Architect within our Big Data, Analytics, and AI unit, you will play a key role in shaping the architecture of advanced data-driven solutions. You will translate business requirements into robust system and technology architectures that align with our enterprise standards, support scalable data ecosystems, and enable innovation in analytics and artificial intelligence.

Your Job

• Map business and functional requirements to detailed system and technical specifications, ensuring alignment with Munich Re enterprise architectural plans.
• Design and implement technology solutions with a strong emphasis on big data platforms, data analytics architectures, and AI/ML ecosystems.
• Create detailed component-level specifications and translate them into implementation-ready designs.
• Maximize the return on technology investments by evaluating emerging technologies (e.g. realtime data ingestion, data lakehouses, MLOps, real-time analytics, generative AI) and advising on adoption strategies.
• Balance functional requirements with service quality, data integrity, operational resilience, and systems management needs.
• Achieve the balance between functional, service quality and systems management requirements.
• Collaborate closely with data engineers, data scientists, and analysts to ensure solution designs support advanced analytics and AI-driven business use cases.
• Act as a trusted technology advisor for both business and IT counterparts.

Your Profile

Education & Background

• University degree in Computer Engineering, IT, or a comparable field (preferred).
• 4+ years of experience delivering IT solutions in the financial services industry.
• Hands-on experience as an application developer is an advantage.

Core Technical Skills (Mandatory)

• Big Data & Analytics Stack: Databricks, PySpark, Delta Lake
• Programming & Scripting: Python, Bash
• Cloud & Data Integration: Azure, Azure Data Factory
• DevOps & CI/CD, Git, Docker
• Databases: Oracle / SQL

Architectural & Domain Knowledge

• Strong experience designing solutions in big data ecosystems (e.g., Hadoop, Spark, Kafka, Databricks, Snowflake) and building complex data pipelines.
• Deep understanding of analytics architectures, including BI platforms, data modeling, integration frameworks, and streaming architectures.
• Solid knowledge of AI and MLOps platforms (model deployment, training pipelines, feature stores, monitoring).
• Proven understanding of enterprise architecture frameworks (e.g., TOGAF, cloud architecture standards).

Soft Skills

• Excellent communication skills with the ability to translate complex technical concepts into clear, business-oriented language.

Application Instructions

Please apply through our online portal and upload your CV, as well as your academic reference letters, including school certificates, graduation certificates and transcripts of record for any degrees. If applicable, please also submit reference letters from any previous employers or certificates from any other qualifications you may have. We recommend writing a cover letter to tell us more about why the position and Munich Re is of interest to you.

About us

As the world's leading reinsurance company with more than 16,000 employees at over 50 locations, Munich Re introduces a paradigm shift in the way you think about insurance. By turning uncertainty into a manageable risk we enable fundamental change. Join us working on topics today that will concern society tomorrow, whether that be climate change, major construction projects, medical risk assessment or even space travel.  
Together we embrace a culture where multiskilled teams dare to think big. We create the new and the different for our clients and cultivate innovation. 
Sounds like you? Push boundaries with us and be part of Munich Re. 
Our employees are our greatest strength. That’s why we offer them a wide range of benefits. You can find some examples below. 
 
Unlock your potential

• Diversity, Equity & Inclusion: we embrace the power of differences and are convinced that diversity fosters innovation and resilience and enables us to act braver and better.
• Continuous Learning: we believe that continuous learning is a key differentiator and critical for building new skills and accelerating growth.
• Career Mobility: we actively support career mobility, and our strong global and regional presence offers a wealth of career growth opportunities for you.

Rewards & Recognition

• Competitive salary: appropriate compensation for your high level of commitment.
• Retirement provision: state of the art in-house pension solutions.
• Work-life balance: promoting the compatibility of family and work in addition to overall work-life balance.
• Health management: focus on your physical and mental health far beyond legal requirements. 
• Hybrid working: living the best of both worlds – we offer you a very flexible approach as well as the opportunity to work from abroad on an occasional basis.

* Munich Re not only stands for fairness with regard to its clients; it is also an equal opportunities employer. Severely disabled candidates will also be prioritized, if equally qualified.

Münchener Rückversicherungs-Gesellschaft
Timo Wacke
Talent Acquisition Partner