Transversal TechLead — Coface Business Information

Must-Have

• Experience : 10+ Years
• Full-stack : infrastructure, data, microservices, and front-end.
• Designing APIs, web platforms, and mobile applications for credit, insurance, or compliance domains.
• Data strategy, integration, orchestration, and governance.
• Experience designing and scaling data-intensive applications; experience in the B2B data domain is a strong advantage.
• Rules engine design and implementation.
• Infrastructure migration and modernization (on-premises to cloud).
• Agile team leadership and outsourced development coordination.
• Operating in regulated environments (e.g., financial services, insurance).
• Security architecture, compliance, and incident management.

Nice-to-Have

• Experience with AI/ML platform architecture and data pipelines for AI workloads.
• Experience in the credit insurance or trade finance domain.
• Familiarity with Coface's product ecosystem and competitive landscape.

Technical Skills

• BackEnd technologies : JAVA, Spring Boot
• FrontEnd technologies : Angular
• Database : Oracle, PostgreSQL, MS SQLserver, Redis
• Authentication : KeyClaok
• Cloud services : AWS
• Workflow Orchestration : Temporal
• Platform experience analytics : ContentSquare
• Architecture components and integration patterns (REST, GraphQL, gRPC, event-driven, ESB).
• Modeling languages: UML, ArchiMate, C4 model.
• ITIL, TOGAF, SAFe, or COBIT governance frameworks.
• DevOps and CI/CD methodologies (Jenkins, GitLab CI, Azure DevOps).
• Network and security architecture principles (Zero Trust, WAF, API Gateways).
• Containerization and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes, Helm).
• API gateways (Spring Cloud Gateway), event-driven architecture (Kafka, RabbitMQ), and serverless computing.
• Observability stacks (Instana, Kibana, ELK, Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog, or equivalent).
• Data platforms and data-centric application design (data lakes, data mesh, lakehouse).

Soft Skills & Leadership

• Excellent interpersonal, facilitation, and stakeholder engagement skills.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities.
• Strategic leadership and innovation mindset.
• Ability to align IT strategy with business transformation goals.
• Adaptability in hybrid and remote work environments.
• Ability to coach and mentor technical teams.
• Strong written and oral communication — ability to present architecture decisions to both technical and executive audiences.

Language Requirements

• Fluent in English (written and spoken) — required.
• French is a plus (daily collaboration with Paris-based teams).
• Romanian is a plus (coordination with the Coface development center in Romania).

Education & Certifications

Must-Have

• Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent professional experience).

Nice-to-Have

• Agile certifications (SAFe Architect, Scrum Master, or equivalent).
• Cybersecurity certifications (CISSP, CISM, or equivalent).
• TOGAF certification.

Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)

Success in this role will be measured against the following indicators:

• Architecture compliance rate across projects (target: >90%).
• Reduction of identified technical debt items year-on-year.
• Successful POC-to-production conversion rate.
• Time-to-market improvement for new platform features.
• SLA adherence for platform availability and performance (uptime, latency).
• Quality and coverage of architecture documentation (ADRs, Confluence).