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Principal Technical Architect - FT Specialist and Community

Financial Times · Sofia

Posted 22 days ago

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Is this posting real?

This role has been open
22 days
Financial Times's roles stay open a median of 43 days
Reposted
No
Salary listed
No
11% of Financial Times's roles list one
Ghost-job risk at Financial Times
high
16 stale, 6 reposted of 38 open
Hiring momentum
84 roles opened in the last 90 days
↑ up vs. the prior 90 days
Last confirmed on the employer's board
2026-09-17

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About this role

The Principal Technical Architect will lead the architectural direction for applications and integrations within the FT Specialist and Community, ensuring alignment with the broader Technology Strategy. This role involves defining standards, simplifying the technology ecosystem, and providing technical leadership across engineering teams. The successful candidate will also focus on modernizing legacy systems and preparing platforms for AI-enabled products.

Our read on this posting3.8out of 5
benefits
5/5
freshness
4/5
career value
5/5
role clarity
5/5
pay transparency
0/5

Scored from the posting itself — how clearly the role is described, how much it says about pay and benefits, and how recently it was listed. Not a judgement of Financial Times as an employer.

What you need

  • Demonstrable experience in a senior technical architecture role responsible for defining and governing cloud-native applications at scale
  • Deep technical knowledge of public cloud environments (AWS preferred)
  • Experience with cloud services for data storage, streaming, processing, and metadata management
  • Strong grounding in software modelling, data integration, and metadata management
  • Experience communicating architecture using approaches such as C4, ArchiMate, UML, or Architecture Decision Records (ADRs)
  • Solid experience in integration and domain architecture

Nice to have

  • Background in software engineering, data engineering, and information architecture
  • Experience with publishing and data products
  • Experience implementing federated or domain-oriented software models
  • Knowledge of modern data storage technologies
  • Experience with supplier management

What you get

  • Annual bonus scheme
  • 25 days paid leave
  • 24/7 Employee Assistance Program
  • Life Insurance
  • Enhanced Parental Leave policy
  • Food Allowance

Worth weighing

  • The role does not have direct line management responsibilities, focusing instead on individual contribution
  • The position requires working onsite 50% of the time, which may limit flexibility for some candidates

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Listed by Financial Times on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-09-17. PitchMeAI is not the employer.

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