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
Measured from postings appearing on and disappearing from Financial Times's own greenhouse board since 2026-08-03. Full hiring picture for Financial Times.
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.
- 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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