Software and Solution Architect

Join EQT Tech’s Architectural function, where you’ll play a critical role in future-proofing and scaling one of our cross-functional value streams—Fintech.

This is a unique opportunity to design and drive the technology supporting our financial operations — ensuring seamless integrations, efficiency, and innovation. If you're a strategic thinker with a strong technical foundation and a passion for designing scalable systems, we’d love to hear from you.

About the Tech Team – Fintech Value Stream

The Fintech Value Stream strives to improve and automate key financial processes to deliver a best-in-class experience for a broad range of business domains. We’re a cross-functional team collaborating closely with stakeholders across EQT to ensure data and technology strategically support business outcomes. Our team includes tech leads, data professionals, product managers and architects who together shape the future of finance operations through scalable, data-driven solutions.

What you’ll do

As a Software and Solution Architect, you will play a key role in shaping EQT’s technical landscape within the Fintech Value Stream. Your primary responsibility will be to collaborate with Tech Leads, Engineers, and external partners to design and implement solutions that drive efficiency and scalability across EQT’s investment technology.

Beyond your work in the Fintech Value Stream, you'll also collaborate closely with peers in the Architecture function to shape EQT Tech's long-term architectural direction, ensuring consistency, reusability, and strategic alignment across value streams.

Key Responsibilities

Partner with tech leads and engineers to support the Fintech Value Stream in new projects & initiatives, engaging in technical discussions with both third-party service providers and internal teams to ensure a structured approach to solution development

Assess the current architecture, team capabilities, and resource allocation to determine the best approach for future implementations

Develop new architectural solutions and enhance existing ones to ensure they are harmonized, scalable, and efficient for all of EQT

Establish technical standards, best practices, and improved ways of working across EQT’s Tech teams

Collaborate with other Value Streams (Investment & Client) and Platform Teams to define interfaces, ownership, and capabilities within the Fintech domain

Design system integrations, ensuring seamless connectivity between internal systems, new external systems, and vendors

Work closely with the Head of Architecture and the Head of Fintech, supporting key strategic initiatives

Who are you?

We’re looking for an experienced Software and Solution Architect with a strong technical foundation and a strategic mindset. You should have a passion for problem-solving, system design, and technical leadership. You likely have 8–12 years of experience across software engineering and architecture, including time spent designing systems in regulated or data-sensitive environments.

Desired Skills & Experience

Strong software engineering background, with hands-on experience designing and maintaining complex, high-availability systems that handle sensitive data

Strong understanding of system integrations, APIs, and data architectures

Proven ability to drive implementation from initial requirements to high-level solution design and progress tracking

Strong leadership and coaching skills, with the confidence to take a firm stance in technical discussions

Excellent communication skills, able to engage effectively with key stakeholders and external partners

Proactive mindset, with a desire to learn, adapt, and drive continuous improvement

Curiosity about applying AI and advanced analytics to drive business value and innovation

Nice-to-haves

Hands-on experience with modern data stacks and frameworks (e.g., dbt, Snowflake, SQL, Fivetran)

Familiarity with financial systems such as Netsuite, Kyriba, Hazeltree, MRI, or Aaro, and BI tools like PowerBI or Hex

What We Offer

A fast-paced and dynamic work environment at a leading global investment firm

The opportunity to work with cutting-edge technology and develop the future of EQT’s financial tools

A collaborative and inclusive company culture where innovation is encouraged

Regular hackathons, workshops, and learning opportunities to develop new skills

Competitive compensation and benefits package

A vibrant office environment in Fabryka Norblina, Warsaw

Inclusion at EQT

Our vision for EQT employees is to build high performing & engaged teams. Our competitive edge comes from fostering an environment where every individual feels valued, empowered, and motivated to drive business impact. Our commitment to inclusion is not just about fairness; We understand and believe that being a great place to work drives the best performance.At EQT, inclusion is a business imperative and it's embedded into our talent strategy, decision-making, and culture to ensure that every individual and team operates at their full potential. By doing so, we unlock better collaboration, stronger innovation, and superior investment outcomes.

About EQT

EQT is a purpose-driven global investment organization focused on active ownership strategies. With a Nordic heritage and a global mindset, EQT has a track record of over three decades of developing companies across multiple geographies, sectors and strategies. EQT has investment strategies covering all phases of a business’ development, from start-up to maturity. EQT has EUR ‌​​270 billion in total assets under management (EUR ‌​​‌141 billion in fee-generating assets under management), within two business segments – Private Capital and Real Assets.

With its roots in the Wallenberg family’s entrepreneurial mindset and philosophy of long-term ownership, EQT is guided by a set of strong values and a distinct corporate culture. EQT manages and advises funds and vehicles that invest across the world with the mission to future-proof companies, generate attractive returns and make a positive impact with everything EQT does. EQT has offices in more than 25 countries across Europe, Asia and the Americas and has more than 1,900 employees.

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