Camunda Architect - London,UK

Job title: Camunda Architect

About the Job you are considering:

We are looking for an experienced Camunda Architect with strong Java and Spring Boot expertise to design, build, and scale enterprise workflow and business process automation solutions. You will own end-to-end solution architecture for Camunda 7 and/or Camunda 8 (Zeebe) deployments - from BPMN/DMN modelling standards through microservices integration, performance, and production operability - while working hands-on with Java, Spring Boot, and REST/event-driven services. This role blends architectural ownership with hands-on delivery: you'll set technical direction, guide engineering teams, and remain close enough to the code to unblock complex integration and performance problems yourself

Hybrid working:

The places that you work from day to day will vary according to your role, your needs, and those of the business; it will be a blend of Company offices, client sites, and your home; noting that you will be unable to work at home 100% of the time.

Your Role:

The Camunda Architect will be responsible for designing governing and evolving the enterprise wide Camunda workflow and process orchestration platform This role requires deep expertise in Camunda BPM platform engineering integration patterns and scalable architecture practices The architect will partner with engineering product and enterprise teams to ensure a robust secure and efficient automation platform

Your Skills:

• Own end-to-end architecture for Camunda-based workflow platforms, including engine selection/version strategy (Camunda 7 vs. 8), deployment topology, and integration patterns.
• Define reference architectures for process orchestration, event-driven integration, and microservices communication (REST, Kafka, RabbitMQ) built on Java and Spring Boot.
• Design for non-functional requirements - scalability, resilience, security, observability - across development, QA, and production environments.
• Lead migration and modernization initiatives (e.g., legacy BPM platforms to Camunda, Camunda 7 to Camunda 8) including in-flight process instance strategy and cutover planning.

  BPMN/DMN Modelling & Engineering Standards

• Establish and govern modelling standards for BPMN processes, DMN decision tables, and form schemas to ensure reusability, maintainability, and business alignment.
• Define best practices for long-running processes, external tasks/job workers, retries, compensation, versioning, and message correlation.
• Review process models and Java/Spring Boot service code for architectural consistency, performance, and adherence to standards.
• Hands-On Development & Integration
• Build and maintain Java/Spring Boot microservices, external task workers, and job workers that integrate Camunda with enterprise systems and third-party APIs.
• Design and implement RESTful APIs and event-driven integrations (Kafka/RabbitMQ) supporting orchestration workflows.

We are a Disability Confident Employer:

• Capgemini is proud to be a Disability Confident Employer (Level 2) under the UK Government’s Disability Confident scheme. As part of our commitment to inclusive recruitment, we will offer an interview to all candidates who:
• Declare they have a disability, and
• Meet the minimum essential criteria for the role.
• Please opt in during the application process.

Make It Real (what does it mean for you):

• You’d be joining an accredited Great Place to work for Wellbeing in 2024. Employee wellbeing is vitally important to us as an organisation. We see a healthy and happy workforce a critical component for us to achieve our organisational ambitions.

  To help support wellbeing we have trained ‘Mental Health Champions’ across each of our business areas, and we have invested in wellbeing apps such as Thrive and Peppy.

• You will be empowered to explore, innovate, and progress. You will benefit from Capgemini’s ‘learning for life’ mindset, meaning you will have countless training and development opportunities from thinktanks to hackathons, and access to 250,000 courses with numerous external certifications from AWS, Microsoft, Harvard ManageMentor, Cybersecurity qualifications and much more.
• You will be joining one of the World’s Most Ethical Companies®, as recognised by Ethisphere® for 13 consecutive years. We live our values by making ethical business choices every day. Working ethically is at the centre of our culture at Capgemini, meaning you will be helping to create a future we can all be proud of.

Why you should consider Capgemini:

Growing clients’ businesses while building a more sustainable, more inclusive future is a tough ask. When you join Capgemini, you’ll join a thriving company and become part of a collective of free-thinkers, entrepreneurs and industry experts. We find new ways technology can help us reimagine what’s possible. It’s why, together, we seek out opportunities that will transform the world’s leading businesses, and it’s how you’ll gain the experiences and connections you need to shape your future. By learning from each other every day, sharing knowledge, and always pushing yourself to do better, you’ll build the skills you want. You’ll use your skills to help our clients leverage technology to innovate and grow their business. So, it might not always be easy, but making the world a better place rarely is.

About Capgemini:

Capgemini is an AI-powered global business and technology transformation partner, delivering tangible business value. We imagine the future of organisations and make it real with AI, technology and people. With our strong heritage of nearly 60 years, we are a responsible and diverse group of 420,000 team members in more than 50 countries. We deliver end-to-end services and solutions with our deep industry expertise and strong partner ecosystem, leveraging our capabilities across strategy, technology, design, engineering and business operations. The Group reported 2024 global revenues of €22.1 billion.

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