Camunda Architect / Lead Architect (Camunda 8 Preferred)

Overview

Location: London, UK
Work Model: Hybrid
Employment Type: Full-time / Fixed Term Contract
Seniority: Senior / Lead

We are seeking an experienced Camunda Architect to lead the design, architecture, and implementation of enterprise-grade workflow and process orchestration solutions . This role is responsible for defining architecture standards, guiding engineering teams, and ensuring scalable, secure, resilient, and maintainable process automation solutions using Camunda , with a strong preference for Camunda 8 .

The successful candidate will act as the technical authority for workflow orchestration and will work closely with stakeholders, solution architects, developers, and DevOps teams to deliver high-impact automation solutions aligned to business and engineering objectives. Candidates with strong Camunda 7 experience may also be considered, provided they can clearly demonstrate an understanding of:

• the differences between Camunda 7 and Camunda 8
• the trade-offs between the two platforms
• when each is most appropriate
• readiness to work in a Camunda 8-led environment

Key Responsibilities

Architecture & Solution Design

• Define and own the end-to-end architecture for Camunda-based workflow and process orchestration solutions
• Lead the design of scalable, resilient, and cloud-native workflow architectures using Camunda / Zeebe
• Establish architecture standards and best practices for:
• BPMN
• DMN
• workflow orchestration
• process governance
• versioning and lifecycle management
• Translate complex business processes into robust and maintainable technical solutions

Platform, Integration & Engineering

• Architect integrations with microservices, APIs, and event/messaging platforms
• Design for scalability, fault tolerance, performance, and operational resilience
• Guide deployment strategy across Camunda SaaS and self-managed models
• Collaborate with engineering and DevOps teams on:
• CI/CD pipelines
• containerised deployments
• Kubernetes-based environments
• observability and platform monitoring

Technical Leadership

• Provide technical leadership and architectural guidance across engineering teams and delivery squads
• Mentor engineers and support the uplift of workflow orchestration capability across the organisation
• Evaluate tools, patterns, and frameworks to improve process automation capability and architectural maturity

Essential

Required Skills & Experience

• Strong experience designing and implementing solutions using Camunda, ideally Camunda 8 / Zeebe
• Camunda 8 Certification strongly preferred
• Deep understanding of:
• BPMN 2.0
• DMN
• workflow orchestration patterns
• Strong software architecture and system design experience
• Strong background in:
• microservices architecture
• event-driven systems
• distributed systems
• Strong backend engineering experience using Java / Spring Boot or equivalent
• Experience working with:
• REST APIs
• Kafka / RabbitMQ / messaging systems
• Docker
• Kubernetes
• cloud-native deployments
• Strong understanding of security, scalability, resilience, and reliability principles
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills
• Ability to balance technical architecture with practical business and delivery outcomes

Preferred / Desirable

Experience with both Camunda 7 and Camunda 8; Camunda SaaS and self-managed deployments at scale; exposure to cloud platforms such as:

• AWS
• Azure
• GCP
• Observability tooling such as:
• Prometheus
• Grafana
• OpenTelemetry
• Experience with:
• enterprise integration patterns
• API management
• workflow/task UI localisation
• Experience in regulated industries such as:
• Banking
• Insurance
• Healthcare

Ideal Profile

This role is best suited to someone currently operating as a:

• Camunda Architect
• Workflow Architect
• BPM Architect
• Process Orchestration Architect
• Lead Solution Architect (Workflow / Automation)

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