Job Description

Camunda Architect / Lead Architect (Camunda 8 Preferred)

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

Required Skills & Experience

Essential

• 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
• Experience with Camunda SaaS and self-managed deployments at scale
• Exposure to cloud platforms such as:
  • AWS
  • Azure
  • GCP
• Experience with observability tooling such as:
  • Prometheus
  • Grafana
  • OpenTelemetry
• Experience with:
  • enterprise integration patterns
  • API management
  • workflow/task UI customisation
• 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)