Architect B - Solution Architect GenAI

• Salary: Gross monthly salary between EUR 4,931 and EUR 7,043 (scale 09).
• Extras: a thirteenth month, 8% holiday allowance, and a 10% Employee Benefit Budget.
• Development budget: EUR 1,400 development budget per year for your growth and development.
• Hybrid working: a balance between home and office work (possible for most roles).
• Pension: decide for yourself the amount of your personal contribution.

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Our Tech4Dev area is growing fast to meet the demand for next-generation AI-supported DevOps solutions. As a bank, our customers expect us to stay ahead - and we’re committed to leading the way. That’s why we’re looking for a Solution Architect who combines technical excellence with vision, adaptability, and collaboration. You will play a pivotal role in shaping the architecture for AI solutions that empower thousands of engineers within the organization and shapes the future of software engineering for the bank.

We are looking for a strategic thinker and hands-on architect-passionate about designing scalable, secure, and responsible AI solutions with a strong link to software engineering processes. You thrive in ambiguity, adapt when priorities shift, and persist through complexity. Your work will directly influence how Rabobank engineers work and build AI-driven experiences.

As a Solution Architect specializing in AI for Engineering, you will:

• Define and govern architecture for GenAI platforms, agentic workflows, and retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) pipelines, that support our engineers in doing their day-to-day work.
• Ensure security, compliance, and cost optimization across cloud-native AI workloads.
• Collaborate with engineers, product owners, and business stakeholders to translate vision into actionable designs.
• Serve as a trusted advisor, driving AI strategy, scalability, responsible AI principles, and the successful delivery of AI solutions.

Are you an entrepreneurial leader whose ideas deserve to be heard? In Tech4Dev, leadership actively drives innovation and removes roadblocks so you can focus on what matters. We’ve got your back.

• Shape the architectural vision for secure and responsible delivery of AI use cases for the engineers of the Rabobank.
• Freedom to experiment, learn, and grow-with full leadership support.
• A healthy work-life balance because sustainable performance matters.
• Work in a culture that values initiative, grit, and impact.

• Design end-to-end architecture for scalable GenAI-powered developer assistants, supporting 8,000 engineers across the organization.
• Build reusable architectural patterns for GenAI services, incorporating frameworks and technologies such as Azure OpenAI, LangChain, vector databases, and other relevant tools.
• Mentor engineering squads on implementing robust and scalable AI workflows, prompt chaining and orchestration frameworks.

• 36 or 40 hours per week.
• Tech4Dev supports 400+ squads and 8,000 engineers globally.
• Approximately 43,822 Rabobank colleagues worldwide. 

• Define and maintain architecture for GenAI solutions, leveraging Azure services such as Azure OpenAI Service, Azure Databricks, Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), Azure Functions, and others.
• Drive adoption of cloud-native and AI-specific patterns for scalability, resilience, and portability.
• Ensure security, compliance, and observability across AI workloads.
• As Solution Architect, you will be pivotal in shaping secure, scalable, and responsible AI solutions for Rabobank’s engineering community.

We believe in the power of differences. It is precisely by combining people's differences that we 

become an even better bank. We are curious about what you add to our team of Tech4Dev.

‘Leadership actively drives innovation and removes roadblocks so you can focus on what matters. We’ve got your back.’ Karapetyan, K (Karina), Tech4Dev Leadership 

The 400+ people of Tech4Dev support Rabobank’s engineers in delivering next-generation AI-supported DevOps solutions. Collaboration is our approach; as one focused team within Rabobank, we drive innovation and sustainable performance.

At Rabobank, your development and that of society go hand in hand. That’s why we invest in you and work together for a better world. You’ll see this reflected in your personal development budget, hybrid working environment, and a healthy work-life balance. You’ll work on banking for our customers and societal issues such as food and energy transitions.

At Rabobank, we believe we become stronger through people who complement each other. By embracing our differences, we bring out the best in one another. We seek diversity in areas such as knowledge, skills, and experience, but also in gender, background, and culture. Across every department, we strive for variety and the freedom to be yourself – whoever you are. That’s what diversity and inclusion at Rabobank is all about. 

Technical Leadership

• Define and maintain architecture for GenAI solutions, leveraging Azure services such as Azure OpenAI Service, Azure Databricks, Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), Azure Functions, and others.
• Drive adoption of cloud-native and AI-specific patterns for scalability, resilience, and portability.
• Ensure security, compliance, and observability across AI workloads.

Stakeholder Management

• Collaborate with engineering squads, product owners, and business teams to align architecture with strategic goals.
• Communicate complex technical concepts in clear business terms.
• Act as a trusted advisor for AI governance and responsible AI principles.

Soft Skills & Leadership Qualities

• Relentless in problem-solving and adaptability.
• Excellent communication skills-able to simplify complexity and build trust.
• Mentorship mindset-guide engineers and foster a culture of learning and innovation.

Required Qualifications

• 7+ years in IT roles, including 3+ years in Solution Architecture in complex environments.
• Hands-on experience with cloud platforms (Azure preferred), DevOps practices, and Infrastructure as Code (Terraform/Bicep).
• Strong understanding of Generative AI concepts, including LLM application development frameworks (e.g., LangChain, LlamaIndex), agentic frameworks (e.g., LangGraph, CrewAI, AutoGen), and expertise in retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) patterns.
• Familiarity with containerization and orchestration (Docker, AKS/Kubernetes).
• Knowledge of API gateways and service mesh technologies (e.g., Kong, Istio).
• Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills.

To ensure that we assess all candidates equally for suitability for this position, we do not require a mandatory cover letter. Instead, we ask all candidates the same three questions to see how your profile matches the role. Please pay sufficient attention to answering these questions and explaining your answers. together with your CV, these responses form the basis for our evaluation in this round. Submitting both a CV and answers to the three questions is the minimum requirement to be considered in the selection process. A cover letter is not mandatory but may be submitted optionally.

You may draw on your work experience, volunteer work, education, private life, and so on. Use a maximum of 200 words per question and provide no more than two examples. Below are the questions:

• Describe an AI solution (preferably Generative AI) that you have designed or implemented. How did you ensure scalability, security, and compliance? Which technologies and architectural patterns did you use?
• Describe how you would solve the task of creating an architecture for a GenAI-powered knowledge assistant serving 8,000 engineers in a regulated enterprise. The assistant should answer questions from internal documentation via a conversational interface. What key principles and decisions would guide your solution?
• Give an example of how you have collaborated with multiple stakeholders (engineers, product owners, business teams) as a Solution Architect. How did you translate complex technical concepts into clear business impact?

Please submit these answers in the application section titled 'Add your cover letter (optional)' on the website portal.

• Any questions about working at Rabobank and the process? Ashley Lumbantobing, IT Recruiter, ashley.lumbantobing@rabobank.nl
• We will hold the interviews through a video call. If you are selected for an interview, Bo, our virtual assistant, will reach out to you via SMS and email to schedule the interview.
• You can find answers to the most frequently asked questions on rabobank.jobs/en/faq
• A screening is part of the process.
• We respect your privacy.

To be considered for this position, you must be located in the Netherlands and have the legal right to work in the Netherlands. We are unable to consider candidates requiring relocation from another country.

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