Technical Architect, Waypoint

Are you passionate about making large-scale systems faster, more resilient, and smarter? Do you thrive on solving deep technical challenges that span across applications and teams? If so, we have a high-impact opportunity that puts you at the heart of our most critical tech initiatives.We sell safety in If—safety at home, at work, in society, and in life. Every day, we help our customers stay protected and confident, so they can explore new opportunities, start businesses, and live their lives without worry.To deliver on this promise, we are building Waypoint, our next-generation digital insurance platform. Waypoint involves more than 150 people and 12 cross-functional teams across the Nordics and Latvia. To achieve our ambitious goals, we are looking for an experienced Technical Architect with strong technical depth to join our Waypoint Architecture team.About The TeamYou will join Waypoint Architecture, part of If’s centralized IT Architecture organization with Nordic responsibility. Our team of 13 skilled architects covers domains such as Product, Customer, Policy, Invoicing & Accounting, and Online Sales.Read more about our tech community: www.if.se/tech.About The RoleWe’re looking for a Technical Architect to step into the role of Performance & Reliability Lead, driving cross-cutting efforts that elevate the performance, reliability, and delivery capabilities of our Waypoint system. In this role, you’ll shape the future of our architecture, address legacy challenges, and enable continuous delivery at scale.As part of our architecture team, you’ll play a key role in defining the technical foundation of our solutions—ensuring they are robust, scalable, and maintainable, while aligning with our target state and supporting a coherent, future-proof application landscape.What You’ll Lead End-to-End Performance Optimization: Identify bottlenecks, profile systems, and drive improvements across the system landscape. Reliability & Disaster Recovery: Build resilient systems and ensure graceful degradation. Non-Functional Requirements: Define and uphold standards for performance, scalability, and maintainability. Root Cause Analysis & Early Detection: Implement tools and practices for proactive issue identification. Legacy System Modernization: Use AI to tackle technical debt and unlock new capabilities. Continuous Delivery Enablement: Champion isolated testing, synthetic data, and deployment automation.We offerIn the same way that we place high demands on you as an employee, we also expect you to place high demands on us as an employer. Here are some of the benefits of working at If: An including work environment where everyone is welcome Career and development opportunities in the biggest insurance company in the Nordics Social activities, as well as highly skilled professional environment Possibility of hybrid workplace Health promoting workplace with e.g., wellness allowance and various sports activities Great insurance benefitsWho are you?Your Technical Toolbox Deep understanding of message-based system architecture. Expertise performance profiling and visualization across distributed applications. Mastery of cross-cutting concerns: security, IoC, transaction management, caching, and scalability. Strong knowledge of .NET (Framework & Core) and runtime environments. Familiarity with AI tools for legacy systems and modernization strategies. Currently holding or having the ability to build broad and deep understanding of the Waypoint system architecture.Your Mindset & Skills Innovator: You challenge the status quo and bring fresh ideas to complex problems. Systems Thinker: You see the big picture and understand how parts interact. Facilitator: You guide technical decisions and align diverse stakeholders. Strategic Communicator: You make complex ideas clear and actionable. Collaborator: You work across squads, roles, and disciplines to drive change. Decisive: You balance trade-offs and make informed decisions that move us forward.Additional facts and the recruitment processApplication deadline: Screening and interviewing will be conducted on a rolling basis. However, application deadline is 16th of November 2025.To apply for the position: Please attach your CV. Cover letter is not needed, instead we ask you to answer few questions on our application form. Please apply through our recruitment system Workday. Please notice that we are not able to process any applications outside our recruitment system. We would kindly ask you to send your application in English.Work location: Oslo, Norway or Stockholm, SwedenTravelling: Some travel within the Nordics will be required.Start: As soon as possible/by agreement.For more information, please contact: Arne-Morten Danielsen, +47 95141591, arne-morten.danielsen@if.noRecruitment agencies are kindly asked not to respond to this ad.Background checks will be done in accordance with the law in the country of employment.Ready to architect the future of insurance? Apply today and be part of our tech journey! About Us We are If. Our purpose is to give people confidence today to shape their tomorrow.To make this possible, trust is our backbone. We stay ahead and challenge ourselves to grow. And we always put our hearts into it – because it takes more than bright minds to make brilliant things happen. We are the leading insurance company in the Nordics/Baltics and a stable employer with 7,900 dedicated professionals. But most importantly, we are protectors of people, enablers of companies and encouragers of dreams. With our joint force of expertise and engagement we always stand by our customers’ side. Giving them the security and the confidence to be curious, explore new worlds, start new businesses and live their lives.We are an equal opportunity employer, convinced that a diverse and inclusive work culture boosts innovation and the growth of intellectual capital in many ways. It doesn’t matter who you are, where you come from, or what you look like. It is the different perspectives, backgrounds, and experiences each of us have and share, that will make a difference. Come and join us!