We are seeking a hands-on System Architect (10–12+ years) who can design, build, and deliver scalable enterprise solutions. This role goes beyond governance, requiring deep involvement in implementation, integration, and problem-solving across SaaS, non-SaaS, AI, and web service ecosystems, working closely with engineering teams to deliver secure, high-performance solutions.

As the lead Architect for a number of areas including People & Culture, this role will define and drive the technology architecture strategy for the HR domain, ensuring alignment with business priorities, enterprise architecture standards, and future workforce transformation needs. The individual will bring deep expertise in HR applications, HR processes, and employee lifecycle technologies, combining strategic architectural leadership with hands-on technical delivery.

Key Responsibilities

1. Architecture Strategy & Leadership

• Act as the lead Architect for the People & Culture technology landscape, defining the long-term architecture vision, standards, patterns, and integration strategy.
• Own the architecture roadmap across HR platforms and technologies, including Workday, talent acquisition, learning, skills, performance, workforce planning, employee experience, and related enterprise systems.
• Develop and maintain architecture principles, reference architectures, integration patterns, and technology standards for the HR domain.
• Partner with business, product, security, data, and enterprise architecture teams to ensure solutions align with strategic outcomes and enterprise capabilities.
• Guide technology investment decisions and evaluate emerging technologies, including AI-enabled HR capabilities.

2. Hands-On Architecture & Development

• Design and implement end-to-end solutions (not just diagrams)
• Contribute to code, POCs, APIs, integrations, and services
• Build reusable frameworks and integration patterns
• Solve complex production issues with root-cause fixes
• Provide architectural leadership throughout the delivery lifecycle, ensuring designs are translated into robust, scalable implementations.

3. Integration Engineering (Core Focus)

• Build integrations across SaaS (Workday, Salesforce), legacy systems, and AI/data platforms
• Develop REST/SOAP APIs, microservices, and event-driven systems (Kafka, queues)
• Work with MuleSoft/Boomi or build custom integration layers
• Define and govern the enterprise integration strategy for the P&C ecosystem, ensuring consistent, secure, and scalable connectivity across HR platforms, corporate systems, and external providers.
• Establish reusable API, event, and integration patterns that accelerate delivery and reduce technical debt.

4. Cloud-Native Development

• Architect solutions on AWS/Azure/GCP
• Build serverless, containerized, and microservices-based systems
• Manage CI/CD, IaC, deployment automation, and optimize performance, scalability, and cost

5. AI & Modern Tech Enablement

• Integrate AI/ML (NLP, GenAI, recommendation systems) into applications
• Build real-time and batch data pipelines
• Apply responsible AI practices (privacy, security, bias mitigation)
• Exposure to MLOps (model lifecycle, monitoring, versioning)
• Identify practical AI use cases and expose via APIs
• Lead the architectural adoption of AI capabilities across the People & Culture technology portfolio, ensuring solutions comply with responsible AI, security, privacy, and regulatory requirements.

6. Engineering Excellence

• Enforce coding standards and perform code reviews
• Ensure observability (logging, monitoring, tracing)
• Provide technical leadership and mentoring to engineering and solution architecture teams, promoting engineering best practices and architectural consistency.

7. Collaboration & Delivery

• Translate business needs into working solutions
• Partner with Dev, QA, DevOps teams
• Act as SME during critical releases
• Work closely with HR stakeholders and product teams to translate People & Culture business requirements into scalable technology solutions.

Required Skills & Experience

• 10–12+ years in software engineering with strong hands-on coding
• Experience integrating SaaS/non-SaaS systems, APIs, microservices
• Proficiency in Java / Python / Node.js
• Experience with MuleSoft/Boomi, Kafka/RabbitMQ, AWS/Azure/GCP
• Strong understanding of REST/SOAP, OAuth2/JWT, JSON/XML, system design
• Extensive experience architecting and delivering enterprise HR technology solutions, including platforms such as Workday, SuccessFactors, Oracle HCM, Cornerstone, Eightfold, HiredScore, or equivalent HR ecosystems.
• Strong understanding of HR business processes and data domains, including hire-to-retire, talent acquisition, onboarding, learning, performance, compensation, skills, succession, workforce planning, and employee experience.
• Demonstrated experience acting as a lead or chief architect, defining architecture strategy, integration standards, and technology roadmaps for a business domain.

Preferred Certifications: TOGAF, Cloud Architect (AWS/Azure/GCP), MuleSoft/Boomi. TOGAF certification or equivalent architecture qualification strongly preferred.

What We're Looking For

• Strong coder who enjoys solving real problems
• Comfortable debugging and building POCs
• Balances architecture with execution
• Challenges poor design decisions with solid reasoning
• Deep HR technology expertise combined with the ability to shape strategic direction and personally drive implementation.
• A leader who can establish architecture vision, influence senior stakeholders, and remain hands-on when solving complex technical challenges.
• A trusted advisor for P&C technology strategy, integration architecture, and future-state platform evolution.

About bp

Our purpose is to deliver energy to the world, today and tomorrow. For over 100 years, bp has focused on discovering, developing, and producing oil and gas in the nations where we operate. We are one of the few companies globally that can provide governments and customers with an integrated energy offering. Delivering our strategy sustainably is fundamental to achieving our ambition to be a net zero company by 2050 or sooner!

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform crucial job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.

Additional Information

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

Even though the job is advertised as full time, please contact the hiring manager or the recruiter as flexible working arrangements may be considered.

What you can expect from us!

Our commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion:

At bp, you could be part of Business Resource Groups (BRGs) which belief in the power of inclusion, deeper connections, and shared experiences. They provide a place for employees to learn and share knowledge, to connect, and to improve. The BRGs focus on and encourage talent engagement, development, and retention while creating a broadened sense of community and inclusion for bp employees. The groups cultivate leadership growth by involving employees in developmental opportunities they would not otherwise have access to. Formal and informal mentoring also helps employees develop their professional goals and connect with colleagues. The BRGs’ dedication to growth at all levels helps employees feel more engaged and energized. The BRGs break down barriers, so we can all do better together. Examples of BRGs include (but are not limited to):

bpWIN (bp Women’s International Network)
Pride
Working parents
PEN (Positively Ethnic Network)
bpInclusia (bp’s Asian community)
bpEnergía (bp’s Latin community)