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Senior Business Analyst

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Key details

Salary

Not specified

Employment type

Full-time

Seniority

Senior

Years experience

5-10

Location

Sofia, Bulgaria

Full job description

Senior Business Analyst role responsible for shaping, defining, and delivering complex software and digital platform solutions. Acts as a bridge between client stakeholders and delivery teams, translating business goals and user needs into clear, structured, and actionable requirements throughout the full software development lifecycle (SDLC). Requires strong experience in SDLC-driven software development, Agile methodologies, writing user stories, epics, acceptance criteria, and managing non-functional requirements. Must have ability to model business processes, system interactions, and data flows, with strong understanding of system integrations and APIs. Responsibilities include leading discovery and requirements definition, managing business backlog, participating in Agile ceremonies, collaborating with development and UX teams, supporting solution design, identifying process improvements, and supporting pre-sales activities. Advantageous experience includes digital commerce platforms (Salesforce Commerce Cloud, Adobe Commerce, Shopify), modern web technologies, and tools like Jira, Confluence, Azure DevOps. Location: Sofia, Bulgaria.

What you'll do

  • Lead discovery, analysis, and requirements definition for software and digital initiatives across the full SDLC
  • Engage directly with clients and stakeholders to understand business objectives, processes, constraints, and success metrics
  • Translate requirements into user stories, epics, and acceptance criteria, ensuring clarity, quality, and testability
  • Define and document functional and non-functional requirements (e.g. performance, scalability, security, availability, compliance)
  • Own and manage the business backlog, supporting prioritisation based on value, risk, and delivery dependencies
  • Actively participate in Agile ceremonies including backlog refinement, sprint planning, reviews, and retrospectives
  • Ensure requirements traceability from discovery through build, test, and release
  • Collaborate closely with development, architecture, UX, QA, and delivery teams to ensure shared understanding and successful implementation
  • Model business processes, system flows, and data interactions using appropriate techniques (e.g. BPMN, UML, flow diagrams)
  • Support solution design by analysing system integrations, APIs, and data flows, and identifying upstream/downstream impacts
  • Identify process improvements and system enhancements that optimise both client outcomes and delivery efficiency
  • Support pre-sales and solution shaping activities, including scope definition, effort estimation, and input into commercial proposals
  • Assess and monitor the impact of change, supporting adoption through clear documentation and stakeholder alignment
  • Stay up to date with digital and technology trends and apply insight to client and delivery challenges

Requirements

  • Strong experience as a Business Analyst working in SDLC-driven software development environments
  • Solid understanding and practical experience with Agile methodologies (Scrum, Kanban; hybrid or waterfall considered a plus)
  • Proven ability to elicit, structure, and document complex business and technical requirements
  • Hands-on experience writing user stories, epics, and acceptance criteria
  • Experience defining and managing non-functional requirements
  • Ability to model business processes, user journeys, system interactions, and data flows
  • Strong understanding of system integrations, APIs, and multi-system architectures
  • Confident stakeholder management skills, including client-facing communication
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English
  • Experience with digital commerce or enterprise platforms such as Salesforce Commerce Cloud, Adobe Commerce, Shopify, or similar (advantageous)
  • Working knowledge of modern web technologies and software architectures (advantageous)
  • Familiarity with tools such as Jira, Confluence, Azure DevOps, or similar delivery platforms (advantageous)
  • Experience supporting pre-sales activities, solution scoping, and effort estimation (advantageous)
  • Experience working with distributed or international delivery teams (advantageous)

Tech stack

Salesforce Commerce CloudAdobe CommerceShopifyJiraConfluenceAzure DevOpsBPMNUMLAgileScrumKanbanAPIsmodern web technologies

Benefits

Opportunity to work on complex, international digital platforms for global clientsCollaborative environment with strong engineering, UX, and architecture expertiseClear ownership, autonomy, and visibility of impactContinuous learning, development, and career growth within a global organisationCulture that values inclusion, curiosity, and innovation

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