Solution Architect (Search Platform)

El Corte Ingles·Madrid, Spain

What they offer

  • Full-time hours

    Per the ad.

  • Hybrid

    Office and home days — the ad has the split.

What they ask for

  • Have the right to work in Spain

    El Corte Ingles doesn't mention sponsorship in the ad.

  • Speak fluent Spanish

    Listed as a requirement in the ad.

  • Be near Madrid for hybrid days

    No relocation package mentioned.

  • Have senior-level experience

    Senior-level role.

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About the role

Are you looking to develop your talent and a place where your effort is recognized? We offer you a dynamic, close-knit environment with a future. Here, every day is a new opportunity to learn, grow, and shine. Imagine being part of a diverse team, where evolution and customer service are our priority. At El Corte Inglés, our work is a shared passion.

The project waiting for you.

We are looking for a Solution Architect to technically lead the evolution of our e-commerce search platform. This is a senior position with a highly technical focus, combining approximately 50% direct development contribution and 50% technical leadership and solution design.

The selected candidate will act as the technical reference for the team, participating in architecture definition, strategic decision-making, and the technological evolution of the platform, without taking on people management responsibilities.

You will work in a distributed systems environment, driving the transformation of our search ecosystem and guiding the evolution from current technologies based on Elasticsearch toward new solutions built on Google search technologies. We are looking for a broad technical vision, with the ability to connect different technical disciplines and deliver scalable, resilient, secure solutions aligned with business objectives.

What you'll do

Main duties and requirements.

  • Act as the technical reference for the team, leading the definition of architectures, standards, and development best practices.
  • Translate business and product needs into scalable, maintainable technical solutions aligned with the technology strategy.
  • Design and develop high-availability backend services in microservices-based environments.
  • Actively participate in software development, contributing directly to the design and implementation of solutions.
  • Drive the evolution of the search platform, bringing expertise in search engines and information retrieval and relevance technologies.
  • Collaborate on the transition and adoption of new search capabilities based on Google Search technologies.
  • Define and review technical designs, ensuring their quality, scalability, performance, and long-term sustainability.
  • Work with containerization and orchestration platforms, ensuring the proper operation of services in production.
  • Ensure the application of security, observability, resilience, and reliability principles in the solutions developed.
  • Collaborate closely with multidisciplinary teams in agile environments.
  • Provide technical mentorship and support to other engineers on the team in resolving complex challenges.

What we're looking for

  • Solid experience in backend development with Java and the Spring Boot ecosystem.
  • Experience in designing distributed architectures and microservices-based solutions.
  • Knowledge and experience with search engines such as Elasticsearch or equivalent technologies.
  • Experience with containerization and orchestration platforms such as Docker, Kubernetes, and OpenShift.
  • Knowledge of orchestration, deployment, and operation systems for cloud-native applications.
  • Experience working with relational and NoSQL databases.
  • Knowledge of networking, inter-system communication, and cybersecurity fundamentals applied to platform development and operations.
  • Ability to work in complex technological environments, providing a cross-cutting perspective across different technologies and domains.
  • Experience technically leading initiatives or engineering teams, acting as a technical reference and facilitating decision-making.
  • Ability to balance strategic vision with technical execution, maintaining an active role in development.

Nice to have

  • Experience with high-traffic e-commerce platforms.
  • Participation in search engine migration or evolution projects.
  • Knowledge of search solutions, relevance, ranking, personalization, or semantic search.
  • Experience in cloud environments and event-driven architectures.
  • Knowledge of observability, monitoring, performance, and reliability of distributed platforms.

Additional information

We offer you the opportunity to participate in the evolution of a strategically important platform for the business, working on large-scale technological challenges and having a direct impact on both the architecture and the technical direction of the solution.

We offer a range of social benefits that will contribute to your well-being.

- Exclusive discounts and financing options.

- Life insurance.

- Corporate University.

- Ongoing training for professional development.

- Study aid for employees' children.

- Own medical service.

- Flexible compensation plan.

If this position interests you, we invite you to apply, as your experience could be very valuable to us. In our company, all people are welcome.

You'll most likely need Spanish to apply.This job was automatically translated to English, .

About the company

El Corte Ingles

El Corte Ingles

Retail

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Spanish company
80000 employees