Chief Architect (m/f)

We are looking for a Chief Architect (m/f) with a solid combination of strategic vision, leadership capacity, and deep technological knowledge. The selected person will be responsible for defining the company's technological direction, leading enterprise architecture, supporting development and infrastructure teams, and actively participating in client relationships and high value-added pre-sales processes.

• Position with professional growth and development
• Lead the company's technological strategy.

Your mission:

Lead the company's technological strategy, guaranteeing the evolution, scalability, security, and sustainability of technological platforms and solutions. You will be the organization's ultimate technical authority, driving innovation, business development, and operational excellence, aligning technological decisions with the company's strategic objectives.

Main responsibilities

Technological strategy and innovation:

• Define and execute the company's technological roadmap.
• Evaluate technological trends and promote innovation and R&D&i initiatives.
• Drive the use of emerging technologies, especially in the fields of Artificial Intelligence, automation, and technological modernization.
• Guarantee the technological evolution of the company's products and services.

Architecture and technological governance

• Define architectural principles and corporate technological standards.
• Supervise the design of complex architectures based on microservices, system integration, and cloud platforms.
• Lead and coordinate the planning of the company's projects.
• Ensure the quality, maintainability, security, and scalability of the developed solutions.
• Participate in critical technological decisions with the greatest impact on the business.

Technical leadership

• Act as a technical authority for the development, architecture, and infrastructure teams.
• Drive training, mentoring, and professional growth for the teams.
• Facilitate the resolution of complex problems and technical deadlock situations.
• Promote best practices in software engineering, DevOps, AI, and code quality.

Client relationships and business development

• Participate in strategic meetings with clients as the primary technical interlocutor.
• Lead, together with the sales team, pre-sales processes and the preparation of technical proposals.
• Identify new business opportunities and the evolution of existing projects.
• Generate technical trust and credibility with clients and technological partners.

Critical incident management

• Act as the final escalation level in critical situations (operational and security incidents).
• Lead the technical response in high-severity incidents.
• Ensure the operational continuity of the company's services and platforms.

What we are looking for

We are looking for a technological leader capable of combining strategy, architecture, and people leadership. A profile with the capacity to influence the organization, drive innovation, and become the company's main technical authority, helping to transform technology into a competitive advantage for the business.

Requirements

Education and experience:

• University degree in Computer Engineering, Telecommunications, or a related field.
• More than 10 years of experience in software development, architecture, or technological leadership.
• Previous experience leading multidisciplinary technical teams.
• Demonstrable participation in technological transformation projects and the definition of enterprise architectures.
• High level of English.

Technical knowledge

• Extensive experience in Java, Spring Boot, and .NET development environments.
• Knowledge of microservices architectures, event-driven architectures, and REST APIs.
• Experience with Cloud platforms such as Microsoft Azure, IBM Cloud, or hybrid environments.
• Knowledge of containerization and platforms such as OpenShift/Kubernetes.
• Experience in continuous integration and DevOps ecosystems (Git, GitHub, GitLab, Jenkins, CI/CD).
• Knowledge of cybersecurity applied to development and architecture: security by design, DevSecOps, identity and access management, cloud security, and regulatory frameworks such as ENS, ISO 27001, or NIS2.
• Solid knowledge of relational databases and enterprise environments (SQL Server, Oracle, PostgreSQL, DB2).
• Interest and experience in Artificial Intelligence technologies, LLMs, RAG, agents, and AI-based automation.

Key competencies

• Strategic mission and business orientation.
• Leadership and influence, with or without formal hierarchy.
• Communication capacity with technical and executive profiles.
• Technological curiosity and continuous learning.
• Analytical capacity, pragmatism, and decision-making.
• Tolerance for ambiguity and problem-solving orientation.
• Commitment and capacity to act in critical situations.
• Innovative and results-oriented mindset.