Senior/Lead Software Architect

⛴ Being part of dynamic and highly motivated international multicultural team of skilled professionals.

☄️ Competitive compensation package.

⚖️ Flexible working model: hybrid

⛱ 23 holiday days.

⏰ Flexible schedules with core working hours.

✔️ Private health insurance from day 1.

⛹ Gym Sponsorship.

✏️ English and German language classes.

✊ A young and ambitious team that knows when to work but also when to have fun (Pizza day, Summer event, Malaga Tech Games, etc).

10+ years in software/data engineering or architecture, with 5+ years in a senior role focused on integration, APIs, events, and/or data architecture 

● Proven experience designing and governing APIs in large, distributed, multi-team environments 

● Strong experience with REST and GraphQL API design, versioning, and contract-first approaches 

● Hands-on experience with event-driven architecture in production, preferably Kafka 

● Experience with integration patterns: messaging, pub/sub, request/reply, outbox, saga/process manager, and CDC 

● Strong understanding of schema modeling and schema evolution for APIs and events 

● Experience defining data domains, ownership models, and data governance in a product or platform context 

● Ability to connect DDD concepts (bounded contexts, domain events, aggregates) to integration and data design 

● Understanding of AWS, Kubernetes-based platforms, and multi-tenant SaaS implications for data isolation and integration boundaries 

● Security-aware design across APIs and events, authentication, authorization, zero-trust principles 

● Media, publishing, CMS/DAM, or content-heavy platforms 

● API gateways, developer portals, or API catalog tools 

● Data catalog, lineage, or metadata management tools 

● GraphQL federation or unified API platform strategies 

● Analytics/AI data pipelines or workflow automation data needs 

Define and govern the unified API strategy for CUE (REST and GraphQL), design standards, versioning, deprecation, breaking-change discipline, and consistency across teams. 

● Design integration patterns for a modular, microservices-based platform, sync vs async, anti-corruption layers, adapters, and migration from bespoke customer integrations to standardized platform interfaces; guide teams on when to use events vs APIs and how to avoid tight coupling. 

● Own event-driven architecture on Kafka, topic design, event contracts, schema evolution, CDC/streaming, and consistency models (ordering, idempotency, replay). 

● Establish data domains and governance, ownership models, schema definition and evolution, metadata, lineage, quality, classification, retention, and compliance readiness. 

● Align contracts with domain boundaries, connect bounded contexts, domain events, and service ownership to API, event, and data design, in close collaboration with the Software Architect. 

● Enable teams through architecture leadership, produce reference architectures and integration blueprints, shepherd ADRs, review high-risk designs, and coach teams on better patterns without blocking delivery. 

● Reduce fragmentation and drive consolidation, identify one-off approaches early and steer teams toward reusable platform standards. 

● Partner across architecture and delivery, work with platform, product, and engineering teams to ensure standards are usable, adopted, and durable. 

● Strong sense of ownership for platform-wide standards, contracts, and outcomes 

● Proactive in identifying fragmentation, risks, and improvement opportunities across teams and products 

● Clear communicator who can explain complex integration and data concepts in practical, understandable terms 

● Collaborative and credible with engineers, architects, product owners, and senior stakeholders 

● Pragmatic, balances strong standards with risk-based governance and delivery needs 

● Curious, adaptable, quality-conscious, and motivated by contract clarity, data ownership, maintainability, and long-term platform coherence