Senior Architect

About the role

As a Senior Architect, you will design software and solution architectures for complex digital projects while remaining closely involved with engineering teams through to implementation. You will evaluate potential solutions based on customer benefit, feasibility, and cost-effectiveness while fostering collaboration across engineering and consulting teams. The role requires a balance of technical expertise in modern stacks and the ability to mentor engineers and document architectural decisions.

Responsibilities

• Design implementable architectures for web platforms, digital services, APIs and integrations using CMS and cloud components.
• Evaluate potential solutions based on customer benefit, feasibility, security, operations and cost-effectiveness.
• Clarify business objectives with clients and foster a shared understanding across engineering, consulting and delivery.
• Validate critical assumptions through prototyping or code reviews and see architectural decisions through to implementation.
• Document key decisions, explain conflicting objectives and ensure transparency regarding risks and dependencies.
• Further develop architectural knowledge and standards within the team and provide guidance to engineers through reviews and mentoring.

Required skills

• Software architecture
• Solution architecture
• API design
• Integration design
• Data modelling
• Cloud computing
• AWS
• Azure
• CI/CD
• Containers
• German
• English

Nice to have

• Java
• Spring Boot
• Kotlin
• Node.js
• TypeScript
• Vue
• Nuxt
• React
• Angular
• AI-assisted development

Benefits

• Flexible working hours
• Mobile work
• Overtime compensation
• Workation
• Hardware choice
• Individual development plan
• Training opportunities
• JobRad bicycle leasing
• Office catering

About the Company

Ray Sono is an established digital service provider that has been creating user experiences since 1992. With over 140 employees, the company focuses on strategic experience design, digital communication, and software development.