Head of Solution Architecture

Are you ready to shape the future of sustainability ratings and cultivate a team of architectural masters Were searching for a Head of Solution Architecture who embodies both bold vision and an unwavering commitment to empowering others. This pivotal role is for a leader who can not only foresee the next technological frontier but also guide and inspire our engineers to reach it.

Our Technology and Platform Services department designs and secures the platform that underpins all of our offerings achieving scalability and continuous improvement through innovation and collaboration. You will be the guiding force shaping our technical landscape while fostering a culture of continuous learning and growth.

What Youll Do:

• Define the Future: Directly contribute to the conceptual envisioning design & development of a unique software platform that has defined and drives the overall direction of the sustainability ratings sector pushing boundaries and exploring uncharted technological territories.

• Strategic Innovation: Lead the charge in investigating the latest technologies and building quick Proof of Concept functionalities to proactively address future business needs and keep us at the forefront of innovation. Define and maintain a bold architecture roadmap crafting technical solutions for new and existing functionality that anticipate market shifts and future possibilities.

• Empower and Coach: In a highly collaborative environment youll not just participate in brainstorming new ideas but actively mentor and guide your team through prototyping & continuously validating them against ever-changing market reality empowering them to drive platform evolution in completely new ways that couldnt have been predicted up-front.

• Architectural Guidance & Mentorship: Deliver exceptional architectural services including providing clear guidance and conceptual design while also acting as a trusted advisor and coach to developers helping them to generate and maintain code according to agreed standards and best practices.

• Business Partnership: Serve as a visionary liaison proactively engaging with business stakeholders to translate their evolving requirements into groundbreaking efficient architectural solutions that pave the way for future success.

• Continuous Improvement Champion: Champion continuous improvement by preparing improving and introducing new approaches methodologies tools and techniques coaching the department through adoption and integration. Lead architectural reviews not just for compliance but as a coaching opportunity providing constructive feedback and fostering a culture of excellence in software technical blueprints.

Qualifications :

• At least 5 years of experience as a Senior Architect or Lead/Chief Architect role.

• Excellent knowledge of all aspects of the software engineering process including Coding Testing Deployment Scalability Security Maintainability.

• Excellent knowledge of Microsoft stack (. Core Web API SQL Server Azure).

• Extensive experience in defining and enforcing architectural patterns (SOA CQRS Event Sourcing etc.) coupled with the ability to educate and elevate the teams understanding and application of these critical concepts.

• Proven experience in designing building and maintaining microservices architectures with a deep understanding of best practices design patterns and principles for highly decoupled and scalable systems and a commitment to mentoring and upskilling teams in these areas.

• Demonstrated ability to apply strategies for efficient communication data consistency and resilience across microservices including experience with API design message-based communication and event-driven architectures.

• Very good knowledge in NoSQL such as CosmosDB MongoDB Cassandra Redis ElasticSearch for either data persistence and/or caching.

• Vast experience in API Management (routing gateways versioning) with profound understanding of API Development aspects.

• Solid experience in implementing observability monitoring and logging solutions to effectively track system performance diagnose issues and ensure the health and stability of our SaaS applications with knowledge of popular tools and frameworks for these purposes.

• Extensive experience in Front-End including frameworks (Angular React/Redux etc.) patterns (MV*) understanding the clients point of view on performance aspects.

• Experience in working with global and regional projects virtual expert teams appreciating local differences and adapting to differences in cultures.

• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.

• Proficiency in English.

Additional Information :

Offer only for candidates based in Spain or Poland.

Location: Hybrid in Barcelona (4 times a month in the office) / Remote from Spain

In return for your expertise we offer:

• Support with all the necessary office and IT equipment
• Flexible working hours
• Wellness allowance for mental and physical wellbeing
• Access to professional mental health support
• Referral bonus policy
• Learning and development 
• Sustainability events and community involvement
• Peer recognition program
• Employee-led resource groups
• Remote work from abroad policy
• Meals and Transportation Vouchers (Cobee card)
• Dental Benefits 
• Life & Accident Insurance Private Health Insurance
• Paid employee volunteer day
• Paid moving day (1/year)
• Time off: 1 Community Service Day 1 Personal Day
• Summer Hours in July and August (36 hours per week)
• Hybrid Monthly Allowance for electricity and Internet

Our hiring team looks forward to reviewing your CV in English with a guaranteed response to every application. A new job with purpose awaits you! 

Dont fit all the criteria but still think youd be a good candidate Please apply anyway to give our hiring team the opportunity to assess your skills and to learn more about what you could bring to EcoVadis. Were interested in hiring from a diverse and skilled talent pool regardless of professional and educational background.

Can the hiring process be adjusted to suit my needs Yes. We want everyone going through the hiring process with EcoVadis to feel confident that you are able to demonstrate your full potential. We welcome applications from disabled people people with long-term health conditions and neurodiverse candidates. If you need any adjustments including the provision of interview questions please let the hiring team know.

Our teams strength comes from everyones uniqueness and is founded upon mutual respect. EcoVadis commits to equity inclusion and reducing bias in our hiring processes. EcoVadis does not accept any form of discrimination based on color national or ethnic origin ancestry citizenship religion beliefs age sex gender identity sexual orientation neurodiversity disability parental status or any other protected characteristic that makes you your application we encourage you to remove personal information such as: photographs marital status number of children religion gender residential postal code university graduation date past medical or parental leave(s) taken nationality (instead please state if you are legally eligible to work in the job region/country) university name (instead please state any degrees obtained and the study major).

Remote Work :

Yes

Employment Type :

Full-time