SeniorLead Software Architect

On behalf of our partnerStiboDX we are looking for the best talent to join rindus. Stibo DX is a market leader In digital asset management content creation and publishing platforms for the media industry.

Every day more than 800 media brands across five continents rely on Stibo DXs platforms to create and publish content. Their systems ensure efficient and consistent publishing of more than 600 websites and thousands of daily print publications worldwide. You will work in a distributed new team from our office in Málaga.

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

Design integration patternsfor 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.

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 APIsin large distributed multi-team environments

Strong experience with REST and GraphQLAPI 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 evolutionfor APIs and events

Experience defining data domains ownership models and data governancein a product or platform context

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

Understanding of AWS Kubernetes-basedplatforms and multi-tenant SaaSimplications for data isolation and integration boundaries

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

Nice to have

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

Personal qualities

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