Software Architect

Who We Are Build.Scale.Sustain.PALO IT is a global technology consultancy that crafts tech as a force for good.We design, develop and scale digital and sustainable products and services to unlock value across the triple bottom line: people, planet, profit.We do the right thing, and we do it right.We're proud to be a World Economic Forum New Champion, and a B Corp-certified company.We are small enough to care locally, big enough to deliver globally (5 continents, 18 offices, +500 experts from +50 nationalities)We are robust and resilient (100% independent and 0 debt)We are entrepreneurs and passionate experts: We invest in what we believe genuinely and work as a collective intelligenceWe are positive, courageous, caring, doers and committed to excellence About Gen-e2While the market is still largely AI-augmenting delivery, we have reinvented the SDLC to be AI First.Our approach is a game-changer in productivity and quality, with a strong collaboration between IA generative and our best Talents:We now generate 95% of the entire product — code, documentation, infrastructure as code, and even design — with GitHub Copilot.The quality consistently exceeds the output of our best traditional engineering teams.A product repository houses all product artefacts, giving AI full project context for higher-quality generation.A library of rules and prompts defines coding standards, design principles, and security guidelines, ensuring enterprise-grade quality and scalability.With Gen-e2, we deliver end-to-end products 2–3× faster than traditional approaches, while raising the bar for engineering excellence.Your Role As a Software Architect, you will design development architectures and guidelines, train team leads and development teams, and advise on solution designs created by development squads.Your coding responsibilities will be limited to a maximum of 40% of your time.Architecture Design: Design microservices-based architecture with a cloud-ready and cloud-native approach.Proof of Concept: Create PoCs to validate proposed architectures.Documentation: Document reference architecture in Confluence and deployment topologies with infrastructure diagrams.Validation: Validate and approve solution architecture in conjunction with the Governance Team.Component Inventory: Validate the inventory of solution components (databases, events, APIs, microservices, etc.).Deployment Topology: Document and validate deployment topology and design solution namespaces in K8s.Common Libraries: Create common libraries and components for reference architecture.Integration: Create components for Kafka topics, database read/write operations, and integrate with Dynatrace and ELK.Guidelines: Define guidelines for naming APIs, microservices, and normalizing ER models.Development Guidelines: Communicate and train teams on development guidelines and patterns.Who You Are Frameworks and Modeling LanguagesArchitecture Practices: Knowledge of SEI or 4+1 systems architecture practices.Agile Knowledge: Understanding of Agile methodologies (not limited to Scrum).Modeling Languages: Proficiency in UML, BPMN (nice to have), and Archimate (nice to have).Development Practices: Expertise in TDD, BDD, Event Storming, and DDD.Architectural Styles and Design PatternsMicroservices Patterns: Understanding of CQRS, SAGA (Choreography and Orchestration), API Gateway, and API design using OpenAPI Swagger.API Manager: Knowledge of API management.Contract First Design: Experience with gRPC and protobuf.Exposure Mechanisms: Knowledge of Rest and gRPC, schema design with Avro.ObservabilityMonitoring and Observability: Concepts of monitoring and integrating with ELK and Dynatrace.Tools: Knowledge of ELK and Dynatrace.DevOpsAutomation: Understanding of DevOps concepts and components used in solutions.CI/CD: Familiarity with CI/CD concepts and tools such as Github Actions, Gitlab CI/CD, Bitbucket Pipelines, Jenkins.Containers: Proficiency with Docker.Service Mesh: Knowledge of Linkerd (nice to have).K8s: Experience with OpenShift or Kubernetes.Programming Languages and FrameworksJava: Proficiency in Java 11+ (including Java streams, Optional, Collections).Java Frameworks: Experience with Spring Core & Spring Boot, JPA, Junit, Test containers, Mockito, gRPC, protobuf, Maven.DatabasesSQL: Experience with SQL DML and DDL.NoSQL: Knowledge of databases like MongoDB.SQL: Familiarity with databases like PostgreSQL or Oracle.Database Versioning: Experience with Flyway or Liquibase.Brokers (Messages & Events)Messaging Engines: Knowledge of Kafka or RabbitMQ, including topics and queues.You're aligned with our value by: Your willingness to do the right thing even when facing adversity You care about the well-being of others and the world at large You strive to approach things in a optimistic way You nail the fundamentals, sweat the details You understand the whole is more than the sum of its parts and actively work towards continuous improvement of the group More About PALO IT We're eager to adapt to change, learn from our experiences and move to meet our planet's urgent needs.We are continuously taking action to: Become a climate net-zero company Deliver projects with a positive impactTrain 100% of our workforce on impact Achieve B Corp certification among all our offices across the globe Continuously measure & improve employee happiness Our clients are amongst the world's most successful companies.We innovate with both established Fortune ****s, SMEs and start-ups who aim to make an impact, become global leaders and address the world's most complex challenges.What We Offer Stimulating working environmentsUnique career pathInternational mobility Internal R&D projectsKnowledge sharingPersonalized trainingEntrepreneurship & intrapreneurship For more on our team culture and benefits, check out our careers page.