Technical Architect (AI)

Location: Hybrid in Lisbon, Portugal; candidates must be based in Lisbon.

Company

hirify.global is hiring a Technical Architect to complete its software engineering team.

What you will do

• Define reference standards for integrating AI across software development, data, and operations, including safety guardrails for LLMs, autonomous agents, and automated workflows.
• Create technical blueprints, decision frameworks, and governance processes; lead the Architecture Review Board for technical initiative alignment.
• Design interoperability standards, APIs, integration contracts, microservices, and event-driven architectures across low-code, AI agent, and open-source platforms.
• Manage technical debt and legacy-system migration roadmaps while sizing infrastructure for demanding AI/ML workloads.
• Design deployment strategies, CI/CD pipelines with AI-powered quality gates, caching, rate limiting, cloud cost controls, monitoring, and observability.
• Embed security by design, business continuity, disaster recovery, vulnerability mitigation, and full auditability of architectural decisions and AI-driven actions.

Requirements

• Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field.
• At least 5 years of experience in software engineering or architecture, focused on distributed systems.
• Experience with Domain-Driven Design and integration architectures, including microservices, event-driven, and API-first approaches.
• Knowledge of cloud-native technologies, preferably GCP, plus Docker, Kubernetes, and serverless functions.
• Orientation toward CI/CD practices, automated builds, unit, integration, and E2E testing, and deployments such as GitHub Actions.
• Ability to learn new languages and frameworks quickly and maintain a continuous modernization mindset.
• Ability to diagnose and resolve complex problems in heterogeneous, distributed integration environments.
• Strong interpersonal and technical communication skills, including mentoring developers and leading technical discussions with developers and stakeholders.
• High curiosity and a proactive approach to understanding complex business processes.

Culture & Benefits

• Hybrid work arrangement in Lisbon.
• Equal employment opportunity regardless of gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, marital status, race, nationality, religion, age, disability, political beliefs, or other protected factors.
• Personal data is processed by hirify.global Group for as long as necessary, with regular data-cleansing and updating exercises.

Hiring process

• Applications should be submitted directly; hirify.global does not pay fees to third-party agencies or companies without a signed agreement.
• Applying to the posting constitutes consent to the stated processing of personal data.