Senior Software Architect – Cloud & Digital Services

Location: Gothenburg, Sweden

Company

hirify.global develops digital services requiring secure, scalable, resilient, and cost-efficient cloud-native architecture.

What you will do

• Drive the evolution of software architecture frameworks, engineering practices, reference architectures, technical standards, and design principles.
• Design and guide scalable, secure, resilient, and cost-efficient cloud solutions using cloud-native, microservices, serverless, and event-driven approaches.
• Establish architectural practices for APIs, integrations, distributed systems, Infrastructure as Code, DevSecOps, automation, and continuous delivery.
• Ensure security, compliance, governance, observability, and operational excellence across cloud environments.
• Lead architectural reviews and strategic technology decisions while collaborating with Product Owners, Engineering Managers, Platform Engineers, and Enterprise Architects.
• Promote platform-first thinking, reusable components, and Internal Developer Platforms; mentor engineers and architects.

Requirements

• 8+ years of experience in software engineering, solution architecture, or software architecture.
• Strong experience designing distributed systems and cloud-native applications.
• Excellent knowledge of AWS and modern cloud architecture, with hands-on experience in serverless and event-driven architectures.
• Strong understanding of microservices, APIs, integration patterns, and Domain-Driven Design.
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code tools such as Terraform, AWS CDK, or CloudFormation.
• Understanding of cloud security, compliance, governance, observability, monitoring, logging, and operational excellence.
• Knowledge of DevSecOps, CI/CD, and modern software engineering practices.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to influence and guide teams without direct authority, with strong collaboration, mentoring, and knowledge-sharing capabilities.

Nice to have

• Experience in large-scale enterprise environments and leading architecture transformations or organizational change.
• Knowledge of Platform Engineering, Internal Developer Platforms, developer experience, and engineering productivity initiatives.
• AWS Solutions Architect Associate or Professional certification.
• Experience with software supply chain security, governance, and risk management.

Culture & Benefits

• Work with multiple product and platform teams on modern cloud technologies and digital services.
• Promote technical excellence, continuous improvement, standardization, automation, and platform-first thinking.
• Contribute strategically while focusing on pragmatic solutions and business value.

Hiring process

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