Staff Software Architect (Platform Architecture)

TL;DR

Staff Software Architect (Platform Architecture): Shaping the core technical foundations of the hirify.global Cloud Platform with an accent on distributed systems, cross-product service architecture, and infrastructure abstraction. Focus on designing scalable, secure, and observable systems to support AI-driven software development while establishing long-term architectural standards.

Location: Must be based in the Netherlands, Serbia, Germany, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Poland, or Armenia. Hybrid and remote options are available based on these locations.

Company

hirify.global is an industry-leading software development company building an AI-native platform to connect developer workflows and organizational control.

What you will do

• Design and evolve the architecture of a cross-product platform supporting AI-driven development.
• Define architectural principles, standards, and guidelines for platform services and shared foundations.
• Design integration patterns and interfaces between platform services, developer tools, and external systems.
• Ensure architectural decisions prioritize scalability, reliability, security, and observability from the outset.
• Drive key architectural decisions regarding service boundaries, data flows, identity, policy, and tenancy.
• Collaborate with engineering teams to translate platform requirements into coherent technical designs and implementation plans.

Requirements

• Strong experience in software engineering and system design within complex, distributed systems.
• Significant experience shaping the architecture of new platforms or large-scale systems.
• Ability to facilitate architectural alignment across multiple teams.
• Comfort working in an evolving environment where processes and standards are still being defined.
• Preference for building solid technical foundations over short-term feature delivery.
• Must be located in Netherlands, Serbia, Germany, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Poland, or Armenia.

Nice to have

• Hands-on experience designing or evolving platforms based on Kubernetes and AWS.
• Deep understanding of networking, compute, and storage infrastructure across application and infrastructure layers.
• Experience mentoring teams to converge on high-quality technical solutions.