LanguageWire is hiring a Senior Software Architect to set technical direction, lead through influence, and drive architecture decisions across the entire company. This role sits at the intersection of technology strategy, architecture excellence, and engineering leadership.
What You'll Do
- Define and evolve the company-wide architecture and technology vision.
- Establish clear architectural principles, standards, and reusable building blocks.
- Drive adoption of architectural standards across teams through collaboration.
- Act as a key contributor to global reference architecture initiatives.
- Guide and mentor 50+ engineers across multiple teams and tribes.
- Support senior developers and tech leads in making sound architectural trade-offs.
- Act as a trusted advisor for complex, cross-team initiatives.
- Influence change without formal authority.
- Ensure successful execution of large, cross-team technical initiatives.
- Improve platform scalability, stability, and maintainability.
- Define pragmatic governance without slowing teams down.
- Assess technical and leadership skills of senior engineers.
- Advise on learning, development, and training needs.
- Support hiring of senior technical roles.
What We're Looking For
- Proven experience developing complex software solutions and delivering high-quality software systems, preferably SaaS services.
- Proven architecture design & documentation experience.
- Proven track record of re-architecting existing systems successfully.
- Excellent knowledge of modern programming languages like C#, Python, or Java.
- Deep experience with REST APIs and documentation of REST endpoints.
- Experience with Cloud Native development and microservices architectures.
- DevOps experience: CI/CD, automated pipelines, Infrastructure as Code, Containerization, Kubernetes.
- Ability to drive change and influence without authority.
- Excellent presentation and data visualization skills.
- Comfortable reporting and presenting to senior leadership as well as development teams.
- Fluent English (reading, writing, speaking).
Nice to Have
- Very good knowledge of cloud platforms like Azure & GCP.
- Experience with the Objectives and Key Results (OKR) framework.
- Experience with AI-enabled development.
Technical Stack
- C#, Python, Java
- REST APIs, Microservices
- CI/CD, Infrastructure as Code, Containerization, Kubernetes
- Azure, GCP
Team & Environment
You will be part of the Technical Enablement Team, working closely with the Director of Engineering, to whom you will report. You will guide and collaborate with 50+ engineers across multiple teams and tribes.
Benefits & Compensation
- Flat hierarchies, responsibility and freedom, direct feedback.
- Internal development opportunities, ongoing support from your People Partner.
- Inclusive and fun company culture.
- Full-time FlexiWire@home option for remote work.
- Social get-togethers like Friday Bars, Summer or Christmas parties.
- Private health insurance.
- Access to organic fruits, nuts, biscuits, and coffee.
- Social area and game room (foosball table, darts, and board games).
- Bike and car parking.
- Dog friendly atmosphere.
Work Mode
This role offers a hybrid work mode and is open to candidates in Copenhagen, Aarhus, Stockholm, Varberg, London, Leuven, Lille, Paris, Munich, Hamburg, Sophia Antipolis, Atlanta, Finland, and Valencia.
LanguageWire's recruitment process is designed to be transparent and fair for all candidates. We encourage candidates of all backgrounds to apply, and we ensure that candidates are provided with an equal opportunity to demonstrate their competencies and skills.
