Product Software Architect

Sana Commerce; Dubai; Hybrid; AED 360,000 - 520,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Office in Alexandria

Job summary

Sana Commerce is seeking a senior architect to drive platform evolution across our SaaS offerings, working closely with engineering leaders to promote scalable, secure, and observable systems on Azure. You will define reference architectures, guardrails, and patterns to accelerate delivery while maintaining long-term platform sustainability.

You will mentor senior engineers and tech leads, ensuring architectural discipline across teams, and balancing flexibility with maintainability in a

Qualifications

• 5 years of experience in software architecture within SaaS environments.
• Strong .NET and Azure architecture expertise.
• Experience with container-based workloads and microservices.

Responsibilities

• Evolve platform architecture in line with product priorities
• Promote scalable, modular, maintainable architectural patterns
• Translate architectural principles into practical guidance for engineering teams
• Define non-functional standards such as scalability, performance, availability and security
• Lead design reviews and key technical decisions
• Support POC and experimentation with engineering teams
• Ensure architecture supports observability and cost-awareness
• Collaborate to enable multi-tenant SaaS ecosystems

Skills

Software architecture

C# / .NET

Distributed systems

Multi-tenant SaaS

Stakeholder management

Team collaboration

Observability

Tools

Azure

AKS

Containers

Job description

Architecture & Platform Evolution

• Collaborate with Engineering Managers Architects and Tech Leads to evolve the platform architecture in line with product and business priorities

• Apply and promote architectural patterns that improve scalability modularity and maintainability

• Translate architectural principles into practical guidance for engineering teams

• Support the design of secure resilient observable and cost-efficient solutions on Azure

• Define and enforce non-functional standards such as scalability performance availability and security

• Ensure architectural decisions align with long-term platform sustainability

• Contribute to integration patterns and extensibility models for enterprise and ecosystem use cases

Engineering Excellence & Culture

• Coach Tech Leads and senior engineers in system design and architectural thinking

• Partner with Engineering Managers to strengthen architectural discipline within teams

• Define and evolve reference architectures reusable patterns and technical guardrails

• Promote best practices through peer reviews technical discussions and knowledge sharing

• Drive a culture of evidence-based decision-making and continuous improvement

• Embed performance reliability and cost-awareness into architectural discussions

Platform & Ecosystem Enablement

• Understand how the platform is implemented and extended by customers and partners

• Ensure architecture supports real-world customization and integration needs

• Balance flexibility and configurability with long-term maintainability

• Support extensibility approaches while maintaining platform integrity

Hands-On & Technical Leadership

• Contribute to design reviews and key technical decisions

• Support proof-of-concepts and technical experiments where needed

• Stay close to engineering teams to ensure architecture is practical and implementable

Qualifications :

• 5 years of experience in software architecture within SaaS environments

• Strong expertise in .NET ecosystem (C# Core)

• Deep experience with Microsoft Azure architecture

• Experience with container-based workloads (AKS or similar)

• Strong understanding of distributed systems microservices and architectural patterns

• Experience designing multi-tenant SaaS platforms

• Solid understanding of scalability resilience performance and observability

• Experience working closely with engineering teams and improving technical maturity

• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills

Nice to Have

• Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert

• Azure Security Engineer Associate or similar certifications

• TOGAF or comparable architecture certification

• Experience in B2B eCommerce or ERP-integrated environments

• Experience with event-driven architecture or streaming systems

• Exposure to data platforms and integration patterns

Why youll love working here

• Impact from day one Join a scale-up where your ideas shape how global businesses operate online.
• Continuous learning Access a structured onboarding rated 9.1/10 by previous hires mentorship and feedback culture.
• Hybrid flexibility Work from our office in Alexandria 3 days per week and from home 2 days.
• Career growth Expand your technical and leadership scope in a company built for long-term success.

Additional Information :

Who we are

At Sana Commerce our values drive everything we do:

• Champions of Our League We deliver lasting success balancing quick wins and long-term value
• Supercharge Our Customers Were revolutionizing B2B commerce together helping our customers to lead and succeed
• Determined to Grow We embrace challenges growing and raising the bar for ourselves and our industry
• Bold Together We dare to be bold because we have each others back

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time