DOMAIN ARCHITECT (LIEGE - BELGIUM)

Gaming1; Luik; Hybride; EUR 110 000 - 150 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Hybrid work

Remote up to 50%

Competitive salary

Career development

International projects

Résumé du poste

Gaming1 is seeking a Domain Architect to shape and evolve critical business and technology domains. You will translate business capabilities into architectural direction, roadmaps and scalable solutions in collaboration with product, engineering and business teams.

This highly autonomous role combines strategic ownership with hands-on delivery, driving architectural decisions, standards and patterns to enable autonomous delivery across the platform. Hybrid work option may be offered.

Qualifications

• Strong background in software and backend system design.
• Deep experience with microservices and distributed architectures.
• Understanding of event-driven systems, API design and integration patterns.
• Experience in complex, high-throughput environments.
• Knowledge of domain-driven design principles.

Responsabilités

• Define and evolve the domain architecture, including capabilities, domain boundaries, services and integration patterns
• Translate business objectives into coherent architectural roadmaps and pragmatic technical solutions
• Design scalable, resilient and maintainable distributed systems
• Define architectural principles, standards, patterns and guardrails that enable autonomous delivery
• Work closely with engineering teams to ensure pragmatic and high-quality delivery
• Ensure the domain integrates coherently with the wider platform, including data, infrastructure, analytics and developer experience

Connaissances

Backend system design

Microservices

Event-driven systems

API design

Scalability & performance

High-throughput environments

Outils

Kafka

Architecture tooling

Description du poste

THE SCOPE

With 30 years of history, today Gaming1 is one of the international leaders in both land-based and online games of chance (casino games, sports betting and poker). Its evolution at the heart of innovation is accompanied by a diversification and specialization of positions, with the creation of new cutting-edge jobs.

THE SCOPE

With 30 years of history, today Gaming1 is one of the international leaders in both land-based and online games of chance (casino games, sports betting and poker). Its evolution at the heart of innovation is accompanied by a diversification and specialization of positions, with the creation of new cutting-edge jobs. As part of its continued growth and platform evolution, Gaming1 is looking for a Domain Architect to shape and evolve critical business and technology domains.

This role sits at the intersection of business, architecture, product and engineering. The Domain Architect translates business capabilities and strategic objectives into clear architectural direction, while ensuring that solutions are scalable, maintainable and aligned with the long-term platform strategy.

The role combines strategic architectural ownership with pragmatic, hands-on involvement, working closely with engineering and business teams to turn architectural vision into actionable roadmaps and delivered outcomes.

YOUR ROLE

As a Domain Architect, you will own and evolve the architecture of a core domain, translating business strategy and capabilities into clear architectural direction, actionable roadmaps and scalable technical solutions.

This is a highly autonomous and hands-on architectural leadership role. You are expected to challenge assumptions, refine the architectural vision and actively drive it forward through close collaboration with business, product and engineering teams.

• Define and evolve the domain architecture, including capabilities, domain boundaries, services and integration patterns
• Translate business objectives into coherent architectural roadmaps and pragmatic technical solutions
• Design and guide scalable, resilient and maintainable distributed systems where relevant
• Define architectural principles, standards, patterns and guardrails that enable autonomous delivery
• Work closely with engineering teams in collaboration with Engineering Managers and Heads of Engineering to ensure pragmatic and high-quality delivery
• Ensure the domain integrates coherently with the wider platform, including data, infrastructure, analytics and developer experience

YOUR PROFILE

Technical Expertise

• Strong background in software and backend system design
• Deep experience with microservices and distributed architectures
• Solid understanding of:
• Event-driven systems (e.g. Kafka, messaging systems)
• API design and integration patterns
• Scalability, resilience, and performance optimisation
• Experience working in complex, high-throughput environments

Architecture & Design

• Strong grasp of domain-driven design principles, with the ability to define clear domain boundaries, capabilities and service ownership
• Strong analytical skills and ability to perform due diligence and deep analysis of complex domains
• Able to translate business capabilities and architectural intent into coherent, scalable solution designs
• Experienced in designing architectures that balance short-term delivery needs with long-term scalability, maintainability and sustainability
• Comfortable making pragmatic trade-offs between complexity, performance, maintainability and delivery speed
• Skilled in documenting architectures, processes, capabilities and relationships using appropriate architecture tooling
• Comfortable performing hands-on assessments, data deep-dives and prototype validations to support architectural decisions
• Able to evaluate proposed solutions rigorously, identify architectural risks and challenge unnecessary complexity or misalignment

Leadership

• Operates independently and proactively, driving initiatives forward without requiring constant alignment or oversight
• Acts as an architectural authority for engineers, business stakeholders and leadership
• Challenges strategies, assumptions and technical decisions constructively, proposing stronger alternatives where needed
• Sets clear architectural context that enables teams to deliver autonomously
• Navigates complex stakeholder environments with diplomacy, authority and a strong sense of ownership
• Communicates architectural decisions clearly across technical and non-technical audiences, adapting the level of detail to the audience
• Takes ownership of outcomes and actively works with teams to move from architectural direction to execution

Adaptability & Innovation

• Consistently questions the status quo and introduces impactful, innovative ideas
• Encourages flexibility in technology choices while ensuring coherence and sustainability
• Stays current with emerging techniques

Pragmatism

• Not just conceptual, willing to get into the detail when needed
• Able to review code, validate designs, and unblock teams
• Focused on real-world delivery, not theoretical perfection

Business Impact

• Directly drives measurable improvements across owned business domains
• Ensures architectural decisions support business objectives and measurable outcomes
• Ensures all domain architecture integrates cleanly with analytics, experimentation, and DataMesh

Strategic Expectations

• Own and evolve the domain architecture agenda and roadmap autonomously
• Drive adoption of architectural principles, engineering standards and reusable patterns across the domain
• Ensure short-term delivery decisions remain aligned with long-term architectural direction
• Partner closely with engineering, product and business leadership to translate architectural intent into measurable outcomes
• Engage deeply with delivery teams to ensure execution remains aligned with the agreed architecture
• Proactively identify architectural risks, gaps and opportunities for modernisation

What We Offer

As well as enjoying a unique experience – centered around our values of Pleasure, Team Spirit, Performance, Boldness and Integrity – alongside 1.600 colleagues worldwide, you'll have the opportunity to contribute to the international development of a fast-growing family company.

Joining Gaming1 means becoming part of a human and entrepreneurial adventure where people are empowered to make an impact, grow and succeed together.

We offer:

• the opportunity to work on ambitious international projects within a solid and growing group
• a collaborative and high-performing work environment
• leadership based on trust, autonomy, talent and shared values
• continuous learning and career development opportunities through training and internal mobility
• a competitive salary and benefits package aligned with the local market
• a hybrid working model, with the possibility to work remotely up to 50% of your working time
• an international and collaborative environment where people come first

THE INTERVIEW PROCESS