Pre-Sales Solution Architect – Cloud, APIs & Architecture

Sofico; Zwijnaarde; Hybrid; EUR 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Company car / mobility budget

Meal vouchers

Hospitalisation insurance

EV charging facilities

Vacation and leave

Structured onboarding

Career development

Team events

Job summary

SOFICO, based in Zwijnaarde, Belgium, seeks a Pre-Sales Solution Architect to translate complex business needs into end-to-end, scalable solutions for the Miles Enterprise Platform and Sofico Cloud. You’ll work across Sales, Technology, Product, Marketing and Operations to shape technically sound, commercially viable architectures during the sales cycle.

You’ll lead architecture discussions, define integration strategies, and support demonstrations while aligning with product roadmaps.

Qualifications

• Strong software architecture background translating business needs into scalable solutions.
• Experience with REST APIs, microservices, and event-driven designs.
• Knowledge of cloud and container environments and security-by-design.
• Hands-on with prototyping tools and demo setups.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Awareness of how technical decisions affect scope, effort, risk and pricing.
• Experience in automotive finance, leasing, or fleet management is a plus.
• Knowledge of Domain-Driven Design (DDD) is a plus.
• Basic knowledge of Java and SQL databases is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Design end-to-end solutions for customers during the sales cycle, aligned with product vision and roadmap.
• Define integration approaches across APIs, microservices, and events, considering performance, security, availability and compliance.
• Lead solution discovery workshops and articulate trade-offs to stakeholders.
• Own architecture, integration, and security aspects of RFI/RFP responses with clear documentation.
• Advise customers on migration paths to Miles Enterprise Platform and Sofico Cloud.
• Collaborate on prototypes and API-backed demonstrations reflecting engineering practices.
• Document designs and decisions for smooth handover to Operations and share reusable patterns.
• Provide feedback to Product/Tech to identify platform gaps and standardization opportunities.

Skills

Software architecture

REST APIs

Microservices

Event-driven architecture

Cloud and containers

Prototyping tools

Communication

Stakeholder management

Commercial awareness

Domain-Driven Design (DDD)

Automotive finance/ leasing knowledge

Tools

Java

SQL databases

API prototyping tools

Job description

SOFICO, based in Zwijnaarde, Belgium, seeks a Pre-Sales Solution Architect to translate complex business needs into end-to-end, scalable solutions for the Miles Enterprise Platform and Sofico Cloud. You’ll work across Sales, Technology, Product, Marketing and Operations to shape technically sound, commercially viable architectures during the sales cycle.

You’ll lead architecture discussions, define integration strategies, and support demonstrations while aligning with product roadmaps.