Senior Tech Lead / Solution Architect

Neurho Solutions; Brussel; On-site; EUR 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Neurho Solutions, a Belgian IT and business consultancy based in Brussels, seeks a Senior Tech Lead / Solution Architect to steer cross-functional architecture work for a Java application landscape. You will align business priorities with technology decisions, shape reference architectures and promote service reliability while addressing technical debt.

You will lead architecture teams, define reference architectures, set SLIs/SLAs, and guide strategic projects.

Qualifications

• Fifteen years of Java development experience and ecosystem.
• At least ten years as an Application Architect and Team Lead.
• A decade of Agile, Angular, CI/CD, and modelling experience.
• Strong DDD, OpenAPI/AsyncAPI, and OpenTelemetry exposure.
• Proven coaching skills and cross-functional leadership.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership to the cross-functional architecture team.
• Define and evolve reference architectures.
• Establish SLI/SLO/SLA with strategies for monitoring.
• Guide strategic projects and architectural decisions.
• Translate business needs into architectural choices.
• Define and implement debt management and security controls.
• Coordinate with infrastructure and external partners.
• Evaluate procurement options and develop training modules.

Skills

Java development

Team leadership

Agile methods

English

French

C4 modelling

ArchiMate modelling

CI/CD pipelines

Angular

TypeScript

Docker

Kubernetes

Hibernate

Maven

Gradle

OAuth2

OpenID Connect (OIDC)

OpenAPI

AsyncAPI

OpenTelemetry

RabbitMQ

Spring Boot

TDD

Scrum Master training

Project management

Education

Bachelor's degree in computing

Tools

Angular

Docker

Kubernetes

Spring Boot

OpenAPI

AsyncAPI

OpenTelemetry

RabbitMQ

Maven

Gradle

Job description

We are looking for a Senior Tech Lead / Solution Architect to lead cross-functional architecture work and guide the evolution of a Java application landscape. In this Neurho mission, you will connect business priorities, operational needs and technology decisions. You will shape reference architectures, help development teams build their capabilities and establish a clear approach to service reliability and technical debt.

Your role

• Provide technical leadership to the cross-functional architecture team and coach development teams.
• Define reference architectures and guide their evolution over time.
• Establish SLI, SLO and SLA, together with the implementation and monitoring strategies needed to support them.
• Follow strategic projects and guide their architectural decisions.
• Help business stakeholders specify their needs and translate them into architectural choices.
• Define and implement technology changes, including a strategy for managing technical debt.
• Guide the implementation of security and information management regulations.
• Keep architectural decisions aligned with operational needs and work closely with infrastructure teams and external partners.
• Gather requirements and evaluate products as part of procurement procedures.
• Develop and make available internal training modules.

You have

• At least fifteen years of experience in Java development and its ecosystem.
• At least ten years of experience as an Application Architect.
• At least ten years of proven experience as a Team Lead.
• At least ten years of experience with Agile methods.
• At least ten years of experience with Angular.
• At least ten years of experience with C4 modelling.
• At least ten years of experience with ArchiMate modelling.
• At least ten years of experience with CI/CD pipelines.
• At least ten years of experience in individual and team coaching.
• At least ten years of experience with Cypress.
• At least ten years of experience with domain-driven design (DDD).
• At least ten years of experience with Docker.
• At least ten years of experience with Kubernetes.
• At least ten years of experience with Hibernate.
• At least ten years of proven technical leadership experience.
• At least ten years of experience in team management.
• At least ten years of experience with Maven.
• At least ten years of experience with Gradle.
• At least ten years of experience with OAuth2.
• At least ten years of experience with OpenID Connect (OIDC).
• At least ten years of experience with OpenAPI.
• At least ten years of experience with AsyncAPI.
• At least ten years of experience with OpenTelemetry.
• At least ten years of experience with RabbitMQ.
• At least ten years of experience with Spring Boot.
• At least ten years of experience with test-driven development (TDD).
• At least ten years of experience with TypeScript.
• A bachelor's degree in computing.
• Training as a Scrum Master or in IT project management.
• Recent successful experience implementing a backend migration architecture towards a modern Spring stack.
• Recent successful experience managing the full project lifecycle.
• French at C1 level.
• English at C1 level.

A plus

• Knowledge of the specific features of social security.
• Knowledge of responsibilities in unemployment insurance administration.
• At least one year of successful experience within a social security institution.
• Requirements analysis skills.
• The ability to look beyond established approaches when solving problems.
• A strong interest in operational and business matters as well as technology.

Working at Neurho

Founded in 1998, Neurho is a Belgian IT and business consultancy. For more than 25 years, we have been helping banks, insurers, energy companies and public institutions in Belgium and Luxembourg with their transformation projects. At Neurho, you work on varied and challenging assignments, where your expertise is recognised and your growth encouraged. On top of your salary, you enjoy many extra-legal benefits, designed to suit your role, your needs and your personal wishes.

Neurho is committed to equal opportunity and welcomes every application, regardless of age, origin, nationality, gender, social background, beliefs or disability.