Software Architect 80-100% (m/w/d)

BÜCHI Labortechnik AG; Flawil; Vor Ort; CHF 140.000 - 210.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

BUCHI Labortechnik AG in Switzerland seeks a Software Architect to translate system architecture into robust, scalable software solutions within its R&D environment. You will provide technical leadership, oversee quality, and ensure designs align with BUCHI's strategic goals.

You will mentor developers, document architecture, and manage technical debt and risks to keep the software landscape secure and maintainable through development cycles.

Qualifikationen

• Proficiency in .NET with object‑oriented design.
• Strong grasp of architectural methodologies and patterns.
• Extensive experience with software design, engineering practices, and SDLC processes.
• Experience with distributed systems, service‑oriented and hexagonal architectures, and DDD.
• Knowledge of application security principles and DevOps practices.
• Hands‑on experience building scalable, secure software systems.
• Ability to lead, mentor, and foster collaboration.

Aufgaben

• Translate system architecture into robust, scalable software solutions.
• Oversee quality and ensure alignment of designs with BUCHI's strategic goals.
• Provide technical leadership and mentoring to engineers.
• Ensure architecture remains coherent throughout development and produce architecture documentation.
• Track technical debt and risks to maintain long‑term system maintainability.
• Identify, assess, and mitigate technical risks to secure resilient software.

Kenntnisse

.NET

Architectural patterns

SDLC & modelling

Distributed systems

Domain-driven design

Security principles

DevOps

Leadership

Jobbeschreibung

With innovative and high-quality products and solutions, BUCHI makes a valuable contribution to the health and safety of people and the environment. As a leading global supplier of laboratory equipment and solutions for chemical-pharmaceutical research, food and feed, and environmental analysis, we create added value for our customers and the society.

Research & Development

You are responsible for translating system architecture, defined by the System Architect, into robust, scalable, and secure software architecture solutions. The Software Architect ensures the success of software development by overseeing the quality of the team's work and aligning software designs with BUCHI's strategic goals. You provide technical leadership, mentoring junior and professional engineers and ensuring that software architecture meets both functional and non-functional requirements.

What makes your everyday life exciting?

• Ensure that the architectural design fulfills the stakeholder requirements and adheres to system-, organizational, and regulatory constraints.
• Assist Product Owners in defining technical enablers and non-functional requirements, ensuring they are aligned with the software architecture.
• Technical Leadership, quality assurance and collaboration with the System Architect, DevSecOps Engineers, Product Owners, and other stakeholders to ensure system and software architecture alignment
• Ensure that the architecture remains consistent and coherent throughout the development process
• Produce documentation that describes the software architecture according to industry best practices
• Track and manage technical debt and risks to ensure long-term system maintainability, reduce potential future costs, and mitigate the impact on project timelines and software quality
• Identify, assess, and mitigate technical risks, ensuring software solutions are secure and resilient.

What skills do you need to bring?

• Programming proficiency and experience particularly with .NET in object-oriented manner
• Strong understanding of architectural methodologies and software design patterns
• Extensive experience with software design, engineering practices, and software development lifecycle processes and data modelling
• Experience with distributed systems, service-oriented architectures, hexagonal architectures, and domain-driven design preferred
• Proficiency in software architecture documentation and technical specifications and knowledge of application security principles and DevOps methodologies
• Hands-on experience with scalable, maintainable, and secure software systems
• Ability to lead and mentor developers, fostering a collaborative and productive environment

What can we offer you?

We offer you an innovative technology environment that combines the values of a Swiss family business with the internationality of a global group structure. With us, you will find a new challenge with a variety of tasks and an open, friendly corporate culture. A modern workplace, modern employment conditions and equal opportunities are a matter of course for us.

We value diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. To help reduce unconscious bias, we encourage applicants to submit CVs that focus on relevant experience and qualifications only.