Chief Architect

Momentum Global; Nordrhein-Westfalen; Vor Ort; EUR 120.000 - 160.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Momentum Global is partnering with an established, PE-backed German B2B SaaS business undergoing a major product and technology transformation. The Chief Architect will own the target architecture of the platform, simplifying and modernising the product while embedding AI capabilities at scale.

This highly influential role leads architecture across engineering and product, establishing standards, reusable patterns, and governance while shaping an Architecture function.

Qualifikationen

• Architecture leadership experience within B2B SaaS or enterprise software.
• Experience designing or integrating AI, LLM or agentic systems.
• Experience overseeing large-scale software/platform modernisation.
• Experience with Cloud (Azure preferred), APIs, microservices, distributed systems and modern application architecture.
• Strong influencers who can create architectural direction while still allowing engineering teams to operate autonomously.
• Business-fluent German is essential for this role.

Aufgaben

• Defining and evolving the target architecture.
• Shaping the architecture behind AI/LLM and agent-based capabilities, including guardrails, observability, security and scalability.
• Guiding the modernisation of mature systems towards more modular, cloud-native architecture.
• Establishing practical architectural standards, reusable patterns and governance.
• Working closely with senior Engineering and Product leaders while influencing engineering teams across the company.
• Helping build and shape a growing Architecture function.

Kenntnisse

Architecture leadership

AI/LLM design

Cloud-native

APIs & microservices

Distributed systems

German language

Jobbeschreibung

Momentum Global is partnering with an established, PE-backed B2B SaaS business undergoing a significant product and technology transformation. This long established German business with over 3000 customers, over 100,000 daily users, and 350 plus employees is recruiting a Chief Architect. You will oversee a product that is a single integrated platform, not a bolted together portfolio, which is used across many industries across Germany including health and social care, logistics, insurance, public sector and municipal services.

The Chief Architect will take ownership of the target architecture of the platform, helping to simplify and modernise the product while shaping how AI and agentic capabilities are embedded at scale.

This is a highly influential role for someone who enjoys turning complexity into clear, pragmatic architecture.

You’ll be responsible for:

• Defining and evolving the target architecture
• Shaping the architecture behind AI/LLM and agent-based capabilities, including guardrails, observability, security and scalability
• Guiding the modernisation of mature systems towards more modular, cloud-native architecture
• Establishing practical architectural standards, reusable patterns and governance
• Working closely with senior Engineering and Product leaders while influencing engineering teams across the company
• Helping build and shape a growing Architecture function

What we're looking for:

• Architecture leadership experience within B2B SaaS or enterprise software
• Experience designing or integrating AI, LLM or agentic systems
• Experience overseeing large-scale software/platform modernisation
• Experience with Cloud (Azure preferred), APIs, microservices, distributed systems and modern application architecture
• Strong influencers who can create architectural direction while still allowing engineering teams to operate autonomously
• Business-fluent German is essential for this role.

If you’re looking for the opportunity to shape both a major SaaS transformation and an emerging AI architecture, we'd love to hear from you.