Senior Architect (f/m/d) Azure Platform & Integration

Neumann Kaffee Gruppe (NKG); Hamburg; Hybrid; EUR 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible work hours

Remote work option

€2,000 professional development budget

HVV ProfiTicket and JobRad

Company pension plan

Lunch options

Summer parties and coffee lounge

Job summary

Neumann Kaffee Gruppe (NKG) invites a Senior Architect (f/m/d) to join our Azure Platform & Integration team in Hamburg. You will shape the technical direction of shared Azure services, APIs and event-driven integrations to empower product teams across our global business.

You bring hands-on Azure expertise, a track record of technical leadership, and solid API lifecycle experience. Fluent English and German are required; we offer a hybrid work model and a collaborative, Great Place to Work

Qualifications

• Azure platform design, delivery and lifecycle management.
• Experience leading architecture decisions and technical direction.
• REST APIs, OpenAPI and API lifecycle management experience.
• Asynchronous messaging with Kafka or Azure Service Bus.
• IaC with Bicep or Terraform; CI/CD; cloud security.
• Proficient in at least one modern programming language.
• Fluent in English and German.
• Strong collaboration and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead design, delivery and evolution of shared Azure platform and integration capabilities.
• Set standards for REST APIs, OpenAPI contracts, API Management and message-driven integrations.
• Establish reusable patterns for IaC, CI/CD, hosting, security, observability and operational readiness.
• Contribute hands-on to complex implementation, design reviews, troubleshooting and incident learning.
• Ensure integrations address contracts, versioning, authentication, retries, dead-letter handling, ordering and idempotency.
• Coach engineers and reduce knowledge silos.
• Collaborate with TPM, IT Ops, Security, Data & Reporting and others to resolve dependencies and manage technical risks.

Skills

Azure expertise

Technical leadership

API expertise

Event-driven integration

Platform engineering

Software craftsmanship

Collaboration

Language proficiency

Tools

Bicep

Terraform

CI/CD

Apache Kafka

Azure Service Bus

OpenAPI

Job description

We are Neumann Kaffee Gruppe. And we love coffee. For us at Neumann Kaffee Gruppe (NKG), everything revolves around coffee. As a globally active green coffee service group, our more than 3,300 employees in 28 countries work with dedication for and with green coffee, which is always the focus of our services along the entire coffee supply chain. Our fields of work are just as diverse as our employees and we are proud to live this diversity. Neumann Gruppe GmbH is the Hamburg-based holding company of Neumann Kaffee Gruppe. We coordinate the activities of the group and manage overall developments strategically. We also support the work of the group companies with various functional areas, such as Compliance, Controlling, IT, Legal, Tax, Risk Control, HR, and Communications. We are certified as a Great Place to Work®, highlighting our strong culture of trust, collaboration, and respect. Discover here what our employees like best about our workplace.

We are currently looking for a

Senior Architect (f/m/d) Azure Platform & Integration

to join our team at the earliest possible date. Reliable platforms and system integrations are essential to how NKG delivers digital products across its global business. We are building shared Azure platform capabilities, REST APIs and event-driven integrations that product and application teams can reuse. To set the technical direction and turn these standards into working solutions, we are looking for an experienced Azure Platform & Integration Architect.

Your Responsibilities

• Technical direction: Lead the technical design, delivery and evolution of shared Azure platform and integration capabilities.
• Integration standards: Set practical standards for REST APIs, OpenAPI contracts, Azure API Management and message-driven integrations using Apache Kafka or Azure Service Bus.
• Platform foundations: Establish reusable patterns for Azure infrastructure as code, CI/CD, application hosting, security, observability and operational readiness.
• Hands-on delivery: Contribute hands-on to complex implementation work, design reviews, troubleshooting and incident learning.
• Integration reliability: Ensure integrations address contracts, versioning, authentication, retries, dead-letter handling, ordering and idempotency.
• Engineering enablement: Coach engineers, enable decisions at the lowest appropriate level and reduce knowledge silos.
• Cross-functional delivery: Work with the Technical Product Manager, IT Operations and Security, Data & Reporting and other teams to resolve dependencies and make technical risks visible.

Your profile

• Azure expertise: Strong hands-on experience designing, building and operating production systems on Microsoft Azure.
• Technical leadership: Experience leading technical design and architecture decisions while remaining close to implementation.
• API expertise: Strong experience with REST APIs, OpenAPI and API lifecycle management.
• Event-driven integration: Experience with asynchronous messaging and message brokers such as Apache Kafka or Azure Service Bus.
• Platform engineering: Experience with Azure infrastructure as code using Bicep or Terraform, CI/CD, observability and cloud security.
• Software craftsmanship: Strong software engineering skills in at least one modern programming language.
• Collaboration: Clear communication, pragmatic judgement and experience coaching engineers without relying on formal authority.
• Language proficiency: Fluency in both English and German is required; Spanish language skills are an advantage.

Our staff appreciates

• Maritime atmosphere: You can expect a modern working environment in a central location with views of the Elbphilharmonie.
• Flexible work: Our hybrid work models are characterized by flexible working hours and the option to work remotely.
• Development opportunities: Benefit from an annual professional development budget of €2,000 and a wide range of professional and personal training opportunities.
• Climate-friendly commuting: We subsidize the HVV ProfiTicket and JobRad.
• Additional benefits: We offer an attractive company pension scheme and discounted lunch options.
• Come together: Whether at summer parties, Christmas dinners, or in our coffee lounge, a family-like atmosphere and cross-disciplinary exchange are an integral part of our culture.