Chief Architect — AI‑Driven SaaS Platform Leader

CatalystOne Solutions Danmark A/S; København; Hybrid; DKK 1,231,000 - 1,915,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Vacation 25 days

Pension & insurance package

Private healthcare

Wellness contribution

Laptop & mobile phone

Home internet allowance

Public transport allowance

Staff canteen

Hybrid work setup

Job summary

CatalystOne Solutions Danmark A/S is seeking a Chief Architect to own the architecture of our SaaS HCM platform and set the north star for 15 product teams. You will guide technology choices, define guardrails, and partner with Product and Engineering leadership to keep delivery fast and compliant.

The role emphasizes long-term product-wide architecture, with implementation remaining with teams, and a strong focus on AI-enabled development and cross-country collaboration.

Qualifications

• Deep experience designing and evolving large-scale product architectures in a SaaS environment.
• Strong systems thinking and the ability to reason about complex socio-technical systems.
• Proven ability to set clear decision rights and principles that make local decision-making faster and safer.
• Strong domain leadership, execution skills, and the ability to influence senior engineers and leaders through clarity and trust.
• Experience with architectural guardrails that increase delivery speed and compliance, including for AI-enabled development.
• Comfort operating at strategic and tactical levels, translating vision into actionable guidance.
• Pragmatic mindset: architecture matters, and outcomes matter too.
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to create shared understanding across disciplines.
• Bonus: experience with architectural integration after mergers or acquisitions.
• Background from HR tech, HCM or other compliance-heavy domains.
• Experience working with distributed engineering organisations across several countries.

Responsibilities

• Own and evolve the overall product architecture across the HCM platform with guardrails.
• Maintain and evolve the architectural north star balancing long-term sustainability and near-term delivery.
• Curate Technology Radar and provide transparency on technology choices.
• Own architecture toolset including ADRs, principles and reference architectures.
• Enable autonomous, agile teams by setting constraints that improve flow and compliance.
• Collaborate with Product and Engineering leadership as a strategic partner.
• Support architectural decision-making and build capacity within teams.
• Represent architectural perspectives in CTO leadership and ExeMgmt discussions.

Skills

Systems thinking

Decision rights & principles

Domain leadership

Architecture guardrails

AI-enabled development

Strategic & tactical mix

Communication across disciplines

Influence senior engineers & leaders

Tools

ADR practices

Job description

CatalystOne Solutions Danmark A/S is seeking a Chief Architect to own the architecture of our SaaS HCM platform and set the north star for 15 product teams. You will guide technology choices, define guardrails, and partner with Product and Engineering leadership to keep delivery fast and compliant.

The role emphasizes long-term product-wide architecture, with implementation remaining with teams, and a strong focus on AI-enabled development and cross-country collaboration.