Distinguished Architect, Software Delivery Engineering

Wolters Kluwer; Barcelona; Presencial; EUR 80.000 - 120.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

A global software solutions provider is seeking a Distinguished Architect for Software Delivery Engineering in Barcelona. This senior role involves leading DevSecOps practices, enhancing developer productivity through innovative tools, and managing core internal platforms. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in cloud-native design and software delivery transformation, alongside strong leadership and communication skills. This position includes opportunities for international travel and cross-organizational collaboration.

Formación

• 8+ years experience leading software delivery transformation.
• 3+ years in leadership roles.
• Strong architectural expertise in cloud-native design.
• Proven success in influencing diverse stakeholders.

Responsabilidades

• Define and drive the multi-year DevSecOps roadmap.
• Lead the design and adoption of developer tools and frameworks.
• Manage the development of core internal platforms.
• Cultivate a strong engineering culture around automation.
• Lead a team of architects and developers.
• Collaborate across organizations for initiative alignment.
• Represent the organization in strategic forums.

Conocimientos

Leadership

Cloud-native design

DevSecOps pipelines

CI/CD

Excellent communication

Herramientas

GenAI tooling

Observability tooling

Descripción del empleo

Distinguished Architect, Software Delivery Engineering

Wolters Kluwer

Wolters Kluwer is a global leader in professional information, software solutions, and services for the health, tax & accounting, governance, risk & compliance, and legal & regulatory sectors. Headquartered in Alphenaanden Rijn, the Netherlands, the company serves customers in over 180 countries, maintains operations in over 40 countries, and employs approximately 22,000 people worldwide. Our customers make critical decisions daily to save lives, improve business practices, and enhance judicial and regulatory systems.

We are seeking a seasoned and visionary Distinguished Architect, Software Delivery Engineering to lead the evolution of our DevSecOps practices and Developer Platform across a global, complex, and diverse engineering organization. Reporting to the SVP, Engineering Excellence & Operations, this role will serve as a senior technical leader, change agent, and cultural influencer responsible for driving innovation, alignment, and consistency in how we build, test, secure, and deploy software at scale.

This role will influence our engineering footprint spanning over 9,000 people (staff and contractors) across all Wolters Kluwer divisions and approximately 600 product applications. It will co-lead our DevSecOps Center of Excellence in partnership with a peer from our Global Business Services (GBS) organization and collaborate closely with divisional architects and stakeholders from quality, operations, and infrastructure.

This high-impact, hands-on leadership role is suited for someone energized by complexity, outcomes-driven, and passionate about transforming software engineering through automation, platform thinking, and modern tools—including GenAI.

Key Responsibilities:

1. Strategic Leadership: Define and drive the multi-year DevSecOps roadmap across a heterogeneous ecosystem of technology stacks and deployment models. Co-lead the DevSecOps Center of Excellence in partnership with the IT and operations architect from GBS.
2. Developer Platform Ownership: Lead the design, development, and adoption of tools, frameworks, and capabilities to enhance developer productivity, satisfaction, and deployment velocity. Help steer our GenAI strategy for software engineering by identifying high-impact use cases and delivering prototypes and tooling in collaboration with cross-functional teams.
3. Common Engineering Applications: Manage a small team supporting the development of core internal platforms including our data platform, time tracking solution, and APM platform. Provide architectural oversight and hands-on support to the teams maintaining these platforms.
4. Change Agent and Influencer: Cultivate a strong engineering culture around automation, observability, and secure-by-default practices. Coach and influence engineering leaders globally to adopt modern delivery practices and converge on shared platform investments.
5. Team and Talent Leadership: Lead a small but high-leverage team of lead architects and developers. Empower others and create scalable frameworks for shared success.
6. Cross-Organizational Collaboration: Work with divisional architects, Quality Engineering CoE, Security, Operations, and SRE teams to ensure alignment and synergy across initiatives.
7. Thought Leadership: Represent the organization in strategic forums, architecture boards, and industry-facing conversations.

Required Qualifications

• 8+ years experience leading software delivery transformation or platform engineering initiatives in large, distributed, and matrixed organizations.
• At least 3 years of leadership experience.
• Strong architectural expertise in cloud-native design, DevSecOps pipelines, infrastructure as code, CI/CD, and observability tooling.
• Proven success in influencing and leading through change across diverse stakeholder groups.
• Solid understanding of secure software development practices and regulatory considerations.
• Experience with multiple development languages and environments.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Willingness and ability to travel internationally.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience introducing GenAI tooling into software development environments.
• Familiarity with platform engineering approaches and internal developer portals (e.g., Backstage).
• Exposure to legacy modernization strategies, including containerization and monolith decomposition.
• Experience working in regulated environments or across business units with varying maturity levels.
• Previous experience co-leading Centers of Excellence or enterprise-wide transformation initiatives.
• Background in building or scaling internal developer platforms, engineering enablement functions, or SRE capabilities.
• Experience working across both cloud (AWS, Azure) and on-premise environments.