Remote Principal Architect - SaaS & Cloud Leader

Ookla; España; Remote; EUR 90,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote in Spain

Job summary

Ookla is seeking a Principal Architect to lead architectural development across Ekahau, Speedtest Pulse, and Speedtest Certified. You will define a multi-year technical roadmap, ensure scalable, secure systems, and align engineering standards with business goals.

As a hands-on leader, you will mentor senior engineers, drive architectural governance, and bridge discussions between engineering teams and product stakeholders across desktop, mobile, and cloud platforms.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of software development experience.
• Experience in architecting full-stack SaaS applications.
• Ability to communicate plans and trade-offs to technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Defining and evolving Ekahau’s multi-year architectural roadmap with business goals.
• Run architectural governance and reviews across engineering teams.
• Architect high-availability services and define standards for reliability.
• Bridge between engineering teams and product stakeholders.
• Mentor senior engineers and architects to raise the technical bar.
• Identify system-wide risks and proactively prevent technical debt.

Skills

Software architecture

SaaS applications

Leadership

Strategic thinking

AWS

Tools

Java

Kotlin

Typescript

PostgreSQL

AWS

Job description

Ookla is seeking a Principal Architect to lead architectural development across Ekahau, Speedtest Pulse, and Speedtest Certified. You will define a multi-year technical roadmap, ensure scalable, secure systems, and align engineering standards with business goals.

As a hands-on leader, you will mentor senior engineers, drive architectural governance, and bridge discussions between engineering teams and product stakeholders across desktop, mobile, and cloud platforms.