Biometric Technical Leader

ThoughtLabs Belgium; Strasbourg; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

ThoughtLabs Belgium seeks a seasoned Software Architect to own the technical vision and roadmap across multiple components. You will translate business requirements into architectural designs and interfaces, and design modular, extensible solutions that integrate with existing systems.

You will lead technical decisions, drive reviews for performance, security and maintainability, and guide multidisciplinary teams while managing dependencies and integration risks.

Qualifications

• 10–12 years of experience as software architect or tech lead.
• Strong expertise in architecture, system integration, APIs.
• Experience integrating solutions across technologies and environments.
• Ability to explain trade-offs and document architectural decisions.
• Experience guiding multidisciplinary teams and coordinating delivery.

Responsibilities

• Own the technical vision, architecture and roadmap across multiple software components.
• Translate requirements into architectural designs and specifications.
• Design modular, reusable solutions that integrate with existing systems.
• Lead technical decisions and design reviews for performance and security.
• Guide development teams and manage dependencies and risks.

Skills

Software architecture

System integration

APIs

Technical leadership

Multidisciplinary teams

GitHub

Jira

Confluence

CI/CD

Tools

GitHub

Jira

Confluence

CI/CD

Job description

• Own the technical vision, architecture and roadmap across multiple software components.
• Translate business and operational requirements into architectural designs, interfaces and technical specifications.
• Design modular, reusable and extensible solutions that integrate with existing information systems.
• Lead technical decisions and design reviews, ensuring performance, scalability, security and maintainability.
• Guide development teams, resolve technical issues and manage dependencies and integration risks.
• Define technical acceptance criteria and oversee alignment between architecture and implementation.

Essential knowledge and experience

• Proven experience (10-12 years) as a software architect or technical leader delivering production software.
• Strong expertise in software architecture, system integration, APIs and reusable components.
• Experience integrating solutions across different technologies and deployment environments.
• Ability to assess technical options, explain trade-offs and document architectural decisions.
• Experience guiding multidisciplinary teams and coordinating technical delivery.

Tools and working practices

• Architecture modelling and technical documentation tools.
• Git-based collaboration workflows, preferably GitHub.
• Jira and Confluence, or equivalent tools.
• Understanding of automated testing, continuous integration and delivery, and software release management.
• Previous work on biometric systems, image processing or recognition technologies.
• Integration of open-source and third-party software components.
• Large-scale or security-sensitive information systems.