Senior Solutions Architect

Anotech Energy company; Paris; Hybrid; EUR 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Anotech Energy is seeking a Senior Cloud Architect to design and implement a Google Cloud‑based foundation, guiding engineering teams toward scalable, multi‑tenant SaaS platforms.

You will mentor Digital Architects, drive standard patterns, and contribute hands‑on prototyping to solve complex features while aligning security and networking best practices across squads.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent hands‑on engineering experience (CS/Engineering).
• Master’s degree preferred for software engineering or cloud computing.
• GCP Architect certification preferred; other Google certifications are a plus.
• 8–10+ years in software engineering and architecture, with 4+ years in cloud‑native SaaS design.

Responsibilities

• Design a shared, scalable cloud foundation on GCP to host SaaS products.
• Mentor Digital Architects to ensure standard patterns, tools, and best practices.
• Dive into code to prototype complex features and unblock blockers.
• Collaborate with Security Engineers to enforce secure‑by‑design in the SaaS architecture.

Skills

Cloud Architecture

SaaS Application Development

Hands-on Coding/Prototyping

Cloud Networking & Security

Infrastructure as Code

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science/Engineering

Master’s Degree in Software Engineering or Cloud Computing (preferred)

Tools

GKE

Cloud Run

Pub/Sub

Spanner

Terraform

GitHub Actions

Google Cloud Build

draw.io

Job description

To design and develop the Google Cloud-based foundation while orchestrating the technical vision across the engineering teams

Key Activities:

• Design and implement a shared, scalable cloud foundation on GCP that hosts all the future SaaS products, enabling engineering teams to launch faster and avoid reinventing the wheel.
• Mentor and guide the Digital Architects across different squads. Align their technical decisions to ensure standard patterns, tools, and best practices are adopted, maintaining technical coherence and preventing fragmented infrastructure.
• Actively dive into the code to build initial prototypes for complex features and resolve severe technical blockers. Lead by example to teach development teams advanced implementation techniques.
• Partner closely with the Senior Cloud Security Engineer and Cloud Engineers to define robust network topologies and embed “secure‑by‑design” principles into the core SaaS architecture, ensuring strict adherence to GCP best practices from day one.

Qualifications & Experience:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent deep, verifiable hands‑on engineering experience. Master’s Degree in Software Engineering or Cloud Computing is preferable.
• Professional Google Cloud Architect (highly preferred). Other respected technical certifications (e.g., Professional Google Cloud Developer) are a plus.
• 8-10+ years in software engineering and architecture, with at least 4+ years designing and building complex, cloud‑native SaaS applications.
• Deep expertise in Google Cloud Platform (GCP), microservices, serverless architectures, Kubernetes, multi‑tenant SaaS design, cloud networking (VPCs, load balancing), and solid foundational knowledge of cloud cybersecurity.
• Proven experience coordinating technical initiative across multiple autonomous teams, actively mentoring other architects or senior developers, and owning the end‑to‑end architecture of a large‑scale platform.

Skills and Competencies:

• Technical:
  • Cloud Architecture (GCP: GKE, Cloud Run, Pub/Sub, Spanner, etc.)
  • SaaS Application Development (Multi‑tenancy, Microservices, API Design)
  • Hands‑on Coding/Prototyping (Java, Python, or Node.js)
  • Cloud Networking & Security Fundamentals
  • Infrastructure as Code (Terraform)
• Behavioural: Servant Leadership (guiding without dictating), Hands‑on Pragmatism (willing to dive into the mud), Consensus‑Building, and excellent Technical Communication.
• Tools/Systems: Architectural modeling tools (e.g., draw.io ), GCP Console/CLI, Terraform, Modern CI/CD Systems (e.g., GitHub Actions, Google Cloud Build), GitHub.