Senior Software Architect - Onsite Lisbon (Relocation Support)

Air Apps; Roma; On-site; EUR 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Apple hardware ecosystem for work.

Annual Bonus

Top-tier Health and Life Insurance for

Transportation Budget to support your

Coverflex benefits package for meal

Air Conference - an opportunity to

Pension Fund to support your long-term

Urban Sports Club membership

Meals 100% free at the hub.

Job summary

Air Apps is seeking a Software Architect / Solutions Architect to define and oversee the architecture of our AI-powered Personal & Entrepreneurial Resource Planner platform. You will partner with engineering, product, and stakeholders to design scalable, secure, and high-performing systems that meet business goals.

Based at our Lisbon office, this role offers hands-on technical leadership, architecture governance, and collaboration with DevOps for reliable deployments.

Qualifications

• Around 6+ years of experience in software development and architecture.
• Strong expertise in system design, cloud computing, and microservices architecture.
• Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud Platform) and cloud-native architectures.
• Proficiency in backend technologies (Node.js, Python, Java, .NET) and frontend frameworks (React, Angular, Vue).
• Knowledge of databases (SQL and NoSQL), caching strategies, and data pipelines.
• Experience with event-driven architectures, API design, and containerization (Docker, Kubernetes).
• Strong understanding of security best practices, identity management, and encryption techniques.
• Ability to evaluate trade-offs in architectural decisions, balancing scalability, cost, and complexity.
• Familiarity with DevOps, CI/CD pipelines, and Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, CloudFormation).
• Strong communication skills, with the ability to explain complex architectural concepts to technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Define and maintain the overall architecture and system design for scalable and efficient software solutions.
• Provide technical leadership to engineering teams, guiding them in best practices for architecture, coding, and system scalability.
• Design and document high-level system diagrams, data flows, and API structures.
• Evaluate and recommend technologies, frameworks, and cloud services to optimize performance, security, and cost-efficiency.
• Ensure high availability, fault tolerance, and security in all architectural decisions.
• Oversee system integrations, including microservices, APIs, and third-party services.
• Work closely with DevOps and SRE teams to ensure smooth deployment and operational reliability.
• Establish coding and architecture standards, ensuring maintainability and scalability of codebases.
• Identify and mitigate technical risks, ensuring system resilience and future scalability.
• Conduct architecture reviews and performance audits to continuously improve system efficiency.

Skills

System design

Cloud computing

Microservices

Backend development

Frontend frameworks

Security best practices

DevOps & CI/CD

Communication skills

Tools

Node.js

Python

Java

.NET

React

Angular

Vue

Docker

Kubernetes

Terraform

CloudFormation

Job description

Air Apps is seeking a Software Architect / Solutions Architect to define and oversee the architecture of our AI-powered Personal & Entrepreneurial Resource Planner platform. You will partner with engineering, product, and stakeholders to design scalable, secure, and high-performing systems that meet business goals.

Based at our Lisbon office, this role offers hands-on technical leadership, architecture governance, and collaboration with DevOps for reliable deployments.