Hands-on Software Architect

Iwell; Utrecht; Hybrid; EUR 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

30 holidays per year

Volunteer day per year

EUR 1,500 learning budget annually

Pension plan (Brand New Day)

Two weeks remote per year

Travel costs covered

Mobile phone allowance EUR 25/month

Team activities and events

Job summary

iwell is seeking a Hands-on Software Architect to steer the architecture of the complete software stack and contribute about half of the time with production code. You will operate across C#, TypeScript/Angular, Python, Azure, and Google Cloud Platform to keep our platform coherent as we scale.

You will collaborate with tech leads and product managers, drive architectural decisions, and mentor engineers while focusing on reliability, security, and performance across Azure and GCP.

Qualifications

• Extensive software engineering experience with architectural ownership.
• Proficiency in C#, TypeScript/Angular, and Python.
• Experience with cloud platforms and identity/security topics.

Responsibilities

• Define and own the architecture of the full software stack.
• Spend around 50% of time writing production code.
• Make and document key technical decisions and data flows.
• Coach and mentor engineers and align tech with product strategy.

Skills

C#

TypeScript/Angular

Python

Azure

Tools

Azure IoT Edge

Google Cloud Platform

Job description

Position Title - Hands-on Software Architect

Company - iwell - Harmonizing Clean Energy

Location - Utrecht

About iwell

At iwell, we are all about reinforcing energy security. We help European businesses become more energy independent. Because with growing regulations, extreme price volatility and rising grid issues, they just need to be resilient. So it's time to take charge and think ahead.

We deliver energy management solutions that ensure businesses are always in control of their energy. Our in-house developed EMS and modular battery storage, drive profit through sustainability, making businesses future-proof. We’re a fast-growing international team of bold, talented individuals. From engineers and software developers to creative thinkers and customer-focused business developers, we are looking for people who are determined to make a positive impact.

The Role

As iwell's Hands-on Software Architect, you oversee the technical direction of our entire software stack, and you spend roughly half of your time writing code yourself. We don't believe in architects who only draw boxes on whiteboards. The best technical decisions are made by people who feel the consequences in the code.

Our stack spans the full path from device to cloud: C# applications running on Azure IoT Edge at our sites and batteries, an Angular web app with a C# backend, several cloud services on Azure, data pipelines on Google Cloud Platform, and optimization applications in Python. You'll hold the mental map of how it all fits together and steer it toward something coherent as we scale.

The hands-on part of your week you will work with one of our development teams, on foundational work such as improving our identity provider. You're the kind of engineer who can drop into an unfamiliar codebase and be useful within days, and you genuinely enjoy doing it.

Success in this role means being able to:

• Set the architectural direction across our heterogeneous, multi-cloud, edge-to-cloud platform, and coach tech leads toward a jointly built roadmap.




• Move fluently between C#, TypeScript/Angular and Python.




• Get up to speed quickly in any codebase, and help others do the same.




• Raise the technical bar by working alongside engineers, not above them.

Key Responsibilities

• Own the architecture of iwell's full software stack and keep it coherent as the company grows.




• Spend around 50% of your time writing production code




• Make and document key technical decisions: technology choices, service boundaries, data flows, security and identity, deployment and operability.




• Partner with tech leads and product managers to align technical direction with product strategy.




• Coach and mentor engineers, reviewing designs and code.




• Keep an eye on non-functional concerns, scalability, reliability, security, cost, across Azure and GCP.

What we are looking for

• Substantial experience as a software engineer, with a track record of taking architectural responsibility for non-trivial systems.




• Productivity in at least two of C#/.NET, TypeScript/Angular and Python.




• Hands-on experience with Azure (and ideally GCP), including identity, security, and platform services.




• Familiarity with edge or IoT scenarios; Azure IoT Edge is a plus.




• Strong communication skills, you can explain a tricky architectural trade-off to a junior engineer and to a C-level stakeholder on the same day. Fluency in English is required.




• A pragmatic mindset: you choose the boring, well-understood solution when it's the right one, and you know when it isn't.

What we offer

• 30 holidays per year, plus an annual company trip of 3 days




• The opportunity to do volunteer work, by offering 1 volunteer day per year




• Learning & Development budget of EUR 1,500 per year




• Attractive pension plan with Brand New Day




• Working remotely for 2 weeks per year




• We cover your travel costs, regardless of whether you come by bike, car, or public transport.




• A mobile phone allowance of EUR 25 per month




• Additional activities such as a bootcamp, volleyball tournament, company drinks etc.




• iwell is a family-friendly company and employs many employees with care-taking responsibilities

Interested?

For more information about iwell, what we do, why we do it, and an overview of our partners, visit: https://iwell.eu/