Solution Architecture Lead

QUANTEAM (RAINBOW PARTNERS Group); Portugal; Híbrido; EUR 90 000 - 130 000; Tempo integral

Vantagens oferecidas por esta oferta de emprego

Health insurance

Extra holiday on Christmas Eve/NewYear

Quanteam Academy access

Elevate Program

Resumo da oferta

Quanteam, founding entity of Rainbow Partners, is seeking a Solution Architecture Lead to guide a team of architects and shape reliable, scalable solutions across an international technology landscape. You will define the architecture vision and roadmap across multiple domains, translate goals into practical guidance for product and engineering teams, and drive high availability, DR, and security.

Fluent Portuguese and English (B2) are required, with willingness to travel in Europe and to work

Qualificações

• Degree in Computer Science or equivalent professional experience.
• Several years of Software/Solution Architecture experience.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Fluent Portuguese and English (B2+).

Responsabilidades

• Build, lead, and develop a team of Solution Architects.
• Define the solution architecture vision, strategy, and roadmap across multiple engineering domains, in alignment with Enterprise Architecture.
• Translate long-term architectural goals into practical guidance for product and engineering teams.
• Ensure solutions integrate effectively across business capabilities and technical domains.
• Identify, prioritize, and reduce technical debt while balancing delivery needs with long-term system health.
• Define architectural standards for high availability, disaster recovery, business continuity, and risk management, including NIS2-related requirements.
• Improve system reliability through resilience reviews, maturity assessments, and failure testing.
• Guide teams in designing scalable, secure, cloud-native, and fault-tolerant distributed systems.
• Promote architectural practices such as event-driven design, domain-driven design, and API-first development.
• Align Engineering, Enterprise Architecture, Security, and Product stakeholders on technical decisions.

Conhecimentos

Team leadership

Solution architecture

Cloud architecture

Stakeholder management

Formação académica

Degree in Computer Science

Ferramentas

AWS

Azure

Distributed systems

Descrição da oferta de emprego

Quanteam, founding entity of RAINBOW PARTNERS, is a consulting firm specialized in Banking and Financial Services. With more than 1,200 consultants across 10 countries, we combine business and IT expertise to support leading organizations in transformation projects.

Our core areas:

• Operations & Finance

We are looking for a Solution Architecture Lead

Are you ready to lead a team of architects and shape reliable, scalable solutions across an international technology landscape? This opportunity might be for you!

• Build, lead, and develop a team of Solution Architects.
• Define the solution architecture vision, strategy, and roadmap across multiple engineering domains, in alignment with Enterprise Architecture.
• Translate long-term architectural goals into practical guidance for product and engineering teams.
• Ensure solutions integrate effectively across business capabilities and technical domains.
• Identify, prioritize, and reduce technical debt while balancing delivery needs with long-term system health.
• Define architectural standards for high availability, disaster recovery, business continuity, and risk management, including NIS2-related requirements.
• Improve system reliability through resilience reviews, maturity assessments, and failure testing.
• Guide teams in designing scalable, secure, cloud-native, and fault-tolerant distributed systems.
• Promote architectural practices such as event-driven design, domain-driven design, and API-first development.
• Align Engineering, Enterprise Architecture, Security, and Product stakeholders on technical decisions.
• Degree in Computer Science or equivalent professional experience.
• Several years of experience in Software Architecture or Solution Architecture.
• Proven experience leading technical teams, such as Solution Architects, engineering teams, or architecture chapters.
• Strong software engineering background and hands-on experience with modern programming languages.
• Experience with AWS or Azure and distributed systems.
• Solid understanding of high availability, disaster recovery, business continuity, and resilient system design.
• Ability to make pragmatic architectural decisions and manage technical debt.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to combine strategic thinking and practical execution.
• Fluent Portuguese and strong written and spoken English (at least B2).
• Availability for occasional travel within Europe.
• Availability to work from the office once a week during the first 2–3 months, followed by approximately once a month.
• Permanent contract (CTI).
• Health insurance.
• An extra holiday on Christmas Eve or New Year’s Eve.
• Access to Quanteam Academy for continuous learning and certifications.
• Elevate Program to support professional development and career growth.
• Ongoing follow-up and technical support provided by a Consultant Expert.