Staff Architect - AI-Driven Cloud Leader

SPD Technology; Portugal; Remote; EUR 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Fully remote work

Provided laptop and licensed software

CSR initiatives and team events

Job summary

SPD Technology is seeking a senior software architect to translate business initiatives into scalable, cost-efficient architectural visions. The role collaborates with Product and Engineering to design and standardize solutions that maximize customer value.

You will drive system evolution, enable AI-enabled workflows, and guide teams through complex trade-offs while continuously learning about cloud services and modern platforms.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of hands-on software development experience with strong core engineering principles.
• 3+ years designing complex multi-stack architectures (Java, C#, Python, microservices).
• Experience on cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure) and containerization/orchestration.

Responsibilities

• Translate high-level business initiatives into architectural vision and standards with Product and Engineering.
• Design scalable, cost-efficient solutions that maximize customer value.
• Author AI-ready solution specifications and adapt to AI-enabled workflows.
• Drive system evolution toward well-defined target states with clear execution paths.

Skills

Architectural design

Hands-on development

Cloud platforms

Docker & Kubernetes

AI enablement

Stakeholder management

English (Upper Intermediate)

Ukrainian (fluent)

Tools

PostgreSQL

Redis

Elasticsearch

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

SPD Technology is seeking a senior software architect to translate business initiatives into scalable, cost-efficient architectural visions. The role collaborates with Product and Engineering to design and standardize solutions that maximize customer value.

You will drive system evolution, enable AI-enabled workflows, and guide teams through complex trade-offs while continuously learning about cloud services and modern platforms.