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We are looking for a pragmatic and skilled Software Architect / Information Architect to join our Architecture Team. In this role, you will focus on identifying and evaluating important innovations for our platform with the goal to improve the competitive nature of our platform. You’ll be expected to stay on top of relevant technological developments and assess their impact on Marktplaats, for example in the areas of generative AI and machine learning, and shape a clear architectural vision around them. You will collaborate with product and engineering teams and interact with senior business stakeholders across the organisation, ensuring our architecture remains modern, scalable, and business-driven. In addition, you will play a role in connecting other parts of our organisation and collaborate closely with data engineering, data science, data warehouse and sales and marketing technology teams and to ensure a solid architectural foundation for data at scale.
Job Responsibility:
Stay up to date with technological developments and assess their relevance for our platform
Influence and guide technology changes across teams, ensuring alignment with long-term goals
Lead or support decision-making in initiatives aimed at platform modernisation, simplification, and resilience
Collaborate with the architecture team to define, evolve, and prioritise the architecture roadmap and tech strategy
Translate architectural goals into actionable solutions together with engineering teams
Ensure architectural principles, patterns, and best practices are understood and applied across the organisation
Mentor engineers and facilitate knowledge sharing on architecture and tech strategy
Bring business acumen to architectural discussions, bridging business and technology needs
Support continuous improvement with a balance of pragmatism and innovation
Requirements:
Proven experience as a software architect, senior engineer, or tech lead in complex, modern environments
A scale-up mindset: entrepreneurial, adaptable, and forward-looking
Experience with large-scale, consumer-facing platforms (web-scale) with a decent perspective on the surrounding landscape like cloud, AI and platforms
Affinity with working on large amounts of data and data-driven systems
Strong foundation in system design, software design principles, distributed systems, and API design
Experience with microservices, containerisation, CI/CD, and observability tooling
Ability to influence and clearly communicate complex technical topics to technical and non-technical audiences
Hands-on expertise in at least one major backend stack (e.g., Java, Scala, Node.js)
Experience with platform modernisation: legacy migration, service decomposition, or cloud-native architectures
Collaborative mindset with the ability to align teams around shared architectural and business goals
Nice to have:
Knowledge of frontend architecture and rich native mobile applications
What we offer:
An attractive Base Salary
Participation in our Short Term Incentive plan (annual bonus)
Work From Anywhere: Enjoy up to 20 days a year of working from anywhere
A 24/7 Employee Assistance Program for you and your family
A collaborative environment with an opportunity to explore your potential and grow