Architect Software Specialist

This position is listed on behalf of a partner company, who manages all applications and next steps. Our partner is looking for an Architect Software Specialist based in Brazil.

This is a senior architecture role focused on designing and evolving complex software solutions for digital transformation initiatives. You will shape scalable, secure, highly available, and maintainable architectures across distributed environments. The role combines strategic technical leadership with hands-on collaboration across engineering and technology teams. You will influence decisions around cloud, microservices, APIs, integrations, databases, security, and modern development practices. You will also help teams solve complex technical challenges while establishing standards, patterns, and architectural best practices. The environment is collaborative, agile, and fast-moving, with strong exposure to modernization and technology evolution. This is an opportunity to make high-impact architectural decisions that connect technology strategy with real business outcomes.

Accountabilities:: Define, evolve, and govern software architectures, ensuring scalability, security, availability, performance, and maintainability.

Lead architectural decisions and technical direction while balancing business objectives, technical constraints, risks, and long-term sustainability.

Develop reference architectures, standards, technical guidelines, design patterns, and development best practices.

Evaluate and recommend technologies, frameworks, platforms, and tools according to solution requirements and strategic objectives.

Design and guide distributed architectures, microservices, REST APIs, and integrations across multiple systems and technologies.

Identify technical risks, performance bottlenecks, architectural gaps, and opportunities for modernization and continuous improvement.

Provide technical guidance to development teams and support the resolution of complex engineering and architectural challenges.

Ensure solutions remain aligned with established architectural principles, standards, security requirements, and technology strategies.

Collaborate closely with Tech Leads, Software Developers, DevOps, Security, Product, and other multidisciplinary stakeholders.

Participate in technical discussions, architecture reviews, solution assessments, and technology decision-making forums.

Support application modernization, technology evolution, legacy transformation, and technical debt reduction initiatives.

Create and maintain clear architectural documentation, diagrams, standards, and decision records to facilitate alignment across teams.

Requirements

Solid professional experience as a Software Architect or in a comparable senior architecture role, ideally working on highly complex technology initiatives.

Proven experience defining, implementing, and continuously evolving software and solution architectures.

Strong knowledge of microservices architecture, REST APIs, distributed systems, and modern integration patterns.

Solid understanding of software architecture principles, design patterns, and architectural best practices.

Experience integrating systems built with different technologies, platforms, and architectural approaches.

Knowledge of cloud computing platforms such as AWS, Azure, or GCP.

Experience working with both relational and non-relational databases and understanding their architectural trade-offs.

Familiarity with DevOps practices, CI/CD pipelines, automation, monitoring, and observability.

Understanding of application security principles and secure software architecture practices.

Strong ability to evaluate technical trade-offs, assess risks, and make sound architectural decisions.

Experience working in agile environments and collaborating effectively with multidisciplinary teams.

Excellent communication skills, with the ability to explain complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences.

Strategic, analytical, and autonomous mindset, with the ability to operate effectively in complex and ambiguous environments.

Strong problem-solving capabilities and a continuous improvement mindset.

Ability to influence technical direction and build alignment across multiple stakeholders without relying solely on formal authority.

Benefits

Meal and food allowance.

Home-office allowance to support remote work.

Private medical insurance.

Dental insurance.

Life insurance.

Discounts and partnerships with businesses and educational institutions.

Access to recurring agile and professional development training.

Employee engagement and community initiatives.

Health and wellness partnerships and programs.

Access to learning and development resources and courses.

Birthday day off and additional employee-focused initiatives.

A collaborative and people-centered work environment focused on transparency, trust, technology, and continuous growth.

Opportunities to work on digital transformation, software engineering, architecture, modernization, data, and AI-related initiatives.

Flexible work environment designed to support productivity, collaboration, and work-life balance.

A culture that encourages knowledge sharing, autonomy, innovation, and professional development.

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