At Yora, we believe modern software engineering is key to building scalable, secure, and sustainable digital products. We foster a culture of trust, ownership, and continuous learning, where specialists are empowered to grow, influence, and make meaningful impact.

We are currently looking for a Senior Software Architect for active assignments where architectural ownership is required from day one.

You will work close to both business and engineering, structuring complex system landscapes, defining architectural direction, and guiding teams through implementation and evolution. This is a hands-on architecture role, not a documentation-only position.

What you’ll do

In this role, you will:

• Design and evolve architectures for distributed, cloud-based systems

• Define target architectures, system boundaries, and integration patterns

• Make architectural decisions around scalability, availability, security, and cost

• Guide teams working with modern backend and platform stacks

• Support implementation to ensure architectural intent is realised in code and infrastructure

• Act as technical counterpart to product owners, platform teams, and stakeholders

Technologies & tools you’ll work with

You won’t work with everything, but you should be comfortable navigating environments involving several of the following:

Cloud & Platform

• AWS and Azure

• Kubernetes, container platforms, Docker

• Serverless components (Lambda, Functions, managed services)

Architecture & Integration

• REST & GraphQL APIs

• Event-driven architectures (Kafka, EventBridge, Service Bus)

• Microservices and modular monoliths

• API gateways, service meshes

Backend & Data

• Java, .NET, Node.js, Python

• PostgreSQL, SQL Server, NoSQL databases

• Messaging and streaming platforms

Security & Quality

• IAM, OAuth2/OIDC

• Security by design, zero trust principles

• Observability: logging, metrics, tracing (e.g. Prometheus, Grafana)

What we’re looking for

• Proven experience as a Software Solution Architect engineer with architectural responsibility

• Strong understanding of distributed systems and cloud-native design

• Experience making architectural trade-offs in real production environments

• Ability to communicate architecture clearly, both verbally and visually

• Comfortable working close to development teams and real codebases

Nice to have

• Experience from regulated or security-sensitive environments

• Platform or internal developer platform (IDP) experience

• Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Bicep, CloudFormation)

• Experience with CI/CD tooling and DevOps practices

Why Yora

Yora is a modern tech hub built on trust, collaboration, and freedom. We combine the stability of a larger group with the creativity and momentum of a startup-like environment. We value inclusion, different thinking styles, and psychological safety, whether you’re analytical, intuitive, introverted, or hyperfocused, you belong here.

At Yora, your work has impact. We encourage experimentation, knowledge sharing, and continuous learning, giving you the freedom and ownership to build meaningful, innovative solutions alongside talented teams.