About the Role
We are seeking a Platform Architect to shape and evolve the architecture and structure of our Procurement platform, a strategic capability supporting direct procurement for goods for resale. This role is critical to our business transformation, translating needs into robust architectural designs and actionable roadmaps.
Responsibilities
- Define Platform Architecture Strategy & Roadmap, setting the vision for platform evolution and driving roadmap execution.
- Design Scalable & Secure Architectures that balance performance, reliability, cost, and security.
- Select and Govern Technology by evaluating tools, establishing standards, and guiding design decisions.
- Ensure Operational Excellence by driving automation, observability, resilience, and performance improvements.
- Maintain & Evolve Architecture Documentation, keeping artifacts up to date as a single source of truth.
Requirements
- Expert experience in procurement processes, systems, or SAAS platforms.
- Experience with wholesale, retail, and supply chain technology landscapes.
- Experience with Oracle 12 (forms, SQL & PL/SQL) products software development knowledge and architecture.
- Proven architectural experience in cloud and SAAS environments.
- Strategic & Systems Thinking ability.
- Deep understanding of cloud-native architectures, APIs, integration patterns, and microservices.
- Strong grasp of technology governance, compliance, and regulatory requirements.
- Effective collaboration and influence skills.
- Knowledge of DevOps/SRE practices, automation, observability, and monitoring.
- Disciplined in maintaining architecture artifacts in tools like LeanIX, Confluence, and SharePoint.
- Awareness of emerging technologies and capability to run PoCs.
Skills
- Cloud-native architectures
- APIs
- Integration patterns
- Microservices
- Technology governance
- Compliance
- Regulatory requirements
- DevOps/SRE practices
- Automation
- Observability
- Monitoring
- LeanIX
- Confluence
- SharePoint
- Emerging technologies
- AI/ML
- Serverless
- Edge computing
Experience Level
- Technical Architect Grade 2 (Md9)
Benefits
- Individual and company-wide programs and trainings for people development.
- Support with individual solutions.
About the Company
- METRO.digital drives the technology for one of the leading international wholesalers specializing in food - METRO.
- We work on a wide range of products from e-commerce to checkout, to delivery software.
- We build the future of wholesale with passion and ownership.
- We work in a dynamic, multicultural environment where self-organizing teams collaborate in an agile setup.
- We foster strong teamwork, knowledge sharing, and continuous learning.
