Solution Architect

Ciklum is looking for a Solution Architect  to join our team in Spain.

We are a custom product engineering company that supports both multinational organizations and scaling startups to solve their most complex business challenges. With a global team of over 4,000 highly skilled developers, consultants, analysts and product owners, we engineer technology that redefines industries and shapes the way people live.

About the role:

As a Solution Architect, you will be part of an international team of tech professionals that build some of the best digital entertainment and e-commerce products in the iGaming industry.

As a full-stack design and development company they deliver high-quality applications and web experiences for our network of players around the world. They are a genuinely global team of talented and creative tech professionals, working from their offices in Madrid, Spain, alongside a growing team of fully remote members worldwide.

They develop their products with an agile methodology that delivers high-quality software solutions with a focus on outstanding player experiences. They know that recruiting and supporting great people is the best way to foster a brilliant team, delivering some of the business's highest quality, innovative products.

Responsibilities:

• Design and architect scalable, secure, and high-performance solutions that meet business needs
• Collaborate with clients and stakeholders to understand business requirements and objectives
• Work closely with development teams to ensure the successful implementation of architectural designs
• Identify key business stakeholders and establish communication with them
• Gather primary functionality, quality characteristics of software behavior, and given constraints
• Elaborate business, information, and technology architecture mapping
• Elaborate architecture vision that satisfies architecturally significant requirements through trade-off analysis, proof of concepts implementation, and benchmarking
• Set up and manage architecture design and documentation processes
• Document and communicate architecture decisions and trade-offs to major stakeholders
• Review and validate design decisions made downstream and ensure they satisfy the solution architecture vision

Requirements:

• Architecture and Development experience in a highly regulated business, preferably in multiple architecture domains
• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field
• At least 8 years experience in IT with at least 4 years in an architecture role and proven experience as a Solutions Architect or similar role, with a track record of designing and implementing complex solutions
• Demonstrable experience in creating valuable solutions in a large-scale enterprise-class business and experience in dealing with C-suite decision-makers
• Particular experience in building cloud-based solutions in any delivery method (SaaS, PaaS, IaaS) is a significant benefit
• Clear understanding of highly engineered systems, complex and modern SDLC, and high degrees of automation is an advantage
• Experience in describing architectures within a prescribed framework
• Experience of Agile delivery and ways of working
• Fluent English
• Direct experience in designing and building from scratch, based on distributed architecture, event-driven architecture and microservices
• Direct experience designing and implementing with these patterns: CQRS, Mediator, Commands-Responses, Consumer-Producer, Command and Command-Handlers, Events and Event-Handlers, REST
• Direct experience with high availability, reliability and fault tolerance and fault recovery solutions
• Direct experience with message brokers and queues
• Direct experience with ASP.NET Core WebAPI to build RESTful APIs

What`s in it for you?

• Care: your mental and physical health is our priority. We ensure comprehensive company-paid medical insurance and 4 additional undocumented sick leave days
• Tailored education path: boost your skills and knowledge with our regular internal events (meetups, conferences, workshops), Udemy license, language courses and company-paid certifications
• Growth environment: share your experience and level up your expertise with a community of skilled professionals, locally and globally
• Flexibility: Own your schedule – you are the one to decide when to start your working day. Just don't miss your regular team stand-up. We are there to support your work-life balance and provide 23 vacation days & short Fridays
• Opportunities: we value our specialists and always find the best options for them. Our Internal Mobility Program helps change a project if needed to help you grow, excel professionally and fulfill your potential
• Global impact: work on large-scale projects that redefine industries with international and fast-growing clients
• Welcoming environment: feel empowered with a friendly team, open-door policy, informal atmosphere within the company and regular team-building events

About us:

At Ciklum, we are always exploring innovations, empowering each other to achieve more, and engineering solutions that matter. With us, you'll work with cutting-edge technologies, contribute to impactful projects, and be part of a One Team culture that values collaboration and progress.
Based in Málaga, our team thrives in one of Andalusia's leading tech hubs. Enjoy a hybrid work setup, the sunny Mediterranean vibe, and endless opportunities to grow your skills on global-scale projects.

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