Lead Application & Product Architect

Wolters Kluwer Software und Service GmbH

Job

In this role, you will design the target architecture for 8P products, develop cloud-native solutions, and make architectural decisions regarding scalability, security, and compliance.

Job summary

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Your role in the team

  • You are responsible for evolving the target architecture of 8P products and the overarching platform, ensuring a consistent cloud-first, API-first, and agentic-first approach.
  • You define architectural standards and technical guardrails, and make architectural decisions with a focus on scalability, maintainability, security, quality, and technical risks.
  • You analyze existing products, platforms, and architectures and develop realistic evolution and migration paths, taking existing investments and technical dependencies into account.
  • You are a technical sparring partner for Product and Engineering roles, conducting architecture, design, and security reviews and consistently advocating for technical decisions even when stakeholder interests differ.
  • You ensure that our solutions meet Wolters Kluwer’s internal requirements for architecture, security, data protection, risk, compliance, and governance, working closely with the relevant control and governance functions.

Our expectations of you

Qualifications

  • You have expertise in enterprise architecture, security, risk, compliance, and architecture governance, and can integrate relevant requirements into technical solutions at an early stage.
  • You stand out for your strong communication and assertiveness: you can explain complex technical concepts clearly, facilitate contentious discussions based on facts, and advocate for sound architectural decisions even under intense delivery pressure.

Experience

  • You have several years of experience as a Software Architect, Lead Architect, or Principal Engineer, along with in-depth expertise in cloud-native architectures, APIs, microservices, distributed systems, and integration architectures.
  • You have experience with modern technology stacks, ideally Kotlin, Spring Boot, TypeScript, and React, as well as CI/CD, DevSecOps, and automated quality gates.
  • You have experience quickly understanding and incrementally evolving existing enterprise and legacy architectures.

What we offer

  • You’ll receive a permanent position at an international company, as well as an occupational pension plan with personalized advice.
  • 30 days of vacation, flexible working hours, and the option to work remotely on designated days.
  • You can work abroad flexibly for up to 20 days within a 12-month period.
  • We support you with structured onboarding, on-the-job learning, international career opportunities, and internal and external training.
  • Our corporate benefits program offers you everything from JobRad to life and retirement planning advice.
  • In addition, you’ll receive an extra day off, the Volunteer Day, to support social projects.
  • Through our “Wolters Kluwer Cares” program, we also support social projects as a company.
  • You’ll work with high-performance IT equipment at modern workstations in a shared-desk environment, with free drinks and in well-connected office buildings.
  • At our employee events and through our employee referral program, you’ll experience genuine team spirit.

Benefits

Topics you will work on

Job locations

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  • Location Ludwigsburg
    Baden-Württemberg, Germany

About your employer

As a leading provider of information, software and services, Wolters Kluwer helps experts work better and solve complex problems in a constantly changing world. We are committed to the success of people and businesses we serve in over 180 countries every day.

Company size
50-249 Employees
Company type
Established Company
Work model
Onsite, Hybrid, Full Remote
Industry
Internet, IT, Telecommunication
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Lead Application & Product Architect

Wolters Kluwer Software und Service GmbH