Lead Architect Cross-Border

We are seeking a senior Lead Architect for Cross-Border BU to lead strategic architecture initiatives across Bnode's International Cross-Border business. This role will focus on assessing and shaping the technology landscape for cross-border, and designing a modern data platform and digital services ecosystem.

The ideal candidate will bring deep experience in enterprise architecture, transport systems, data platforms, and microservices-based product organizations, with the ability to translate business needs into scalable, secure, and future-proof technical solutions while inspiring teams and stakeholders around a clear architectural vision.

Key Responsibilities:

Architecture Leadership

• Assess and document the current technology landscape for cross-border logistics and transport platforms.
• Define scalable, secure, and modular reference architectures for logistics, transport, and digital services.
• Lead the design of a modern data platform architecture (lakehouse, data mesh) and define key data products.
• Support the definition of architecture for ecommerce integrations and API digital services

Platform Development & Guidance

• Create and review technical designs for coherence, scalability, and resilience across domains.
• Guide the adoption of microservices and product-centric architecture models.
• Provide architectural support for event-driven architecture (EDA) initiatives, including Kafka-based event streaming and schema governance.

Collaboration & Governance

• Work closely with product owners, developers, and business analysts to translate business requirements into technical architectures.
• Collaborate with suppliers and remote teams to ensure cross-functional alignment and delivery.
• Contribute to architecture governance and quality enablement across teams.

Innovation and Best Practices

• Stay updated on advancements in cloud-native technologies, data platforms, and ecommerce ecosystems.
• Ensure compliance with data security standards and establish governance practices for APIs and schemas.
•  Promote architectural best practices across teams and domains.

Experience

• A Masters (or equivalent) in Computer Science or other relevant discipline
• 15+ years in enterprise or solution architecture, with experience across logistics, transport, or ecommerce domains.
• Proven experience designing and implementing data platforms (Snowflake, Databricks), microservices architectures (Java, PHP, Python), and API ecosystems.
• Exposure to EDA principles and technologies (Kafka, Avro, schema registry) is a plus.
• Experience with AWS (Lambda, DynamoDB, S3, RDS, SQS, SNS, CloudWatch); Azure exposure is a plus.
• Experience with DevSecOps practices and secure software development lifecycles.

Technical Skills

• Strong understanding of product organization models and domain-driven design.
• Experience with API-driven architectures (RESTful APIs, API gateways).
• Proficiency in containerization and orchestration tools (Docker, Kubernetes, AWS ECS/EKS).
• Familiarity with data mesh, lakehouse architectures, and data governance principles.

Soft Skills

• Excellent communication skills with the ability to translate complex technical concepts to business stakeholders.
• Strategic thinker with strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities.
• Proven leadership skills, including guiding and mentoring development teams.

· An inspirational leader who motivates teams, builds confidence in architectural direction, and drives adoption of change through vision and influence rather than authority.

Preferred Skills

• Prior experience in logistics, transport, and ecommerce platforms is a strong plus.

Like a long-awaited parcel, we want to make you feel welcome and valued. Our offer includes a competitive monthly salary, that goes without saying. On top of that, you can count on:

• Meal vouchers of €8 per working
  day 
• Hospitalization-, group- and
  disability insurances 
• A phone subscription, including
  25GB data 
• A flexible renumeration plan,
  which allows you to customize your own benefits. A company car, bike
  leasing, public transportation, extra days off,... the choice is yours 
• Possibility to enter the
  Federal Mobility plan 
• Work/life balance, thanks to
  flexible working hours and the possibility to work from home  
• 20 days of statutory leave and
  7 additional extralegal days off  
• An end-of-year and
  performance-based bonus and double holiday pay  
• Many benefits from more than 100 bpost-partners