Gothenburg, Sweden · On-site
As Principal Software Architect, you will define and drive the future technology architecture for Hii Retail, a cloud-native SaaS platform for leading retailers, ensuring it scales with resilience, efficiency, and techni…
Skills: Cloud Native Architecture, Distributed Systems, GCP, MACH Principles, Microservices
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Define and drive the future technology architecture for a cloud-native SaaS platform for retailers. Lead the Solution Review Board and set the strategic direction for AI integration and engineering efficiency.
Extensive experience as a senior or principal architect in a SaaS environment with deep expertise in distributed systems and GCP. Proven ability to design scalable platforms and communicate complex architectural topics to both technical and business stakeholders.
As Principal Software Architect, you will define and drive the future technology architecture for Hii Retail, a cloud-native SaaS platform for leading retailers, ensuring it scales with resilience, efficiency, and technical excellence. You will own the end-to-end technical architecture and act as the bridge between strategic vision and engineering execution, aligning long-term direction with day-to-day delivery.
As a senior member of the Product Engineering leadership team, you will partner with Engineering, Product, Site Reliability Engineering, and Developer Enablement to align architecture with business goals.
You will lead the Solution Review Board, ensuring new systems and architectural changes meet standards for scalability, quality, and long-term sustainability, while also setting the strategic direction for AI across product capabilities and engineering efficiency.
You are an experienced architect with a strong enterprise and engineering background from high-growth, product-led organizations, with a deep understanding of how business and technology architecture interlink. You have a proven ability to design scalable, modern platforms and bring a delivery mindset to your work.
You are comfortable operating in fast-paced environments and demonstrate the ability to take initiative, identify problems, and drive solutions with a holistic perspective. You communicate effectively with both technical and business stakeholders and are confident in explaining complex architectural topics in a clear and structured way. You lead through expertise and influence, building trust and alignment across teams without relying on formal authority.
Extensive experience as a senior, principal, or chief architect in a SaaS or technology-led company.
Strong expertise in distributed systems and cloud native architectures, GCP preferred.
Solid understanding of MACH principles, Microservices, API first, Cloud native, Headless.
Experience with DevOps, platform engineering, and developer enablement.
Experience working with AI, including Agentic AI, and modern development practices.
Excellent communication skills, able to explain complex topics to both technical and business stakeholders.
We cover the entire retail ecosystem
Extenda Retail is a global retailer and logistics software provider. We provide state-of-the-art solutions for industry leaders across the globe, enabling our customers to offer the next generation of shopping experience. We are proud of our extensive client base of leading retailers spanning 37+ countries and counting. Our software enables smooth logistics, transactions, operations, and customer journeys and we specialise in the industries of Grocery, Pharmaceutical, Convenience & fuel, and Fashion & specialised trade. Put simply: We inspire retailers to go further.
Offices: Gustav III:s Boulevard 50A, Solna, 169 73, SE
We cover the entire retail ecosystem
Extenda Retail is a global retailer and logistics software provider. We provide state-of-the-art solutions for industry leaders across the globe, enabling our customers to offer the next generation of shopping experience. We are proud of our extensive client base of leading retailers spanning 37+ countries and counting. Our software enables smooth logistics, transactions, operations, and customer journeys and we specialise in the industries of Grocery, Pharmaceutical, Convenience & fuel, and Fashion & specialised trade. Put simply: We inspire retailers to go further.
Offices: Gustav III:s Boulevard 50A, Solna, 169 73, SE
