Solution Architect

Would you like to be part of an amazing team in a well-integrated international work environment? Are you an expert in architecture and engineering? And do you have passion in shaping our organizational landscape through strategic decision-making and architectural excellence? You could be the person we are looking for.

We are seeking our next Solution Architect for Flying Tiger Copenhagen's Architecture & Engineering department. You will work from Flying Tiger Copenhagen’s headquarter in the center of Copenhagen, Strandgade.

About the role

In this role, you will be responsible for delivering solution design for programmes and projects where you ensure quality, appropriate decision making and communication to key stakeholders regarding architectural, engineering, and other relevant matters.

You will report directly to the Principal Architect.

This role will allow you to show your autonomy and project lead experience in the following responsibilities:

• Act as the primary architect on assigned programmes and projects.
• Lead the solution definition of programmes and produce architecture deliverables such as high-level designs, architecture principles, non-functional requirements etc.
• Lead and cultivate architecture and engineering governance in projects, programmes, and reviews to ensure optimal quality of solutions and steer any work towards strategic decisions and business value.
• Drive advisory, concept development, prototyping (tech leapfrogging) and potential PoC before solutions are requested by Tech and business peers.
• Engage actively in Design review meetings, providing valuable feedback to technology peers. Build trust as a domain expert in relevant applications and technologies.
• Contribute to the evolution of our Tech Architecture and Engineering governance ensuring strategic alignment and facilitating transparent decision making.
• Operate as the technical authority in vendor and technology selection processes, ensuring the best-fit solutions for our organization. Contribute to engineering standards, refining and reviewing standards and templates such as design documents and architecture blueprints in an ongoing manner.

About you

To be successful in this role you probably have a degree in computer science, system analysis or a related study or equivalent experience.

You have a good understanding of strategic and emerging technology trends, and the practical application of existing and emerging technologies to new and evolving business and operating models. Furthermore, you have an understanding of agile methods and processes and capability of supporting agile project teams.

You also have…

• 5+ years of solution architect experience at retailers or working on retail solutions covering one or more of the following areas:
• Product Development and Management – PIM/PLM
• Pricing
• Merchandising
• Supply Chain Planning
• Experience in global and multicultural organizations
• Experience with end-to-end solution design including integration choices.
• Experience with event driven architecture and API first application landscapes.
• Exposure to domain driven design, microservices, cloud architecture as well as modern integration technologies.

This is us:

Flying Tiger Copenhagen is a company with strong values founded in Scandinavian culture. We want to be fun and relevant, and we put our heart into everything we do.

Flying Tiger Copenhagen offers:

• Probably the best location - in the heart of Copenhagen
• Attractive pension
• Private health insurance - also including children
• Flexibility with the possibility of working from home
• Fun and dynamic culture
• Social workplace with parties, Friday bars, staff club etc.
• International work environment founded in Scandinavian culture
• Restaurant food everyday
• And much more…

Did you know?

We take climate change very seriously and work very hard to minimize our carbon footprint.

We do this by buying less plastic and more renewable materials (everything which grows) – and we also want to make sure that all stores are run on renewable energy. We walk the talk – and make sure that what we do is validated by external experts, in the Science Based Targets initiative. You can read more about our work with climate action here https://flyingtiger.com/pages/sustainability-eco-friendly