Lead Architect

Responsibilities

• Define and drive Nexthink's architecture roadmap, setting direction across scale, resilience, AI integration, and platform evolution
• Be a hands-on contributor: own specific architectural domains personally and drive them through to production
• Work closely with Product and Engineering leadership to align architecture decisions with the product roadmap and business objectives
• Build a coherent, high-performing architecture team from a strong group of senior individual contributors, creating shared practices, architectural forums, and a culture of technical excellence
• Communicate architectural vision clearly to technical and non-technical stakeholders, including the CEO and CPO
• Evaluate emerging technologies, especially AI and machine learning infrastructure, and make principled decisions about what belongs in the platform and when
• Serve as a technical authority across the organization, advising engineering teams on design decisions, patterns, and trade-offs
• Experience & Background
• 10+ years of hands-on software architecture experience in product-based engineering environments
• A proven track record of designing and delivering large-scale, high-performance, cloud-native platforms to production
• Deep expertise in cloud-native architecture, including microservices, distributed systems and high-volume data pipelines. AWS, Azure, or GCP experience is desirable, but we care about depth of thinking more than the specific cloud technology
• Meaningful exposure to AI and Machine Learning in the last two years, whether through building, integrating or actively shaping architectural direction
• Background in high-growth SaaS or product companies with a strong understanding of what it means to ship, scale, and iterate under real constraints
• Experience at Director, Senior Director, or VP level, or as a Staff/Principal Architect with equivalent scope
• How You Work
• You're fluent in both technical and business language, able to go deep on architecture in one conversation and discuss business impact in the next
• A leader who influences through credibility rather than authority, earning trust by engaging in the details and communicating clearly
• Comfortable with ambiguity and transformation, recognizing that Nexthink is evolving, and this role helps defines where it lands
• Naturally hands-on, enjoying working through the hardest architectural problems and not only delegating them
• Intentional about building strong relationships with your team, your peers in engineering and product, and with senior leadership
• If you are looking for a change and like a nice atmosphere, lots of challenges, and having fun while working, this is a great opportunity for you!
• Check what we offer:
• 💼 Permanent Contract and a competitive compensation package.
• 📍 Beautiful office, conveniently located next to the Prilly-Malley train station
• 🏡 Hybrid work model balancing office and remote work, with a structured approach for new hires to

Benefits

Additional Information

We're looking for a Lead Architect to own the architectural direction of the Nexthink Platform. This is a hands-on, high-influence role, reporting directly to the CTO, and responsible for setting the vision, driving technical decisions, and shaping how AI, cloud, and data architecture come together across the product. You'll lead a team of six senior architects based across Europe and work closely with Engineering, Product, and Executive leadership to define how Nexthink's platform evolves. Your technical depth, clear communication, and ability to earn trust across a strong, opinionated engineering organization will ensure success. If you're the kind of architect who wants to be close to the work, have a clear point of view, and wants to build something that truly matters, this is the role for you.

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