Hands-on Software Architect

Own the architecture of iwells full software stack and keep it coherent as the company grows.

• Spend around 50% of your time writing production code and working alongside development teams.

• Make and document key technical decisions: technology choices, service boundaries, data flows, security and identity, deployment and operability.

• Partner with tech leads and product managers to align technical direction with product strategy.

• Coach and mentor engineers; review designs and code.

• Monitor non-functional concerns (scalability, reliability, security, cost) across Azure and GCP.

• Position Title: Hands-on Software Architect

• Company: iwell - Your Partner for Sustainable Energy Solutions

• Location: Utrecht

• About iwell: We reinforce energy security by helping European businesses become more energy independent. We deliver energy management solutions (in-house EMS and modular battery storage) to drive profit through sustainability. Fast-growing international team of engineers, software developers, business developers and creative thinkers.

• Role summary: Oversee technical direction of the entire software stack and spend roughly half your time coding. Not a pure whiteboard architect-works hands-on in code and helps raise the technical bar by working alongside engineers.

• Technology stack: C# applications running on Azure IoT Edge at sites and batteries; Angular web app with a C# backend; multiple cloud services on Azure; data pipelines on Google Cloud Platform; optimization applications in Python.

• Success criteria: Set architectural direction across a heterogeneous, multi-cloud, edge-to-cloud platform; move fluently between C#, TypeScript/Angular and Python; help others get up to speed quickly; raise the technical bar by working with engineers.

• Benefits and perks:

• 30 days of holiday, plus a yearly company holiday and one volunteer day per year.

• €1,500 per year development budget.

• Pension plan with BrandNewDay.

Substantial experience as a software engineer with a track record of taking architectural responsibility for non-trivial systems.

• Productivity in at least two of: C#/.NET, TypeScript/Angular, and Python.
• Hands-on experience with Azure (and ideally GCP), including identity, security, and platform services.
• Familiarity with edge or IoT scenarios; Azure IoT Edge is a plus.
• Ability to get up to speed quickly in unfamiliar codebases and be productive within days.
• Strong communication skills; able to explain technical trade-offs to both junior engineers and C-level stakeholders. Fluency in English required.
• Pragmatic mindset: choose well-understood solutions when appropriate and recognise when to innovate.