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# Solution Architect

- **Company:** In The Pocket
- **Location:** Belgium
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Continuous Integration, DevOps, Open Web Application Security, Systems Development Life Cycle, Software Engineering, UML, Domain Driven Design, Static Application Security Testing, Microservices, Dynamic Application Security Testing
- **Published:** August 19, 2026
- **Apply:** https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/inthepocket/jobs/2185113

## About the Role

* You have a background as a software engineer (5+ years) and prior experience in a similar role.
 * You're fluent in Domain Driven Design (DDD) and modern architecture patterns (e.g. microservices, event-driven, RAG, Agentic patterns, etc), and you know when not to use them.
 * You have broad technical knowledge, collaborate effectively with subject-matter experts, and you're not afraid to visit the "engine room" (POCs, hands-on validation, etc. using GenAI).
 * You understand secure software delivery (OWASP, threat modelling, SAST/DAST, etc.) and can extend that thinking to AI-specific risks (e.g., data exposure, prompt injection, misuse).
 * You have proven experience with software engineering and delivery practices (SDLC, CI/CD, DevOps) and architecture modelling (C4, UML, ADRs).
 * You communicate complex technical solutions to non-technical stakeholders through compelling storytelling and persuasive presentations.
 * You're a born facilitator: you ask the right questions, address difficult topics, and whiteboarding comes naturally.
 * You thrive in a team, seek feedback, have affinity with product design, and handle the flexibility and pace of a dynamic company.
 * Proficiency in English and Dutch.

## Description

As a Solution Architect, you grasp the complexity of modern platform solutions and break it down into understandable building blocks for engineers and business stakeholders. You facilitate architectural decision-making, clarify qualities and constraints, surface risks and trade-offs, and guide stakeholders to informed decisions.

 * Ensure the architecture of the products you're assigned to is sound, well understood, and evolves in a direction that best supports the business case.
 * Facilitate architectural debates and decision-making: make trade-offs explicit, keep teams aligned, and communicate clearly to both internal teams and client stakeholders/suppliers.
 * Partner with sales during pre-sales: capture prospect needs, craft the solution approach and offer, and help turn ambiguity into a realistic plan.


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