Digital Platform architect

The Digital Platform Architect is responsible for defining, evolving, and governing the target architecture of the digital platform across Mobile, Web, and Backend-for-Frontend (BFF) layers.

The role ensures the platform remains scalable, secure, extensible, and maintainable while enabling internal and external teams to contribute through a consistent integration model.

Working closely with Product Owners, engineering teams, enterprise architecture, and business stakeholders, the architect translates platform vision into actionable architecture and delivery plans, while actively contributing to technical decisions, proof-of-concepts, and MVP validation.

Primary Tasks and Responsibilities

• Define and maintain the target architecture across Mobile, Web, and BFF layers
• Define architectural principles supporting platform scalability, extensibility, and maintainability
• Define integration patterns, platform boundaries, and contribution models
• Ensure consistency across mobile, web, and integration layers
• Align platform architecture with enterprise architecture standards and security requirements
• Provide technical leadership to engineering teams
• Facilitate technical decision-making and architecture governance
• Define API and integration principles
• Evaluate technologies, frameworks, and architectural approaches
• Identify technical risks and define mitigation strategies

Secondary Tasks and Responsibilities

• Support architecture spikes, proof-of-concepts (PoCs), and MVP initiatives
• Review and challenge technical designs and implementation approaches
• Coach engineers and promote best practices
• Support onboarding of platform contributors and partners
• Promote consistency across platform implementations
• Work with Product Owner on backlog refinement and prioritization
• Ensure architectural alignment with platform objectives
• Contribute to platform evolution and future integration strategies

• Proven experience as Solution Architect, Software Architect, or Platform Architect
• Experience designing digital platforms and integration ecosystems
• Experience defining architectures across multiple channels (Mobile, Web, APIs)
• Strong understanding of modern software architecture principles
• Strong knowledge of API-first architectures and integration patterns
• Strong experience with REST APIs, lifecycle management, and versioning
• Understanding of BFF (Backend-for-Frontend) architectures
• Knowledge of modular and component-based architectures
• Understanding of cloud-based and distributed architectures
• Strong expertise in security-by-design principles, including OAuth2, OpenID Connect, IAM integrations, authentication and authorization architectures, API security and secure integration patterns.
• Proven ability to define and implement enterprise-grade authorization patterns based on OAuth2 and OpenID Connect across Web, Mobile and BFF ecosystems.
• Understanding of observability, monitoring, and reliability practices

Non-Technical Profile Requirements

• Strategic thinking and strong analytical skills
• Strong communication and stakeholder management capabilities
• Ability to simplify complex technical concepts
• Ability to influence without direct authority
• Ability to work in ambiguous and evolving environments
• Pragmatic and hands-on mindset
• Ability to balance technical excellence with business needs

Methodology / Certification Requirements

• Experience working in Agile environments

Language Proficiencies

• Dutch is mandatory, or French with a strong knowledge of Dutch
• English is mandatory