Solution Architect Data Services

As a Solution Architect within Data & AI Services, you define and drive the architecture of enterprise Data & AI products, platforms, and cloud-native solutions that enable NN’s data-driven and AI-powered future. The role also serves as a technical leader, guiding engineers, influencing architectural decisions, and promoting engineering excellence. What you are going to do You will act as the bridge between business needs, product management, engineering teams, and enterprise architecture, ensuring that solutions are secure, scalable, reusable, and aligned with NN’s strategic technology direction.

• Define end-to-end architectures for Data & AI Products
• Translate business outcomes and product visions into scalable technical solutions
• Design integration patterns across Data Governance, Data Engineering, AI Engineering, and Business Intelligence domains
• Ensure data products are reusable, discoverable, secure, and aligned with enterprise governance standards
• Lead Architecture Decision Records (ADRs) and design reviews, ensuring consistency with enterprise architecture principles and standards
• Act as trusted advisor to Product Managers, Product Owners, Engineering Managers, and development teams, You combine expertise in cloud platforms, Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS), software engineering, data engineering, AI engineering, and data products to design solutions that accelerate adoption and value realization across NN Group., A requirement for this position is that candidates are currently living and working in the Netherlands. Who you will work with In this role, you will work closely with Product Owners, Enterprise, Domain and Security Architects, Engineering Managers, Data & AI engineering teams, and business stakeholders across NN Group. You will collaborate across platforms and business units to align architectural decisions, enable reusable solutions, and help teams deliver secure, scalable, and value-driven Data & AI capabilities. Any questions? Any questions about the process can be directed to Liselotte van der Zeeuw, Talent Acquisition Specialist, via email at .

Never losing sight of the bigger picture, you are keen to collaborate to achieve our objectives. In addition, you have:

• 8+ years experience in solution architecture, software engineering, platform engineering, or related fields
• Experience designing enterprise-scale Data & AI solutions
• Proven track record delivering complex data, analytics, or AI platforms
• Proven expertise in Data & AI platforms, data products, Data Mesh, MLOps/AgentOps, data governance, data quality
• Solid software engineering background with Python, APIs, microservices, event-driven architecture, DevSecOps, observability, and SDLC best practices
• Strong knowledge in cloud and platform engineering across Azure, AWS, Kubernetes, PaaS, Infrastructure as Code, CI/CD automation, and cloud security
• Ability to work collaboratively with other architects and stakeholders
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• A good command of both Dutch and English is preferred

• Salary between €7,087 and €9,449 based on a 40-hour work week, depending on your knowledge and experience
• 13th month and holiday allowance are paid with your monthly salary
• 27 vacation days for a 5-day working week and three Diversity Days
• A modern pension administered by BeFrank
• Plenty of training and learning opportunities
• NS Business Card 2nd class, which gives you unlimited travel, also privately. Do you prefer to travel with your own transport? Then you can declare the kilometers travelled
• Allowances for setting up your home office and for internet use