System Architect

We are a team of 40+ people (Engineers, Designers, Product Owners, Project Managers, System Architects & more) working with Philips Domestic Appliances and their digital products. Our goal is to simplify the everyday life of Philips’ customers by creating user friendly apps and products.

We work in multiple cross-functional agile teams, developing backend platform and mobile apps. One of the apps we are developing is Philips NutriU, feel free to check it out and find your favorite recipe!

Qualifications & Experience

• a degree in computer science, informatics or similar
• excellent knowledge of spoken and written English
• experience in providing solutions based on customer needs
• experience in any modern OOP language and framework, Java/Spring Boot would be a plus
• experience in designing REST APIs consumed by other services, SPAs and/or mobile clients
• experience in defining relational data models in any modern RDS, especially if it is PostgreSQL
• general knowledge of cloud architecture techniques, design patterns and technologies
• target-oriented and disciplined ability to work successfully in a multi-cultural, global business environment
• an interest or working experience in agile development methodologies (Agile, Scrum, Kanban)
• strong problem-solving skills
• open for new ideas and new options
• excellent organizational skills
• exceptional customer-focused attitude

Your responsibilities

• working with Product Owners and other System Architects to define features, support in backlog refinement and planning
• defining architecture strategy for the product
• defining tasks and giving high-level effort estimates
• rolling out new features, and analyze (and react) to the results you learn about from development team and user feedback
• collaborating with clients and both project and technical teams
• being able to present your solutions in front of clients and/or a group of colleagues
• proactively communicating with other team members and project stakeholders
• participating in code reviews, pairing, and other forms of knowledge sharing
• continually improving your skills and pushing others to go forward with their knowledge
• working in a cross-functional team