Software Architect

At Madiff, we connect top IT talent with cutting-edge companies through remote Agile teams and nearshore outsourcing. With operations in Poland, Portugal, France, and the UK, we specialize in AI, DevOps, and Cybersecurity – supporting industries like Telecom, Banking, and Hi-Tech.

Are you an experienced Software Architect ready to take ownership of complex, mission-critical platforms operating at massive scale?

Do you enjoy shaping long-term technical direction while staying close to real engineering challenges?

If designing highly available, secure, and high-throughput systems excites you – this role is for you.

Key responsibilities:

• Own, define, and evolve the target architecture for core lottery platform services

• Design scalable, resilient, and secure distributed systems

• Define and enforce microservices and event-driven architecture patterns

• Act as the final decision authority for architectural topics across multiple teams

• Ensure alignment with non-functional requirements such as performance, availability, security, and compliance

• Guide teams on clean architecture, domain-driven design (DDD), and SOLID principles

• Review solution designs and source code from an architectural perspective

• Collaborate with DevOps and platform teams on CI/CD, deployment, and runtime architecture

• Drive cloud adoption and container-based delivery models

• Identify architectural and technical risks early and define mitigation strategies

• Support production readiness, platform stability, and incident prevention

• Serve as a technical escalation point for complex, cross-team issues

What we are looking for:

• Previous hands-on experience as a Software Architect

• Strong commercial experience with Java (8+)

• Extensive knowledge of Spring Boot, Spring Cloud, and enterprise Java frameworks

• Proven track record designing high-throughput, transactional systems

• Deep understanding of microservices and distributed system architectures

• Experience with event-driven architectures and messaging platforms

• Strong API design skills, including REST and security standards

• Solid understanding of data consistency, concurrency, and fault tolerance

• Experience working in regulated or highly available environments

• Excellent communication skills and ability to influence senior technical and non-technical stakeholders

Nice to have

• Experience in gaming, lottery, or financial transaction platforms

• Knowledge of security standards and compliance frameworks

• Experience with performance tuning and capacity planning

• Background in consulting or large-scale enterprise delivery

What we offer:

• Fully remote work work model

• Long-term, stable project within a highly regulated, large-scale platform

• Real architectural ownership and influence over long-term technical direction

• Collaboration with senior engineering leaders in a mature, professional environment