System Architect

Mercedes-Benz.io GmbH•Waller, WA

2d•Hybrid

About The Position

Mercedes-Benz.io is hiring a System Architect to shape its internal platform strategy, drive architectural excellence, and enable engineering teams through modern cloud-native solutions. The role focuses on cloud platforms and internal developer services running on AWS, including the design and continued improvement of scalable, resilient, highly available platform solutions. The architect will work with engineering teams to improve internal tooling and Developer Experience, guide containerised and serverless workloads, establish observability standards, and partner with Security, Risk, and Compliance teams. The position also provides architectural guidance and technical mentoring to product engineering teams and contributes to Agile delivery and operational excellence. The work model is flexible hybrid, with an average of one day per week in the office; offices are in Lisbon and Braga.

Requirements

At least 6 years of experience in software engineering, platform engineering, cloud infrastructure, or related technical fields.
At least 3 years of experience in a technical leadership, solution architecture, or tech lead role.
Strong hands-on experience with AWS cloud services and cloud-native architecture patterns.
Deep expertise in containerisation and orchestration technologies, including Kubernetes (Amazon EKS), ECS, Docker, and AWS Lambda.
Experience designing and operating highly available, secure, and resilient systems at scale.
Strong understanding of observability practices, including monitoring, logging, alerting, SLOs, SLAs, and incident management.
Hands-on experience with Datadog or comparable observability solutions.
Experience collaborating with Security, Risk, and Compliance teams in enterprise environments.
Ability to define technical strategy and translate it into actionable roadmaps.
Experience conducting user research, stakeholder interviews, or developer feedback sessions to improve platform adoption and developer experience.
Strong communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence technical and non-technical audiences.
Experience working in Agile environments and leading cross-functional technical initiatives.

Nice To Haves

Experience supporting multiple autonomous engineering teams in a complex enterprise organisation.
Previous experience building or evolving Internal Developer Platforms (IDPs).
Strong understanding of Developer Experience (DevEx) principles and platform product management.
Experience facilitating blameless post-mortems and implementing long-term reliability improvements.
AWS certifications such as AWS Solutions Architect, AWS DevOps Engineer, or similar certifications.

Responsibilities

Define and evolve the architecture vision for cloud platforms and internal developer services running on AWS.
Lead the design, implementation, and continuous improvement of scalable, resilient, and highly available platform solutions.
Drive platform reliability through architecture reviews, technical standards, and best practices.
Collaborate with engineering teams to understand developer pain points and improve internal tooling and Developer Experience (DevEx).
Guide adoption and operation of containerised and serverless workloads using Amazon EKS, ECS, and AWS Lambda.
Establish and continuously improve observability standards for monitoring, logging, alerting, incident management, and service reliability objectives.
Partner with Security, Risk, and Compliance teams to ensure platform solutions meet security and regulatory requirements.
Provide architectural guidance, technical mentoring, and hands-on problem-solving to multiple product engineering teams.
Drive operational excellence through incident reviews, resilience initiatives, and continuous improvement practices.
Contribute to Agile delivery, including sprint planning, technical discovery, architectural reviews, and technical leadership activities.