Lead Architect - Data & AI

• Do you thrive on designing enterprise-scale Data & AI, generative AI, and agentic AI architectures while guiding strategic customers and influencing technology decisions across Microsoft and multi-cloud ecosystems?
• Are you ready to define global architecture standards, build reusable offerings, and enable teams worldwide to deliver consistent, high-impact Data & AI solutions?

Practical Information

Location: Sofia, Bulgaria; Bucharest, Romania; Madrid, Spain | Work arrangement: Hybrid | Contract type: Full-time | Reports to: Microsoft CoE Engineering Manager | Visa status: Valid working visa for coundry of employment | Language requirements: Fluent/professional English, written and verbal

We are hiring a Lead Architect - Data & AI to join SoftwareOne’s global Center of Excellence, where you will combine technical leadership, offering ownership, customer-facing architecture, and global enablement. You will shape and scale enterprise Data & AI and agentic AI solutions, primarily across Microsoft Fabric, Microsoft Foundry, Azure AI Services, and the broader Microsoft ecosystem, while making informed architecture decisions across leading cloud and AI platforms.

This is not a delivery-only, single-cloud, or product-specialist role; we are looking for a senior architect who can translate emerging technologies into reusable architectures, scalable services, and strategic customer outcomes. You will also enable distributed teams to deliver consistently while helping define SoftwareOne’s global Data & AI strategy and offerings.

Key Responsibilities

• Define and drive SoftwareOne’s global Data & AI architecture strategy, with a Microsoft-first approach designed for multi-cloud and multi-model customer environments.
• Lead the architecture of modern data platforms, lakehouse and analytics solutions, enterprise AI, RAG, agentic AI, and production-grade AI services across Microsoft and complementary technologies.
• Shape the Data & AI intelligence layer of the Frontier portfolio, connecting data, models, agents, security, integration, developer tools, and operations into end-to-end customer solutions.
• Create scalable, repeatable offerings and delivery assets, including reference architectures, implementation patterns, assessments, playbooks, statements of work, quality gates, and technical collateral.
• Support strategic customer engagements through workshops, solution shaping, presales, architecture reviews, feasibility assessments, technical assurance, and executive-level discussions.
• Establish standards for architecture, governance, Responsible AI, security, observability, reliability, FinOps, and lifecycle management, while translating business needs into secure, scalable, and cost-effective solutions.
• Partner with Microsoft, technology providers, and global teams to accelerate market readiness, enable delivery teams through mentoring and reusable assets, and remain hands-on through prototyping and technical leadership.

Job Requirements

• Extensive experience in data platforms, analytics, AI engineering, cloud architecture, solution architecture, or enterprise consulting, with a proven track record of delivering enterprise-scale Data & AI solutions.
• Deep expertise in Microsoft Data & AI technologies, including Microsoft Fabric, Microsoft Foundry, Azure AI Services, and related architecture patterns.
• Strong knowledge of AWS, Google Cloud, Anthropic, and other leading Data & AI ecosystems, with the ability to evaluate alternatives and make fit-for-purpose architecture and technology decisions.
• Proven experience designing and scaling modern data platforms, generative AI, RAG, agentic AI, model orchestration, observability, governance, and production-grade AI solutions beyond proof-of-concept environments.
• Demonstrated ability to create reusable architecture standards, consulting offerings, delivery methodologies, and technical assets that enable consistent global delivery.
• Experience advising senior business and technology stakeholders, including CIOs, CTOs, CDOs, enterprise architects, engineering leaders, and security leaders.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence across global, matrixed organizations and engage effectively with executive, architecture, and engineering audiences.
• A pragmatic, hands-on leader with strong architectural judgment, a continuous learning mindset, and a passion for turning emerging technologies into scalable customer outcomes.

What we offer

Our company benefits vary based on your location, but always include:

• Global company culture: We defined our 6 core values through our company culture (https://www.softwareone.com/en/our-story/our-values)
• A mentor who supports your successful start and is at your side with advice and action
• President’s Club: Recognition awarded by leadership and your peers
• Lifelong education: A variety of training and development opportunities
• Hire to Grow: We optimize our internal structures and feedback culture constantly to be your Employer of Choice, today and in future

Company description SoftwareOne is a global provider of software and cloud solutions. With a presence in over 70 countries and more than 12,000 professionals, we help organizations optimize software investments, modernize applications, and unlock the value of cloud, data, and AI.

Our people are at the core of everything we do. We enable collaboration across borders, continuous learning, and opportunities to grow in a fast-evolving technology landscape. Whether your focus is on technology, customer success, or business operations, your ideas matter, and your contributions make a difference.