Solution Architect

At lastminute.com, we live for the holidays. We are the European Travel-Tech leader in Dynamic Holiday Packages. With technology, we turn spontaneous thoughts into meaningful experiences, helping people travel the world.

What your impact will be 

• Being a member of an autonomous, cross-location architecture team to work on defining  best practices and standards.

• You are responsible for making the impact of changes clear, and ensuring a sound design and approach.

• You work side-by-side with other architects, product/engineering managers, technology leads and individual contributors of varying degrees of seniority, to collaborate for solutions, decision making and leading by example.

• Anticipate and act upon issues that arise, providing alternative approaches and solutions.

• Evaluate and create new tools and techniques to facilitate effective development and architectural practices.

• Constantly updating technical knowledge and skills by attending (and sharing) in-house and/or external courses, reading manuals and testing new applications or solutions

Your expertise

• Bachelor or master degree in Computer Science, proven experience in successfully completing development of two or more complex applications or technologies, or equivalent applicable experience.

• Strong experience as a Software Engineer programming in OO/FP languages but preferably in JVM: Java, Scala or Kotlin. Also designing or implementing API best practices as well as using design and architectural patterns.

• Self-motivated; works independently.

• Strong communication skills, especially in representing their expertise to a wide range of people. Forges relationships with development personnel throughout the industry.

• Expert in current software design practices, including modularity, event-driven architecture, functional programming, microservices, object-oriented design, optimization, extensibility, and testability. Stays abreast of industry innovations and developments.

Desirable 

• Previous working experience in a startup or product company with high traffic experience. 

• Previous experience on working in a centralised architecture function is a plus.