Join to apply for the Cloud Software Architect role at CleverbridgeJoin to apply for the Cloud Software Architect role at CleverbridgeGet AI-powered advice on this job and more exclusive features.Cleverbridge is the smarter way to sell globally. As a premium Merchant of Record (MoR), we simplify global software sales by combining powerful platform capabilities — including payments, subscriptions, taxes, and compliance — with expert services that fuel growth across the entire customer lifecycle. From onboarding and implementation to ongoing optimization and strategic guidance, our team works as an extension of our clients', helping them remove friction, reduce risk, and expand into new markets with confidence.About the roleWe are hiring a Cloud Software Architect as a key driver within the modernization of our Checkout systems and to support broader platform evolution at Cleverbridge. This role is a hands-on, high-impact position focused on enabling cost-efficient, scalable, and resilient architecture—starting with one of our most business-critical domains.Cleverbridge operates a global, 24/7 business, transacting roughly 15 million orders, maintaining a platform availability of above 99.99% over recent years. We support payments in 59 currencies across 240+ countries and territories. With significant traffic variability across regions and time zones, this role requires designing systems that can scale reliably under high load, while balancing compliance, cost, and performance requirements.You will partner closely with product and engineering teams to modernize legacy systems, implement cloud-native best practices where they bring business value, and build a foundation for performance, elasticity, and operational excellence in AWS. You will also collaborate with our Cloud Platform team, who provide and operate the cloud infrastructure foundation—so you can focus on software architecture in the cloud. Over time, your architectural leadership will extend beyond Checkout to other core platform areas.Your responsibilitiesAs a Cloud Software Architect, you will:Architect pragmatic modernization paths: Identify and prioritize areas where cloud-native approaches (e.g., serverless, event-driven systems, Kubernetes) bring measurable business value, while integrating effectively with existing legacy systems.Balance innovation with cost and compliance: Ensure that architecture choices support scalability, performance, and resilience without unnecessary re-platforming or overspending.Demonstrate selective cloud-native excellence: Lead the design and delivery of key high-traffic or high-visibility components that showcase modern best practices (e.g., elasticity, fault tolerance, FinOps), proving Cleverbridgeʼs ability to operate at global scale.Enable engineering teams: Partner with product and engineering leadership to guide teams in adopting best practices (e.g., API design, caching, observability, event-driven systems), ensuring these are embedded into delivery without slowing velocity.Collaborate with the Cloud Platform team: Leverage their infrastructure capabilities while focusing this role on software architecture design, ensuring effective use of shared platform services.Safeguard compliance and reliability: Ensure designs meet PCI-DSS, GDPR, and availability requirements while maintaining Cleverbridgeʼs 99.99% uptime track record.Promote cost-conscious architecture: Establish and advocate for FinOps-aligned design principles, ensuring scaling and modernization initiatives stay within target cost ratios.Support global scale: Architect systems that can reliably support Cleverbridgeʼs €900M in annual transactions and 15M orders across 240+ markets and 59 currencies.Your backgroundYou have strong experience working in environments where reliability, performance, and cost control matter. Specifically:AWS Certified Solutions Architect (Professional preferred) or equivalent hands-on expertise in designing and operating large-scale systems on AWS.Deep, hands-on experience with AWS and ideally exposure to other cloud providers.Proven ability to architect systems for global scale, high-traffic, always-on platforms.Experience working with or modernizing legacy systems—you understand how to balance pragmatism with forward-looking improvements.Strong technical background in C# and/or Node.js—you can dive into real code and guide teams effectively (we can flex on the “must-have” based on candidate strength).Experience designing and evolving API architectures, including REST, GraphQL, gateway patterns, and versioning strategies.Understanding of event-driven architectures (e.g., using SNS, SQS, or EventBridge) and how to apply them effectively.Familiarity with Kubernetes and container orchestration patterns.Solid knowledge of caching strategies, both at the application and infrastructure level (e.g., CDN, TTL management, in-memory caches).Awareness of compliance and regulatory requirements (e.g., PCI-DSS, GDPR, data retention policies) and ability to balance compliance with pragmatic engineering and cost-efficiency.Appreciation for global localization needs: our payment platform handles 59 currencies across 240+ markets.Why this role matters?This is a key architectural role within Cleverbridge's technology transformation. Youʼll start in the Checkout domain, a global, high-traffic, revenue-critical part of the platform, and help us evolve from tightly coupled legacy infrastructure to modern, loosely coupled, cloud-native systems.Youʼll also influence architectural standards, cost-efficiency practices, compliance alignment, and scaling strategies across the broader platform—helping prepare Cleverbridge for growth and eventual exit readiness.Seniority levelSeniority levelMid-Senior levelEmployment typeEmployment typeFull-timeJob functionJob functionEngineering and Information TechnologyIndustriesSoftware DevelopmentReferrals increase your chances of interviewing at Cleverbridge by 2xGet notified about new Cloud Architect jobs in Germany.Bonn, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany 7 months agoSolutions Architect– Media/Broadcast Enterprise SystemsGreater Munich Metropolitan Area 2 weeks agoSolution Architect E-Commerce (all genders)Solution Architect E-Commerce (all genders)Bielefeld, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany 5 days agoWe’re unlocking community knowledge in a new way. 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