Job Title Software Architect (all genders) Job Description As a Software Architect, you will serve as the technical heartbeat of a development team. In this role, you will bridge the gap between complex cloud architecture and high-performance product features. You won’t just be writing code; you will be defining the patterns, mentoring the next generation of engineers, and ensuring our microservices ecosystem is scalable, resilient, and developer-friendly. Your role: Technical Stewardship: Contribute to architectural design and implementation of distributed microservices within a Kubernetes-orchestrated environment. Unlock AI productivity: Enable the true power of AI to be a force multiplier for developer productivity, while maintaining high-quality code. Evolve the software architecture to be consumable by AI, as well as use AI to unlock semi-autonomous business workflows with human oversight. Team Mentorship: Temporarily act as a "North Star" for a cross-functional Scrum team, conducting deep-dive code reviews and fostering a culture of technical excellence, and then potentially switching to another team to enable them. Full-Stack Delivery: Drive the development of responsive web front-ends and robust backend APIs, ensuring seamless integration across the entire stack. Quality Engineering: Establish and enforce testing strategies, including TDD, automated regression suites, and contract testing, to ensure our services behave consistently and scale safely. Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Treat infrastructure as a first-class citizen by defining AWS resources through code. DevOps Advocacy: Streamline developer experience by optimizing CI/CD pipelines and observability tooling to ensure "you build it, you run it" stability. Data Strategy: Design and optimize data models across relational (PostgreSQL) and non-relational (Redis) data stores. You should bring the following: Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related field Expert-level knowledge of backend languages (e.g., C#, Python, and/or Java) and REST/GraphQL/gRPC patterns. Expert-level knowledge of modern web frameworks (React,…). Understanding of AWS (EKS, IAM, RDS, Elasticache, EC2, ELB,…) Understanding of Kubernetes and the CNCF ecosystem. Our techstack contains: ArgoCD, Helm, Crossplane, Prometheus, Grafana, OpenTelemetry, Karpenter, fluent-bit, Loki, Tempo, Kyverno, Cilium, Spire, Trivy, External Secrets Provider, cert manager, coredns) Understanding of Infrastructure as Code (Terraform/OpenTofu, Crossplane). You view testing as an integral part of development, not an afterthought, and you design systems with observability, reliability, and maintainability in mind. Hands-on experience with GitHub Actions Quick and eager learner. Someone who can learn new skills rapidly. Excellent interpersonal and organizational skills with the ability to motivate and inspire. Excellent understanding of how to leverage AI to multiple productivity. Experience working in multinational and cross-functional organizations. Experience working in a regulated industry such as medical device is a plus but is not mandatory. Fluency in english, good german language skills preferred Philips benefits for you: Annual leave: 30 days Mobility and devices: subsidized Germany ticket, leasing opportunities for private use (bicycles, cars, smartphones,… ) Philips University & Philips in Balance: Wide range of professional training courses and for personal development & Healthcare Philips Pension Fund: Employer-funded pension plan “ Partnerzeit ” – two paid weeks off after your partner has given birth Philips MyShop : Discount on Philips products Free drinks and low prices in our canteen and Café Philistro Culture: Informal culture, a paid day for voluntary work, various team/cultural activities (on sustainability, diversity, ), etc. How We Work Together We believe that we achieve better results when we work together rather than apart. For this role this means to be on-site at least 3 days a week. About Philips We are a health technology company. We built our entire company around the belief that every human matters, and we won't stop until everybody everywhere has access to the quality healthcare that we all deserve. With patient safety and Quality as our fundamental premise, we focus on regulatory requirements and quality standards in our daily work. Do the work of your life to help the lives of others. Learn more about our business. Discover our rich and exciting history. Learn more about our purpose. If you’re interested in this role and have many, but not all, of the experiences needed, we encourage you to apply. You may still be the right candidate for this or other opportunities at Philips. Learn more about our commitment to diversity and inclusion here. LI- OFFICE