Platform Architect
What is the impact you want to make?
Unleash your biggest strengths, apply skills & knowledge, learn new things, connect with your peers and build your career with us!
Why rinf.tech?
#EngineerOfTheFuture, #PeopleofManyTalents
- At rinf.tech, you’ll encounter friendly people who are eager to explore and reinvent the world of technology.
- We encourage ideas - we like to share and learn from each other. We’re all in for curious & ambitious people.
#GrowOpportunities
- We continuously invest in developing core teams focused on technologies like Blockchain, AI, and IoT - www.rinf.tech/careers/core-blockchain-and-ai-teams/
- Our Technical Management team, possesses a robust technical background. Many of our team members have advanced to strategic roles through internal promotions.
- In a state of mutual willingness to share & grow, our RINFers commit to a minimum tenure of 2.5 years on a project.
#EngineeringExcellence
- Fail fast, learn fast: we experiment, we iterate, we know when to stop and we don't repeat the same mistakes.
- The right technology stack for the right problem: we don't force technology choices just because we know them; our focus is on solving problems, not on pushing predefined stacks.
#Innovation
- Adapta Robotics is a successful spin-off born through an R&D project within rinf.tech www.adaptarobotics.com/
Why do we do what we do?
We inspire one another to share our tech-works in this amazing and abundant world. So we became developers, innovators, thinkers, software builders, and hardware makers!
Our Vision!
Founded in 2006 with 650+ engineers & global presence (8 delivery centers in Europe & North America) we strive to become a leading East-European technology partner for growing organizations in need of digital transformation of their products and services!
What you’ll do
- Define and evolve the procurement platform’s architecture in alignment with business strategy, enterprise architecture principles, and cross platform dependencies.
- Build target-state architectural models, roadmaps, and technology guidelines that support long-term platform sustainability.
- Ensure platform designs follow METRO’s architectural principles, governance, and security standards.
- Design scalable, secure, cloud ready architectures that balance performance, cost, reliability, and compliance requirements.
- Recommend suitable technologies, integration patterns, and database choices based on functional and non functional needs.
- Collaborate with Enterprise Architecture, platform teams, and the Design Council to establish and enforce architectural guardrails.
- Drive improvements in resilience, observability, automation, and performance across procurement systems.
- Ensure architectural documentation and technical assets remain up-to-date and accurate as a single source of truth.
- Support platform teams by providing architectural guidance on complex technical and functional challenges.
- Communicate architecture decisions, trade-offs, and design rationales clearly to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Advocate for architecture principles and promote best practices across engineering teams.
- Engage with cross-functional groups including procurement, supply chain, enterprise architecture, and external partners.
What you need to be successful
- Strong experience in procurement processes, systems, or platforms — mandatory.
- Candidates with no enterprise procurement architectural experiences will not be considered for this position.
- Understanding of wholesale, retail, and supply chain landscapes.
- Experience with Metro Merchandise System (MMS) or similar merchandising systems is a strong plus.
- Proven background in software development and architecture in distributed, cloud-native environments.
- Experience with cloud infrastructure (e.g., Google Cloud Platform); OCI and Oracle product architecture knowledge is a plus.
- Strong knowledge of modern integration methods (APIs, event-driven architectures, microservices).
- Familiarity with multiple database technologies (SQL, NoSQL, analytical DBs).
- Deep understanding of software engineering principles, security, infrastructure, and coding practices.
- Ability to design systems for scalability, performance, availability, maintainability, and security.
- Ability to analyze and explain the architectural impact of design decisions on non-functional requirements.
- Skilled in applying architectural frameworks, modelling techniques, and structured decision-making.
- Ability to influence, align, and guide engineering teams on architectural direction.
- Strong communication skills to translate complex architectural concepts into clear, actionable guidance.
- Capability to balance short-term delivery pressures with long-term architectural thinking.
Next Steps for you!
- Apply
- CV screening
- HR Interview
- Technical Interview
- Offer presented by our CEO
Meet us!
Let's meet! We invite you to drop by anytime for a tour of our office, without any commitment.