Lead Software Architect (m/f/d) – Product & Innovation Focus

About the Position

We are seeking a Lead Software Architect (m/f/d) – Product & Innovation Focus to join our team in Berlin, Darmstadt, Köln, or München. You will be responsible for the technical development of the BAYOOSOFT product portfolio, setting architecture and AI guidelines, ensuring compliance under the Cyber Resilience Act, and acting as a sparring partner for management, product management, and development teams.

Responsibilities

• Architecture & Technology Orientation

  • Responsibility for architectural principles and technological coherence across multiple products
  • Ensuring maintainability, quality, scalability, and long-term developability
  • Evaluation of architecture decisions, technology deployment, and long-term technical impact
  • Conscious balance between further development, stability, and technical complexity

• Innovation & AI as a Design Mandate

  • Identification, evaluation, and prioritization of specific AI use cases in existing and new products
  • Translation of technological trends into architectural decisions, product ideas, and technical roadmaps
  • Development and establishment of AI guidelines and scalable architecture approaches
  • Active role as a driver and multiplier for innovation

• Regulatory Resilience & Speed

  • Consideration of regulatory requirements (e.g., Cyber Resilience Act) as a design framework for architecture and product decisions
  • Development of solutions in which security, compliance, and high implementation speed are considered together
  • Integration of security, updatability, documentation, and quality by design

• Technical Leadership & Communication

  • Sparring partner for management, product management, architects, and development teams
  • Communicating complex technical contexts in an understandable, prioritized form
  • Creating clarity and security for abstract or new topics
  • Coaching & mentoring of architects with a focus on responsibility, decision-making skills, and communication
  • Technical representation of BAYOOSOFT internally and externally

• Product Focus & Impact

  • Clear focus on product development
  • Evaluation of customer-specific requirements with regard to reusability, scaling, and sustainable mapping in the product portfolio
  • Classification of customer-specific contexts where strategically relevant impulses arise from them
  • Assuming responsibility where it is necessary for stability and further development

Requirements

• Several years of experience as a software architect with responsibility for complex systems or product portfolios
• Very good understanding of modern software architectures, development processes, and quality requirements
• Experience in the use of AI technologies in software products (conceptual and/or practical)
• Understanding of security-by-design approaches and regulatory frameworks
• Very good knowledge of German and English

We Offer

• Diverse teams of co-thinkers and customers who work together collaboratively and as equals
• A positive error culture – we celebrate successes and continuously improve our collaboration
• BAYOONIVERSITY for experience exchange, training, tech talks, and company events
• Growing vacation quota with company affiliation
• Height-adjustable multiscreen workstations, high-performance laptops
• Bright offices, themed meeting rooms, fresh fruit, coffee, and cold drinks
• Active participation opportunities in exciting and challenging tasks and projects
• Flexible working hours and models where no working hours are forfeited (lifetime working time account)
• Performance-related pay plus the option of a company pension scheme
• Locations with excellent public transport and highway connections
• Flat hierarchies in cross-functional teams

About the Company

The BAYOONET Group, with locations in Darmstadt, Berlin, Munich, Cologne, Ludwigsburg, Höhn, Basel, and Mannheim, has been designing customized software and hardware in a wide range of variants for over 25 years. We are one of the top IT companies in Germany and consist of:

• BAYOOTEC GmbH – enterprise software
• BAYOOMED GmbH – medical software
• BAYOOSOFT GmbH – management software
• BAYOOCARE GmbH – launch medical devices worldwide
• Mechatronic Medical Engineers GmbH – medical devices
• Puls Produktdesign GmbH – design industrial products
• UID GmbH – create user experiences

Each of our projects incorporates the ideas, visions, creative contributions, and technical expertise of every team member, which makes all the difference.

Apply Now

Send us your documents, salary expectations, and earliest possible starting date using our application form.

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Contact Information

+49 (0) 6151 – 86 18 – 700

[email protected]

Location

Europaplatz 5

64293 Darmstadt

CEO

Svenja Winkler

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