[Job - 23495] Systems Architect, Brazil
Brazil
Pyxis – Prod_Pyxis /
Homeoffice /
Remote
We are tech transformation specialists, uniting human expertise with AI to create scalable tech solutions.
With over 7.400 CI&Ters around the world, we’ve built partnerships with more than 1,000 clients during our 30 years of history. Artificial Intelligence is our reality.
Mission
Anticipate technical and organisational challenges by guiding the architecture of digital products across value streams. Combine enterprise architecture thinking with hands-on leadership to coach software architects, enforce technical strategy, and ensure continuous improvement through agile delivery practices.
Responsible for orchestrating and integrating solutions across the value stream. Make trade-offs, support architectural governance, and define technical strategy alongside Product, Delivery, and Business leaders. Mentor, upskill, and guide Software Architects, ensuring consistency, quality, and long-term maintainability in engineering practices.
Key Responsibilities
Architecture & Technology:
- Define and evolve the architecture runway, aligning enterprise strategy with Agile execution.
- Establish and govern C4 models, ADRs, and technical roadmaps across multiple teams.
- Define scalable and maintainable technical solutions for digital products.Guide adoption of core engineering practices (e.g., CI/CD, observability, resilience, contract testing).
- Act as a trusted advisor on cloud-native architecture, event-driven systems, and platform decisions.
Leadership & People:
- Lead and coach Software Architects and Senior Engineers across teams and domains.
- Support hiring, development, calibration, and career progression of technical leaders.
- Foster an architecture community of practice and promote alignment through shared principles.
- Create technical engagement, cohesion, and autonomy across squads and value streams.
Strategy & Process:
- Guide and support Product Management in defining and refining technical enablers and NFRs.
- Lead architectural rituals (PDCA, risk assessments, solution reviews).
- Ensure cross-team consistency, compliance, and reuse of architecture patterns.
- Anticipate and communicate tech debt, scalability constraints, and future capability needs.
Required Skills & Experience:
- Experience with system and solution architecture in scaled Agile environments (SAFe preferred).
- Proficiency with Java 17+, Spring Boot, and microservice-based architectures.
- Deep understanding of enterprise architecture principles, capability modelling, and value stream alignment.
- Cloud expertise in GCP (preferred) or equivalent (AWS, Azure), including Kubernetes, GitOps, CI/CD, and infrastructure-as-code.
- Strong background in event-driven systems (Kafka, RabbitMQ, Pub/Sub) and distributed datastores (Spanner, BigTable).
Soft Skills:
- Clear communicator who bridges business strategy and technical delivery.
- Comfortable leading in ambiguity, with strong stakeholder management.
- Skilled in coaching and aligning senior engineers and technical leadership.
- Strategic mindset with hands-on delivery accountability.
Nice-to-have:
- Experience with Lean Portfolio Management and architecture runway planning.
- Familiarity with platform enablement (observability stack, SLOs, service mesh).
- Exposure to enterprise architecture tooling (e.g., Backstage, Compass).
Our benefits:
-Health and dental insurance
-Meal and food allowance
-Childcare assistance
-Extended paternity leave
-Partnership with gyms and health and wellness professionals via Wellhub (Gympass) TotalPass;
-Profit Sharing and Results Participation (PLR);
-Life insurance
-Continuous learning platform (CI&T University);
-Discount club
-Free online platform dedicated to physical, mental, and overall well-being
-Pregnancy and responsible parenting course
-Partnerships with online learning platforms
-Language learning platform
And many more!
More details about our benefits here: https://ciandt.com/br/pt-br/carreiras
At CI&T, inclusion starts at the first contact. If you are a person with a disability, it is important to present your assessment during the selection process. This way, we can ensure the support and accommodations that you deserve. If you do not yet have the assessment, don't worry: we can support you in obtaining it.
We have a dedicated Health and Well-being team, inclusion specialists, and affinity groups who will be with you at every stage. Count on us to make this journey side by side.
