Senior Product Architect

You will own the overall technical architecture, platform vision, and system scalability behind Storyblok's product offerings, ensuring high performance, security, and developer joy across all systems.

You will partner closely with product managers, engineering leads, and platform teams to design scalable cloud-native architectures, establish guardrails, and guide technical direction for enterprise-grade features.

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS

Define and drive the long-term technical product architecture, system design, and platform scalability strategies across cloud infrastructure and microservices.

Establish architectural guardrails, design patterns, and standards to empower engineering teams to build safe, high-performing, and resilient features.

Lead architectural reviews for major product features, ensuring compliance with security, reliability, latency, and cost-efficiency requirements.

Collaborate with Product, Security, DevOps, and Data teams to align product capabilities with platform performance and business goals.

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or equivalent practical experience.

7+ years of experience in software architecture, principal engineering, or system design roles for large-scale distributed cloud applications.

Demonstrates AI literacy, with the ability to leverage AI tools to enhance productivity, decision-making, and quality of work while applying sound judgment and critical thinking

PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCIES

Deep expertise in cloud-native architectures (AWS preferred), API design, distributed systems, and multi-tenant SaaS platforms.

Strong fluency in modern programming backend/frontend ecosystems and microservice communication patterns.

Proven ability to lead technical strategy and communicate complex architectural trade-offs across engineering and executive leadership.