Chief Architect

Experience

• 10+ years of professional software development experience.
• 5+ years in a senior architectural role (e.g., Software Architect, Lead Architect, Principal Engineer).
• Proven experience designing and evolving large-scale, production-grade systems.

Architecture & Systems Design

• Demonstrated ability to design distributed systems and microservice architectures.
• Experience with event-driven architecture and messaging systems.
• Strong understanding of scalability, reliability, and performance trade-offs.
• Experience migrating or re-architecting legacy systems.

Machine Learning & Computer Vision

• Strong hands-on experience with machine learning systems in production.
• Proven experience in computer vision applications (e.g., image recognition, object detection, or similar domains).
• Familiarity with model training, evaluation, and deployment workflows.
• Understanding of data pipelines and infrastructure required for ML systems.

Engineering & Infrastructure

• Proficiency in at least one strongly typed backend language (e.g., C#, Go, Rust, C++).
• Experience with API design and service-oriented architectures.
• Hands-on experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or similar).
• Experience with containerization and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes).
• Experience with message brokers and streaming systems (e.g., RabbitMQ, Kafka).
• Solid knowledge of relational and NoSQL databases.
• Familiarity with CI/CD, automated testing, and deployment pipelines.
• Experience with monitoring, logging, and observability tools.
• Experience operating and maintaining production systems.

Leadership & Collaboration

• Experience guiding engineering teams on architecture and technical decisions.
• Ability to define technical standards and best practices.
• Strong communication skills with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Education

Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.

Other Requirements

• Excellent command of English, both spoken and written.
• Excellent command of Turkish, both spoken and written, as daily collaboration with teams located in Turkey is required.
• Estonian language skills are considered an advantage.
• Ability to work in an international and multicultural environment.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to make independent technical decisions and take responsibility for system architecture.
• Good collaboration and communication skills with various stakeholders.
• Willingness to guide and mentor engineering teams.
• Ability to work in a fast-evolving technological environment.