Lead Application & Product Architect

As a Lead Application & Product Architect, you will play a pivotal role in shaping, designing, and delivering innovative, scalable software solutions. This role blends strategic architectural leadership with hands-on technical depth. You’ll collaborate closely with engineering, product, and solutions architecture teams to align design with business strategy, create reference models and prototypes, and mentor developers while ensuring excellence in quality, performance, and compliance. You will drive DevOps efficiency, architectural governance, and technical craftsmanship across our SaaS platforms.

Must Have

• Partner with Solutions Architecture and Agile teams to translate product roadmaps into scalable, maintainable application architectures.
• Develop reference architectures, blueprints, prototypes, and starter projects.
• Lead technical planning, DevOps improvement initiatives, and R&D efforts.
• Participate in code reviews, providing mentorship and ensuring architectural direction and quality are met.
• Champion software quality, craftsmanship, and best practices across all engineering teams.
• Integrate security, compliance, and data privacy considerations into all architectural designs.
• Ensure scalability, performance optimization, and high availability for enterprise SaaS workloads.
• Collaborate with Product, UX, and Infrastructure leaders to align business and technical priorities.
• Contribute to enterprise architecture governance by defining technology standards and design review processes.
• Identify and resolve complex integration, interoperability, and scalability challenges.
• Maintain clear architecture documentation, standards, and reusable guidelines.
• Execute in-depth testing, validation, and optimization of architectural components.
• Ensure alignment with organizational and industry best practices, particularly in cloud-native SaaS environments.
• Communicate architectural strategy and rationale clearly across technical and non-technical audiences.
• Stay current with emerging technologies and evaluate their potential to enhance product capabilities and efficiency.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field (or equivalent experience).
• 7+ years of professional software development experience, including full-stack expertise in C# and modern JavaScript frameworks.
• 3+ years in an architectural or technical leadership role delivering enterprise-grade applications.
• Hands-on experience developing and deploying SaaS solutions in cloud environments (Azure preferred).
• Strong understanding of CI/CD, containers, Kubernetes, and DevOps automation.
• Deep knowledge of Agile and Iterative SDLC methodologies.
• Familiarity with automated testing (C#/Selenium), Behavior-Driven Development (BDD), and quality assurance practices.
• Experience with architectural modeling and visualization tools (e.g., Sparx EA, Draw.io, or Lucidchart).
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to navigate complex technical challenges.
• Exceptional communication and stakeholder influence skills with the ability to translate technical strategy into business value.
• Proven ability to mentor, influence, and lead teams toward high-quality outcomes.

Good to Have

• Experience in regulated, financial, or risk/compliance domains.

Perks & Benefits

• A collaborative and innovative engineering culture focused on quality and craftsmanship.
• Opportunities to work with modern technologies in a mission-driven global organization.
• Professional development, mentorship, and advancement pathways within Wolters Kluwer.
• Competitive compensation and benefits package.
• Medical, Dental, & Vision Plans.
• 401(k).
• FSA/HSA.
• Commuter Benefits.
• Tuition Assistance Plan.
• Vacation and Sick Time.
• Paid Parental Leave.

About the Role

As a Lead Application & Product Architect, you will play a pivotal role in shaping, designing, and delivering innovative, scalable software solutions. This role blends strategic architectural leadership with hands-on technical depth. You’ll collaborate closely with engineering, product, and solutions architecture teams to align design with business strategy, create reference models and prototypes, and mentor developers while ensuring excellence in quality, performance, and compliance. You will drive DevOps efficiency, architectural governance, and technical craftsmanship across our SaaS platforms.

Key Responsibilities

• Partner with Solutions Architecture and Agile teams to translate product roadmaps into scalable, maintainable application architectures.
• Develop reference architectures, blueprints, prototypes, and starter projects that accelerate delivery and ensure architectural consistency.
• Lead technical planning, DevOps improvement initiatives, and R&D efforts to evaluate emerging tools and frameworks.
• Participate in code reviews, providing mentorship and ensuring architectural direction and quality are met.
• Champion software quality, craftsmanship, and best practices across all engineering teams.
• Integrate security, compliance, and data privacy considerations into all architectural designs.
• Ensure scalability, performance optimization, and high availability for enterprise SaaS workloads.
• Collaborate with Product, UX, and Infrastructure leaders to align business and technical priorities.
• Contribute to enterprise architecture governance by defining technology standards and design review processes.
• Identify and resolve complex integration, interoperability, and scalability challenges.
• Maintain clear architecture documentation, standards, and reusable guidelines.
• Execute in-depth testing, validation, and optimization of architectural components.
• Ensure alignment with organizational and industry best practices, particularly in cloud-native SaaS environments.
• Communicate architectural strategy and rationale clearly across technical and non-technical audiences.
• Stay current with emerging technologies and evaluate their potential to enhance product capabilities and efficiency.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field (or equivalent experience).
• 7+ years of professional software development experience, including full-stack expertise in C# and modern JavaScript frameworks (e.g. Angular, React, or Vue).
• 3+ years in an architectural or technical leadership role delivering enterprise-grade applications.
• Hands-on experience developing and deploying SaaS solutions in cloud environments (Azure preferred).
• Strong understanding of CI/CD, containers, Kubernetes, and DevOps automation.
• Deep knowledge of Agile and Iterative SDLC methodologies.
• Familiarity with automated testing (C#/Selenium), Behavior-Driven Development (BDD), and quality assurance practices.
• Experience with architectural modeling and visualization tools (e.g., Sparx EA, Draw.io, or Lucidchart).
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to navigate complex technical challenges.
• Exceptional communication and stakeholder influence skills with the ability to translate technical strategy into business value.
• Proven ability to mentor, influence, and lead teams toward high-quality outcomes.
• Experience in regulated, financial, or risk/compliance domains is a plus.

What We Offer

• A collaborative and innovative engineering culture focused on quality and craftsmanship.
• Opportunities to work with modern technologies in a mission-driven global organization.
• Professional development, mentorship, and advancement pathways within Wolters Kluwer.
• Competitive compensation and benefits package.

Our Interview Practices

To maintain a fair and genuine hiring process, we kindly ask that all candidates participate in interviews without the assistance of AI tools or external prompts. Our interview process is designed to assess your individual skills, experiences, and communication style. We value authenticity and want to ensure we’re getting to know you—not a digital assistant. To help maintain this integrity, we ask to remove virtual backgrounds and include in-person interviews in our hiring process. Please note that use of AI-generated responses or third-party support during interviews will be grounds for disqualification from the recruitment process.

Applicants may be required to appear onsite at a Wolters Kluwer office as part of the recruitment process.

Compensation:

116,300.00 - 203,900.00 USD

This role is eligible for Bonus.

Compensation range listed is based on primary location of the position. Actual base salary offer is influenced by a wide array of factors including but not limited to skills, experience and actual hiring location. Your recruiter can share more information about the specific offer for the job location during the hiring process.

Additional Information:

Wolters Kluwer offers a wide variety of competitive benefits and programs to help meet your needs and balance your work and personal life, including but not limited to: Medical, Dental, & Vision Plans, 401(k), FSA/HSA, Commuter Benefits, Tuition Assistance Plan, Vacation and Sick Time, and Paid Parental Leave. Full details of our benefits are available upon request.