Software Architect

Thales is a global technology leader trusted by governments, institutions, and enterprises to tackle their most demanding challenges. From quantum applications and artificial intelligence to cybersecurity and 6G innovation, our solutions empower critical decisions rooted in human intelligence. Operating at the forefront of aerospace and space, cybersecurity and digital identity, we're driven by a mission to build a future we can all trust.

In Singapore, Thales has been a trusted partner since 1973, originally focused on aerospace activities in the Asia-Pacific region. With 2,000 employees across three local sites, we deliver cutting-edge solutions across aerospace (including air traffic management), defence and security, and digital identity and cybersecurity sectors. Together, we're shaping the future by enabling customers to make pivotal decisions that safeguard communities and power progress.

Responsibilities:

• He/She ensures that architectural decisions support business objectives, scalability, security, availability, performance, cost efficiency, and regulatory constraints.
• Acts as the technical reference for D1 architecture and ensures that the product
• evolves consistently with the cloud strategy, technology roadmap, and reuse policies of the organization.
• Define and maintain the global software architecture of D1, including application layers, integration patterns, APIs, data flows, and infrastructure dependencies.
• Establish and document architecture principles, reference patterns, and reusable components aligned
• with product strategy.
• Approve major architectural decisions and validate technical trade-offs (performance, cost, risk, maintainability).
• Produce and maintain architecture documentation (IcePanel).
• Define cloud-native architecture patterns (microservices, event-driven architecture, containerization, Kubernetes, serverless).
• Ensure scalability, resilience, high availability, and disaster recovery mechanisms are built-in.
• Drive multi-tenancy strategy, data isolation models, and environment segmentation.
• Contribute to FinOps practices by promoting cost-aware architecture decisions.
• Support cloud transformation initiatives and modernization roadmaps.
• Delivery Support & Technical Leadership
• Support and coach Squads Technical Leaders and engineering squads during design and implementation phases.
• Participate in backlog refinement for architecture-impacting features.
• Help prioritize technical enablers and architectural refactoring.
• Facilitate technical decision-making and resolve cross-squad technical conflicts.
• Promote DevOps, CI/CD, automation, and observability best practices.
• Security, Compliance & Quality by Design
• Ensure architecture integrates security-by-design principles in collaboration with SSA.
• Work with Lead Security to ensure alignment with the Engineering Security Framework.
• Embed compliance constraints (e.g., data protection, PCI DSS where applicable) into solution design.
• Ensure non-functional requirements (performance, robustness, auditability, traceability) are addressed early in design.
• Maintain a technology watch on cloud, SaaS, DevOps, and software architecture trends.
• Identify opportunities for innovation, experimentation, and prototyping.
• Promote reuse, simplification, and technical debt reduction strategies.
• Contribute to internal engineering communities and knowledge sharing, especially with Squads Technical Leaders.

Requirements:

• Master's degree in Software Engineering, Computer Science, or equivalent.
• Minimum 8-10 years in software engineering, including significant experience in solution/software architecture within cloud or SaaS environments.
• Strategic thinking with hands-on technical capability
• Analytical and structured decision-making
• Ability to challenge constructively
• Strong Technical area in Cloud architecture (AWS/GCP/Azure), Kubernetes, containers, microservices, API design (REST, event-driven, messaging systems), Database architecture (SQL/NoSQL), CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices, Observability (logging, monitoring, tracing), Performance and scalability engineering
• Familiar with Software security fundamentals (IAM, encryption, secure coding)
• Knowledge of regulatory constraints (e.g., GDPR, PCI DSS) is a plus

At Thales, we're committed to fostering a workplace where respect, trust, collaboration, and passion drive everything we do. Here, you'll feel empowered to bring your best self, thrive in a supportive culture, and love the work you do. Join us, and be part of a team reimagining technology to create solutions that truly make a difference - for a safer, greener, and more inclusive world.