Technical Architect – Marketing Automation in the Marketing Platform

Company Description

About us 

Passion for food. Hunger for tech. We make METRO digital.  

Today technology is driving the world. And at METRO.digital we are driving the technology for one of the leading international wholesalers specializing in food - METRO. From e-commerce to checkout, to delivery software, we work on a wide range of products to make each day a success for our customers and colleagues. With passion and ownership, we build the future of wholesale.      

Are you striving to create smart solutions for customers around the globe? You want to grow in a flexible environment? Let the right career opportunity find you and join us!  

How you will make an impact?  

As METRO redefines and accelerates its digital presence, the demand for a global marketing platform which enables business functions to unify customer data across organization and to deliver real-time consistent customer experiences across channels is mandatory. 

The aim of Marketing Automation is to offer complete digital communication capabilities for contacting our customers: customer journey management, real time triggered automation, multi-channel communication management etc. We are changing from manually selected offers to a fully automated refined 1:1 campaign management based on data interaction machine that drives sales & growth as main objective. To achieve this goal, METRO decided to use the Adobe Experience Platform, one of the market leaders for digital communication tools. As we are at the beginning of the implementation journey in the pilot METRO countries, it is the perfect time to join us in driving the process forward and rollout the solution in multiple countries during the next years. 

Job Description

 Your Responsibilities:  

• You serve as a link between the engineers and the architecture community; 
• You promote and implement the agreed standards, processes, and tools of METRO.digital within the marketing area, while working towards improving them based on your experience and feedback; 
• As Technical Architect, you also advise product owners and domain/unit owners on technical vision and strategy; 
• You are setting the foundation and enable development teams to use the combined power of Adobe Experience Platform and Google Cloud; 
• You are constantly on the lookout for new inspiration to improve the architecture in and beyond your area of responsibility. 

Qualifications

Required key competencies and qualifications:

• You have a good grasp of the Adobe Experience Platform; 
• You have excellent understanding of technology stack and design to recommend appropriate software architecture and solutions to complex business problems; 
• You are able to translate the impact of architecture and design choices on non-functional requirements like scalability, performance, availability and security; 
• You have experience in software development, cloud infrastructure (e.g. Google Cloud Platform) and worked in a similar (architect) role; 
• You can discuss architecture principles and advocate them; 
• You are able to translate business requirements into technical frameworks; 
• You have a wide range of expertise that includes modern operations approaches (e.g. DevOps, SRE), API strategies, application monitoring, agile methodologies, software testing, Continuous Delivery, etc. 

Soft skills: 

• Must be fluent in English, both writing and speaking  
• Excellent planning, prioritization and project/time-management skills  
• Ability to work both independently as well as having good team skills  
• Understand customer business requirements, in order to provide analysis and recommendations for a successful product implementation  
• Focus on customer support and the ability to build working relationships with clients  
• Trouble-shooting skills and proactive attitude towards problem solving  
• Ability to work calmly and professionally in high pressure situations  

This resonates with you? Apply now!   

Additional Information

What we offer at METRO.digital? 

• Hybrid and agile work: thrive in a flexible, multicultural environment.

At METRO.digital, we promote work-life balance through a hybrid working model. You’ll be part of self-organizing, multicultural teams that collaborate in an agile setup.

• People development: when you grow so do we!

We want you to become the best version of yourself with individual and company-wide programs and trainings for people development. Focused among other on development, leadership, appreciation ... it´s time to upskill your career.

• Support with individual solutions: we are people-caring!

We offer support whenever you need it - at every stage of your professional journey.

Want to know more about all our benefits? Discover more here. 

Let´s connect soon. Apply for the role now!   

Position grade within our career framework: Technical  Architect Grade 2 (Md9).