Marktplaats in The Netherlands, and 2dehands and 2ememain in Belgium, are part of Adevinta: a global online classifieds specialist. The three brands are hosted on a multi-tenant platform, operated from our Amsterdam location, and are the top players in the classifieds space throughout the Benelux region.

We offer consumers the opportunity to trade their unwanted products and contribute to a greener, circular economy. We offer businesses - of all sizes, from the smallest hobbyist to the biggest brands in Benelux - a platform to showcase their goods and services online to over 11 million monthly unique users.

What you’ll do ​& Who you are

About the role

We are looking for a pragmatic and skilled Software Architect / Information Architect to join our Architecture Team. In this role, you will focus on identifying and evaluating important innovations for our platform with the goal to improve the competitive nature of our platform. You’ll be expected to stay on top of relevant technological developments and assess their impact on Marktplaats, for example in the areas of generative AI and machine learning, and shape a clear architectural vision around them.

You will collaborate with product and engineering teams and interact with senior business stakeholders across the organisation, ensuring our architecture remains modern, scalable, and business-driven. In addition, you will play a role in connecting other parts of our organisation and collaborate closely with data engineering, data science, data warehouse and sales and marketing technology teams and to ensure a solid architectural foundation for data at scale.

Key responsibilities

• Stay up to date with technological developments and assess their relevance for our platform.

• Influence and guide technology changes across teams, ensuring alignment with long-term goals.

• Lead or support decision-making in initiatives aimed at platform modernisation, simplification, and resilience.

• Collaborate with the architecture team to define, evolve, and prioritise the architecture roadmap and tech strategy.

• Translate architectural goals into actionable solutions together with engineering teams.

• Ensure architectural principles, patterns, and best practices are understood and applied across the organisation.

• Mentor engineers and facilitate knowledge sharing on architecture and tech strategy.

• Bring business acumen to architectural discussions, bridging business and technology needs.

• Support continuous improvement with a balance of pragmatism and innovation.

What we’re looking for

• Proven experience as a software architect, senior engineer, or tech lead in complex, modern environments.

• A scale-up mindset: entrepreneurial, adaptable, and forward-looking

• Experience with large-scale, consumer-facing platforms (web-scale) with a decent perspective on the surrounding landscape like cloud, AI and platforms.

• Affinity with working on large amounts of data and data-driven systems.

• Strong foundation in system design, software design principles, distributed systems, and API design.

• Experience with microservices, containerisation, CI/CD, and observability tooling.

• Ability to influence and clearly communicate complex technical topics to technical and non-technical audiences.

• Hands-on expertise in at least one major backend stack (e.g., Java, Scala, Node.js). Knowledge of frontend architecture and rich native mobile applications is a plus.

• Experience with platform modernisation: legacy migration, service decomposition, or cloud-native architectures.

• Collaborative mindset with the ability to align teams around shared architectural and business goals.

Benefits

Life at Adevinta comes with its perks! Our Adevintans enjoy the following benefits:

• An attractive Base Salary 💸

• Participation in our Short-Term Incentive plan (annual bonus) 🏆

• Work From Anywhere: Enjoy up to 20 days a year of working from anywhere! Maybe not from the moon🌛well why not! just make sure you have internet connection! 🌍

• A 24/7 Employee Assistance Program for you and your family, because we care ❤️‍

• Win together, lose together is one of our key behaviours. At Adevinta you will find a collaborative environment with an opportunity to explore your potential and grow 🌱

On top of these, we also provide a range of locally relevant benefits. Wanna know more? Apply and ask our recruiters! ✨

Adevinta is an equal opportunity employer and we value diversity. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status or disability status.

If you feel like you don’t meet all of the requirements for this role but are interested, please consider applying anyway. Research suggests that women and individuals from underrepresented groups may self-select out of opportunities if they don’t meet 100% of the job requirements. We strongly encourage people from historically excluded groups to apply and look forward to speaking with you.