Software Architect; Benelux

Lateral stands for technology excellence.

We’re a profitable, award-winning design and technology company with over 20 years of experience launching bold ventures and transforming businesses. A globally distributed team of 200+ experts united by a shared purpose: the continuous pursuit of quality.

Our clients come to us for results, quality and craft - and stay because we keep raising the bar.

Our mission is simple: design and build great products.
What sets us apart isn’t just the talent of our team - it’s the way we work:

We Have A Bias For Action & Results.

We are doers - we spot the gaps, connect the dots, anticipate what’s around the corner and take action. We move fast, stay focused, and let the results - not the effort - speak for themselves.

We Work On Time, On Budget, On Quality

Discipline is our edge - a commitment we make to each other, to our clients, and to the standards we hold ourselves to.

We Care Deeply.

We care about our work and about each other. Care Is A Competitive Advantage.

Every detail matters. Every design, every line of code, every decision. Thoughtful by default.

We Do Things Right - Because It’s the Right Thing to Do

Right over easy. Integrity isn’t up for negotiation. We hold the bar high even when no one’s watching. We take pride in doing great work the right way - not the easy way.

We Keep Improving

The best teams keep improving and we’re never done learning.

We iterate. We reflect on what’s working and what’s not. Feedback fuels us, we receive it openly, and adapt quickly. Progress over perfection.

We’re Obsessed With Agility, Not The Agile Manifesto

We don’t chase dogma or rituals - we chase momentum. We adapt processes to fit problems, not the other way around.

We Take Ownership
Everyone leads something here. You will have room to run with ideas, and the trust to execute. That trust is built on how you show up: thinking things through, sweating the details, and following through.

As a Software Architect at Lateral, you will:

• Design Technical Solutions: you’ll create and maintain all core architecture & engineering artifacts: from SDDs and SDPs to call chains, activity & sequence diagrams, interface definitions, and detailed designs

• Lead Developers By Example. Set the technical tone for the team. You’ll be hands-on when needed, strategic with senior engineers, and trusted as a source of clarity and direction. Expect to enforce coding standards, review implementation, troubleshoot complex issues, and uphold engineering best practices at every level.

• Partner With Clients: Work directly with clients throughout the full lifecycle — from early technical discovery and proposal efforts to delivery. You’ll translate business needs into robust technical solutions and explain architecture decisions clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

• Take Ownership Of The Full Project Lifecycle: Take responsibility from start to finish — system design, development oversight, testing, deployment, and post-launch stability. You’ll ensure architectural integrity is maintained throughout, and that the end result reflects both technical rigor and product value.

• Improve yourself and the team, continuously: During times when you’re not assigned to a client project, you won’t be idle. You might develop internal tools, research new technologies or frameworks, help with recruiting; — you’ll help push our capabilities forward.

• Mentor and support junior engineers, leading by example in design reviews and pair programming. You will offer constructive feedback that helps others grow, fostering a thoughtful, kind, and continuously learning team culture.

Example Projects You May Join:

• Build an AI-powered healthcare platform to help detect diseases earlier.

• Launch a new fintech product from the ground up.

• Scale a global SaaS commerce system with millions of products

Whatever the challenge, you’ll be building software that changes lives and moves industries forward.

How We Measure Success In This Role

In the first two weeks

• You make your first meaningful contribution to the project

• You communicate well async as well as in meetings

In the first 3 months:

• You…