Senior Technical Architect
Sweden
Job Description
Senior Technical Architect
Goteborg, Västra Götalands län

Job Summary

ROLE 

BAND 

TECH STACK 

EXPERIENCE 

TYPE 

.Net Architect 

E3.2 

.NET 

13+ Years 

Full-time 

 

Role Purpose 

Provide end-to-end technical leadership for enterprise solutions on the .NET platform: translating business and non-functional requirements into scalable, secure and resilient architectures, and guiding engineering teams through implementation, modernization and operational readiness. 

Key Responsibilities 

Architecture & Design 

•  Own high-level and detailed architecture for complex .NET applications, APIs, integrations and modernization initiatives. 

•  Convert functional and non-functional requirements into blueprints, component designs, interface contracts and implementation guidance. 

•  Select appropriate architecture patterns and assess trade-offs across scalability, performance, security, cost and maintainability. 

•  Ensure alignment with enterprise standards, approved platforms, reusable patterns and target-state roadmaps. 

Technical Leadership & Governance 

•  Give hands-on architectural direction to development, QA, DevOps, security and support teams. 

•  Set coding, API, integration, logging, configuration, testing and deployment standards. 

•  Run architecture reviews, design walkthroughs, technical risk assessments and PoC evaluations. 

Security, Reliability & Performance 

•  Embed secure-by-design across identity, authorization, secrets, data protection and interface security. 

•  Define resiliency patterns — retry, timeout, failover, HA and DR — plus performance and capacity targets. 

•  Ensure observability through structured logging, metrics, tracing, dashboards and alerting. 

Stakeholder Engagement 

•  Facilitate technical discovery with business, product, security, infrastructure and vendor stakeholders. 

•  Communicate complex decisions clearly to engineering and leadership audiences. 

•  Maintain architecture artifacts, decision records, risk logs and technical roadmaps. 

 

Key Responsibilities

Technology Focus — .NET 

•  Build and evolve .NET services, Web APIs and background workers with clean separation of concerns. 

•  Apply modern .NET features, configuration, logging and dependency injection consistently across the codebase. 

•  Modernize legacy .NET Framework components towards modern .NET, containers and cloud-ready hosting. 

 

Required Technical Competencies 

Core Skills 

C#, modern .NET, ASP.NET Core, Web API, dependency injection, async/concurrency, performance tuning. 

Design & Architecture 

Enterprise application architecture, SOLID, design patterns, DDD, microservices, event-driven design, API management. 

Data & Integration 

Relational data design, Entity Framework, transactions, consistency, caching; REST APIs, messaging, event streaming. 

Platform & DevOps 

Azure or equivalent cloud, containers and orchestration, CI/CD, IaC, automated quality gates, secure supply chain. 

Quality & Operations 

Unit, integration, performance and resiliency testing; production readiness, monitoring, RCA. 

 

Experience & Qualifications 

•  13+ years in software engineering, with strong enterprise .NET design and delivery experience. 

•  Proven track record as solution, application or technical architect on complex programmes. 

•  Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering or IT, or equivalent experience. 

•  Relevant platform, cloud, architecture or DevOps certifications advantageous, not mandatory. 

 

Leadership & Behavioural 

•  Architecture ownership with a pragmatic, delivery-focused mindset. 

•  Structured problem solving and sound judgement under ambiguity. 

•  Clear communication and influence across technical and business stakeholders. 

•  Coaching mindset and strong stakeholder management. 

Location-Specific Expectations 

•  Work on site with customer stakeholders in Gothenburg while coordinating with global delivery teams. 

•  Participate in in-person and virtual workshops, design reviews and governance forums. 

•  Strong cross-cultural communication and disciplined follow-through across time zones. 

 

Key Deliverables & Success Measures 

•  Approved, traceable, implementation-ready architecture and design artifacts. 

•  Documented decisions, standards, risks, assumptions and mitigations. 

•  Solutions meeting agreed security, performance, reliability and operational readiness. 

•  Reduced technical risk via early validation, reusable patterns and automation. 

•  Timely resolution of blockers; improved engineering consistency and code quality. 

 

Skill Requirements

Other Requirements

Information at a Glance

Why HCLTech?

At HCLTech, you'll supercharge your potential. You'll find your career. And you'll find your spark. All at a place that knows that helping its customers stay on top starts by putting its people first.

HCLTech is a global technology company, home to more than 223,000 people across 60 countries, delivering industry-leading capabilities centered around digital, engineering, cloud and AI, powered by a broad portfolio of technology services and products. We work with clients across all major verticals, providing industry solutions for Financial Services, Manufacturing, Life Sciences and Healthcare, Technology and Services, Telecom and Media, Retail and CPG, and Public Services. Consolidated revenues as of 12 months ending June 2026 totaled $14.8 billion.