Ohjelmistoarkkitehti, Defence Security

Gofore is a European consultancy, technology, and solutions company. We are pioneers in combining the tangible and digital worlds, as well as technological opportunities with changes in human behavior. Our experts help our customers look beyond today’s immediate and obvious needs. We are building a safe, functioning, and a responsible society and industry with their products and services. Gofore consists of nearly 1,800 experts in business, AI adoption, transformation, and the design and development of products and digital services, operating across 24 cities in Finland, Germany, Austria, Liechtenstein, Czechia, Estonia, and Spain. Our net sales were 191.4 million euros in 2025. Gofore Plc’s share is listed on Nasdaq Helsinki. You can find more information about Gofore as a employer from Join the Crew and Culture pages. We are looking for experienced Software Architects to join Gofore and help build digital services that are critical to the security and resilience of society. Our clients include industrial companies developing critical capabilities, public safety authorities, defence organizations, actors within the security of supply ecosystem, manufacturers of dual-use technologies, and globally operating defence industry companies. You will have the opportunity to contribute to significant development and transformation initiatives focused on building and modernizing business-critical and security-critical information systems. Our client projects are typically long-term, allowing you to focus on one project at a time in most cases. As a Software Architect, you will be responsible for the architecture and technical direction of systems built with Java, TypeScript, and C#. You will guide development teams, ensure architectural decisions are successfully implemented, and actively participate in software development when needed. You will design event-driven and API-based integration architectures and take ownership of data flows, system-to-system communication, and both real-time and batch-based integrations. The role focuses on modernizing large-scale enterprise systems, container technologies, and microservices, API, and integration architectures. When designing business-critical solutions, you will consider high availability, business continuity, resilience, fault tolerance, and disaster recovery requirements. You will work in a key role within an agile development team, collaborating closely with customers, Product Owners, and other stakeholders to translate business objectives into technical roadmaps and sustainable long-term solutions. What We Expect from You Deep experience working in TUVE environments or other secure processing and integration environments with different security classifications In addition, we value At least 10 years of broad experience in software development, including a minimum of 5 years in software or information systems architecture roles The ability to provide technical leadership, constructively challenge existing architectures, and bring architectural decisions into day-to-day development work Experience with business-critical or security-critical systems and highly secure operating environments Experience designing architectures that address high availability, continuity, resilience, fault tolerance, and recovery requirements Strong hands-on experience in designing Java-, TypeScript-, or C#-based information systems, combined with a solid technical background that enables you to assess solutions at the implementation level Practical experience with Kubernetes environments and container networking solutions Experience modernizing large-scale existing systems Willingness to commit to a long-term client project as your primary assignment Flexibility to work, when required by the project, at customer premises and in security-classified environments Fluent written and spoken Finnish and English The selected candidate may be subject to a security clearance process. We value versatile experience, while also wanting to provide opportunities for growth in both new technologies and industries. At Gofore, you will have a genuine opportunity to influence your own career path and shape the role you build for yourself. Sharing knowledge is also at the heart of being a Goforean. If you wish, you can mentor junior developers, facilitate internal knowledge-sharing sessions, and contribute to our culture of continuous learning and professional development. What we offer At Gofore, you’ll be part of a caring and diverse community where your contribution matters. Our culture is built on trust, openness, and collaboration. We share knowledge, solve challenges together, and learn from one another. You’ll work alongside highly skilled professionals who take pride in their work. Together with our customers, we create meaningful impact. Our customer satisfaction is high, with an NPS of 62 (2025), reflecting the expertise of our people and the customer-oriented attitude they bring to every project. We foster curiosity, welcome new ideas, and encourage continuous learning and professional growth. Our community extends beyond project work through events, activities, and groups built around shared hobbies and interests. To support your wellbeing both at work and outside it, we offer flexible ways of working, comprehensive benefits, and our own collective agreement developed together with Goforeans. Salary For us it is important that Goforeans receive reasonable total compensation for their work. The compensation is the outcome of, not only experience and skills, but also active work for our two values: being a good workplace for everyone and considering customer perspective in everything we do. The feedback that you receive, your utilisation rate (we are consultants, after all!) and your own professional development are central in the salary discussions with your People Leader. Typical salaries for this role range from 5 500-7 000 € per month, in addition to a bonus based on your monthly billing. The final salary level will be defined as discussions progress and we gain a more detailed understanding of your expertise. We also offer separate bonuses linked to the company’s success, which may relate to areas such as recruitment, sales, or increasing Gofore’s brand awareness. You can read more about what happens after you submit your application and what the recruitment process at Gofore looks like here. We recognise and understand neurodiversity, and are willing to adapt our recruitment process based on your needs.