Keylane
Keylane
501 – 1,000 Employees
FintechInsuranceSaaS
Keylane develops configurable SaaS platforms for the European insurance and pension sectors. Its software helps insurers and pension providers modernize operations, streamline business processes, and replace legacy systems with technology designed around their industry needs. Based in Utrecht, the company has a team of more than 750 people and supports over 225 insurance and pension organizations across Europe.

Software Architect – Keylane Axon (Hybrid Netherlands)

Lead architecture for Keylane’s Axon insurance SaaS platform, guiding scalable engineering, modernization and responsible AI-assisted development across Scrum teams.

Description

  • Define the architecture and technical direction for Keylane’s Axon SaaS platform
  • Turn complex business needs into durable software solutions
  • Partner with software engineers, product owners, business analysts, test engineers and other architects
  • Maintain architectural integrity across important product areas
  • Assess complex problems, dependencies and technical risks
  • Steer teams toward scalable, secure, maintainable and fit-for-purpose solutions
  • Support solution design, review critical implementations and address complex technical issues
  • Record architectural decisions and the trade-offs behind them
  • Strengthen platform consistency by turning architectural principles into engineering standards
  • Lead modernization work, reduce technical debt and improve performance, reliability, testability, operability and developer experience
  • Explain architectural decisions to technical and non-technical stakeholders
  • Build alignment across Scrum teams and functional clusters
  • Investigate responsible applications of Claude, ChatGPT and Codex in architecture and engineering
  • Review AI-generated recommendations while retaining responsibility for security, correctness, performance and maintainability
  • Help teams use AI-assisted development tools effectively and responsibly
  • Share expertise, mentor engineers and advance architectural practices throughout the organization
  • Foster experimentation, constructive technical discussion and continuous improvement
  • Work across clusters with architects responsible for other Keylane products
  • Coordinate architectural principles, standards and strategic technology decisions across the organization

Requirements

  • Strong interest in software architecture and engineering
  • Significant software-engineering experience with large, business-critical systems
  • Solid command of architecture principles, design patterns, modularity, integration patterns, APIs and data architecture
  • Current awareness of technology trends and the ability to judge their value for the organization and product
  • Strategic architectural perspective paired with a pragmatic, hands-on style
  • Comfort working directly with engineering teams and source code
  • Ability to assess scalability, performance, security, reliability, maintainability, testability and operational consequences
  • Skill in identifying architectural risks, dependencies and technical debt and converting them into practical recommendations and improvement plans
  • Experience with Java, IntelliJ, Git, Gradle, Angular and Docker
  • Experience with relational databases and SQL, including DB2 and PostgreSQL
  • Clear communication of complex technical topics, alignment building and documentation of decisions, context, alternatives and trade-offs
  • Enjoyment of coaching engineers and offering architectural direction in an Agile setting
  • Experience with AI-assisted development tools such as Claude, ChatGPT, Codex, GitHub Copilot or Cursor
  • Ability to describe how AI tools can support solution exploration, unfamiliar-code analysis, code and test development or improvement, troubleshooting and code reviews
  • Understanding of AI-assisted development as part of the wider software development lifecycle
  • Ability to direct coding assistants with precise requirements and context, including reusable instructions, skills or agents where appropriate
  • Ability to critically review, test and debug AI-generated code and detect faulty assumptions, security vulnerabilities and maintainability concerns
  • Accountability for the logic, architecture, quality and security of delivered work
  • A Certificate of Conduct (VOG) and reference check are included in the application process
  • Willingness to complete information-security training and meet basic information-security responsibilities

Benefits

  • 8% holiday allowance based on total gross salary
  • Profit-sharing arrangement
  • Pension scheme with an option for additional savings
  • Mileage reimbursement of €0.23 per kilometre or an NS Business Card that can also be used privately
  • 24 vacation days with the option to purchase additional days
  • Seven inclusion days that can be exchanged for fixed Dutch national holidays
  • Hybrid working arrangement
  • Complimentary lunch when working from the office
  • Net €4 daily work-from-home allowance
  • Net €35 monthly internet allowance
  • Option to work remotely from abroad for up to two months each year
  • Bike leasing program
  • One-year contract with the possibility of a permanent contract after satisfactory performance
  • Professional and personal growth through Keylane Academy courses and training
  • Broad vitality program
  • Active employee community and weekly after-work drinks at the in-house pub

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