Head of Smart Solution Platform
First seen by Alion on Sep 28, 2026.
We are looking for a Head of Smart Solution Platform to work in Lisbon who's eager to embark on an exciting new opportunity! Apply here https://form.typeform.com/to/PYqxT8NO?opportunity=Filipa%20Almeida&channel=ITJobs
About KWAN
We connect IT professionals with projects that match their skills, professional experience, and goals, then we offer a career progression program, delivered by in-house specialists - our People Experience Partners - to guide them through our journey with us!
About the client and the project:
Robotics software company developing platforms for autonomous mobile robots. The role leads engineering for a platform product that connects business demand with planning, orchestration, fleet operations, execution visibility, analytics, and integration into customer environments for autonomous mobile robot operations.
What you will do:
- Own and evolve the technical architecture of the platform's backend and application layers.
- Define architectural principles, engineering standards, service boundaries, APIs, events, and data responsibilities.
- Design and review scalable, reliable, high-performance distributed systems.
- Guide decisions on concurrency, asynchronous processing, networking, retries, recovery, and fault handling.
- Lead, mentor, and develop engineering teams, including frontend engineering through team leaders.
- Define technical strategy and priorities together with product management.
- Manage technical risks, architectural dependencies, and cross-team integration points, balancing near-term delivery with long-term platform evolution.
Must-have skills:
- Rust
- Python
- 10+ years of experience
- English B2
Nice to have:
- Distributed Systems
- Microservices
- Event-Driven Architecture
- REST API
- SQL
- Software Architecture
Location and work model:
- Hybrid (3 days/week in the office, Lisboa)
Do you meet most of the position requirements? Then grab this opportunity and apply now! https://form.typeform.com/to/PYqxT8NO?opportunity=Filipa%20Almeida&channel=ITJobs
Why KWAN?
At KWAN, your career is bigger than one project. You join a real team, on a long-term project, at a company where technology is the business. And when you are ready for something new — a new stack, a new industry, a bigger role — we find that next step with you, without you having to start over somewhere else.
From day one you have a dedicated People Experience Partner: one person accountable for your growth, not your allocation. They know where you want to go, and they help you get there.
You keep learning as technology moves (AI included). Your impact is seen and recognised. Pay and expectations are talked about openly. And you work remote-first, with hubs in Lisbon and Porto for when you want people around.
Grow with clarity. Be treated with respect. Build things that matter.
Apply — if your profile is a match for this role, you will hear from our Talent team within 48 hours. If it is not the right match this time, we will reach out as soon as we find a role that fits you better.
Some Words From Our Colleagues
“At KWAN, they make sure that I feel comfortable with the client I’m working for and that what I’m doing aligns with my career aspirations.”
- Luis Caldeira, DevOps @ KWAN
Grab this opportunity, apply now! https://form.typeform.com/to/PYqxT8NO?opportunity=Filipa%20Almeida&channel=ITJobs