Wildly fascinated by how AI and AI agents shift thinking from processes to conversations. Intrigued by event-driven streams that shape real-time enterprises. Inspired by enterprise orchestration and BOAT platforms that redefine how business and IT move together. Committed to zero trust and quantum-safe design principles that safeguard the digital backbone of tomorrow.
Who are we?
Hi, we are Archers! Nice to meet you.
We’re a community of 25 integration architects and analysts within CornerBriX, Belgium’s leading integration community. It’s quite simple: if you love sharing knowledge, having your insights challenged, and experimenting with technology, you’ll feel right at home with us.
You’ll join a community that challenges existing digital systems. Dares to ask the right questions. That loves to think critically about technological innovations. Our Archers Knowledge Days (AKDs) are the perfect example: community days dedicated to exchanging lessons from projects, conferences and new tech so you can level up fast.
What your job as an Integration Architect will look like:
* You'll implement the Archers Connectivity Program together with our community of experts and customer projects teams, tailoring every solution to unique business needs.
* You’ll design integration reference architectures, frameworks, and strategies that form the backbone of future-proof digital ecosystems.
* You'll architect modular, scalable, and maintainable solutions using event-driven, microservices, and API-first principles.
* You'll apply modern concepts such as composable architectures, BOAT platforms, and enterprise orchestration to align business and IT.
* You'll shape integration landscapes that combine agility with governance, ensuring security, performance, and sustainability.
* You'll collaborate with business and IT stakeholders to translate stategy into tangible integration flows and automated processes.
* You'll coach and mentor customers by sharing our Archers methodology and frameworks through training, seminars, and architecture boards.
What we expect from our Integration Architect:
* Proven experience with middleware technologies such as B2B, ESB, EAI, API gateways or IoT.
* Familiarity with architecture and design modeling languages such as ArchiMate and UML, and tools like Sparx Enterprise Architect or Archi.
* Hands-on experience designing integration architectures, services and APIs.
* Strong knowledge of interface technologies and standards including AsyncAPI, SOAP, REST, OpenAPI, Swagger, XSD/WSDL and JSON
* Solid understanding of synchronous and asynchronous integration patterns, and how orchestration and choreography drive business processes.
* Interest in modern concepts like BOAT, enterprise orchestration, API-first and compasable architectures, and how they strenghten digital ecosystems.
Here's what's waiting for you if you join us as an Integration Architect:
* Be part of the leading integration community: As part of CornerBriX, you'll join Belgium's leading integration community, certified as both Great Place to Work and a Best Workplace. You'll connect with more than 180 experts, with knowledge raning from business and data architecture to platform engineering, iPaas, cloud-native integration platforms and much more.
* Sustainability and wellbeing: We care about people and the world around us. From health to environment and society, we act with impact guided by the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
* Continious learning: Your growth and job happiness come first. We tackle challenging projects together, challenge each other's thinking, discuss emerging technologies, and help you become as happy as you can be in your career.
* Room to experiment and innovate: We stay ahead giving you space to explore what's new. You'll always have the time and tools to sharpen your skills, try out new technologies, and lead in a fast-moving world. Whenever you need it.
* Hybrid working: Flexibility is part of how we work, whether you're collaborating at a customer site, connecting from our offices in Kontich or Ghent, or working from home in line with customer policies.
* Competitive package: Count on a competitive remuneration package including a company car, charging pass, laptop, phone, subscription and insurance.