Head of Architecture

Join our Movement and Champion Restaurant Culture! 💚

At TheFork we believe that the best things in life happen around the table, and we are on a mission to connect the world’s favorite restaurants and the broadest community of loyal diners. 

Finding the best dining experience for our Diners community or boosting restaurant performance for our Restaurateurs Partners has never been easier thanks to our signature products: 

📱TheFork App: our free restaurant discovery & booking app that helps you find your next table with ease.
💻TheFork Manager: our innovative software tool that digitizes restaurant operations, empowering our Restaurateurs to manage bookings efficiently and boost their revenue.
💳TheFork PAY and TheFork Gift Card: quick and easy ways to pay directly from TheFork app

At TheFork, we also believe that people truly make the difference. None of this would be possible without our vibrant Forkies community. Our strong core values—Better Together, Ownership, Respect, and Growth—are the guiding principles of everything we do, shaping our behaviors: “Come as you are,” “Dig in,” and “Make it Memorable”.  

TheFork leads the restaurant booking market in Europe and operates in 11 countries. Our offices boast a fully international team working together in a flexible, multicultural, and constructive environment that provides everyone with space to grow, both professionally and personally.

To learn more about TheFork and our Forkies, explore our official site: https://www.careers.thefork.com

What you will do:

As the Head of Architecture, a key leadership role, you will shape long-term architectural standards and drive cross-functional alignment to elevate our technical vision. You will directly report to the Platform Engineering Director, collaborating closely with DevOps, Quality, Security, Enterprise Architecture, and the CTO office.

• Lead, Mentor, and Develop the Architecture Team: Inspire a team of skilled architects to uphold technical coherence, security standards, and collaboration across functions. Foster a culture of excellence and innovation, providing mentorship and development to build a strong pipeline of future architectural leaders.
• Define & Implement Technical Strategy: Craft & Execute a Scalable Technical Strategy  across software, cloud, and data architectures, with a focus on scalability, performance, and reliability. Advocate for the best technology solutions, whether building in-house or leveraging external services.
• Support Data Architecture Initiatives: Collaborate with data teams to ensure our architecture supports data lake and warehouse solutions, driving data governance and supporting analytics capabilities across the organization.
• Champion Enterprise Architecture Practices: Ensure alignment with enterprise architecture principles to support scalability, security, and data integrity across the platform.
• Collaborate Transversally Across Teams: Work closely with stakeholders in Product, Data Science, DevOps, and Engineering to align technical solutions with business objectives, ensuring cross-departmental alignment and high-impact outcomes.
• Foster a Culture of Innovation & Quality: Lead by example to promote a collaborative and growth-oriented environment, supporting continual learning and improvement within the team
• Animate transversal teams: Animate and facilitate transversal initiatives and communities/guilds

Who you are:

You Must Meet These Critical Qualifications

• Extensive Experience in Architecture: Significant expertise in software, cloud, or data architecture, including hands-on work in enterprise-level architectural design and implementation.
• Proven Leadership Skills: Strong track record (5+ years) in managing technical teams, with a focus on mentoring, growth, and developing future leaders.
• In-depth Cloud Knowledge: Deep familiarity with cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, GCP), enterprise architecture frameworks, and large-scale distributed systems.
• Data Architecture Proficiency: Skilled in data architecture and integration patterns, with experience in designing scalable, data-driven solutions.
• Collaborative Mindset: Demonstrated success working with cross-functional teams and engaging stakeholders to achieve aligned goals.
• Agile Expertise: Solid understanding of agile methodologies, with the flexibility to manage multi-team projects and adapt to evolving business needs.
• Bilingual Communication Skills: Fluent in both French and English, with excellent communication skills.
• Strategic and Solution-Oriented: A proactive problem-solver who can balance immediate needs with long-term objectives.

What we offer you: 
😄 An awesome team 
🏠 A permanent contract (that can be useful in life) 
⚖️ Flexible working environment (2 days home office per week +  up to 4 total weeks additional flexibility during the summer period and in December to work fully remotely)
💚 Complementary time off to spend with your loved ones 
💸 Competitive fixed salary, bonus and equity (yes, equity!) 
🍕 Lunch vouchers available for each working day + some free Yums (because yes, we like to try our best restaurants) 
🌎 International teams and a multicultural environment spanning 10 offices across Europe
🤝Highly inclusive working environment
🤸‍♀️ Lifestyle benefits that can be used to reimburse  expenses related to physical and leisure activities, family support, travel etc 
🎓 Continuous learning and development programs
👶 Financial benefits in the events of a birth, adoption, PACS, or wedding  
😌 Free access to the Calm app to help you build resilience wherever you are in your mental health journey
🐣Dedicated parental leave and caregiver leave policies (12 weeks fully paid)
🚝 Transportation allowance 
🏥 72% of health insurance fully covered by the company 
👩‍🦽 Life & Disability Insurance at no cost to the employee
🍴 Amazing offices with dining, a coffee point on each floor, and leisure area    
🎤 Team building events