Smart City Application Architect📣 Job Ad

About the Role

Devoteam is seeking a Smart City Application Architect to lead the design and development of digital applications for smart city services. This full-time position is based in Riyadh. The role requires a candidate with 5-10 years of experience in architecting enterprise and citizen-facing applications across various urban service domains.

Role Overview and Responsibilities

The Smart City Application Architect will be responsible for designing application architectures that support smart city services, including mobility, utilities, public safety, environment, and citizen engagement. This involves defining architectural patterns and development standards to ensure smart city applications are scalable, interoperable, and secure. The architect will collaborate with cross-functional teams, including solution architects, developers, UX designers, and data teams, to deliver integrated, citizen-centric digital solutions. Key responsibilities include ensuring seamless integration with smart city platforms, IoT systems, and third-party APIs, leading application modernization efforts, and contributing to service blueprints and digital experience flows. The role also entails supporting development teams through design reviews and technical assessments, troubleshooting integration challenges, and ensuring compliance with data privacy regulations, cybersecurity requirements, and accessibility standards. Maintaining architectural deliverables such as solution diagrams and API specifications is also a core function.

Qualifications and Experience

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in software engineering, Computer Science, or a related field.
• 8+ years of experience in software development and application architecture.
• At least 3 years of experience designing or delivering smart city or large-scale public sector applications.
• Proven experience in building modular, API-driven, and cloud-native application architectures.
• Proficiency in microservices, RESTful APIs, containerization (*, Docker, Kubernetes), and DevOps practices.
• Knowledge of common smart city and open standards (*, OASC, NGSI, FIWARE, ISO 37120).
• Experience with mobile and web technologies, platform integration, and UX design alignment.
• Ability to work effectively with cross-functional technical and business teams.
• Strong documentation and communication skills.
• Certification in application architecture (*, TOGAF, Microsoft Azure, AWS, or Google Cloud architecture certifications) is desirable.
• Experience in smart mobility, digital twins, or e-government service platforms is a plus.
• Understanding of user journey mapping and human-centered design principles.

About Devoteam

Devoteam is a global technology consulting firm with over 25 years of experience and a presence in more than 18 countries. The company focuses on leveraging technology and human values to drive positive change. Devoteam fosters a culture of fairness, courage, ambition, results, learning, innovation, caring, and sharing, underpinned by values of respect, frankness, and passion. They emphasize collaboration and the development of talent and careers.

Additional Requirements

Bilingual proficiency in Arabic and English is highly desirable for this role.