Location: Sveavägen 168, Stockholm, Sweden (On-site)
Company: Apotea AB – Sweden’s leading online pharmacy
Team: Core Technology
Tech Innovation at Apotea
Apotea is Sweden’s largest online pharmacy, committed to making healthcare products accessible and efficient for everyone. We’re on a mission to build the next generation of e-commerce and logistics, from scratch, but with lots of domain expertise and genuine care for our customers (We have been selected as the best e-commerce in Sweden several years in a row — and for good reason.). Our vision in the Tech department is to redefine how AI and automation power modern businesses — not by forcing AI into traditional workflows, but by creating AI-driven and automated systems that give humans control, insight, and the ability to apply their expertise where it matters most.
The Core Technology Team shapes the architectural foundation that supports everything we do — from e-commerce and logistics to data, AI/ML, and customer experience. We ensure that every development aligns with our long-term vision and contributes to Apotea’s growth.
We are now looking for a Lead Solution Architect to take end-to-end ownership of Apotea’s solution architecture, ensure technical excellence, and enable our teams to deliver at scale.
The Role
As Lead Solution Architect, you’ll sit at the heart of Apotea’s transformation. You will define and evolve our architecture across AWS (serverless-first) and help us realize a platform that is scalable, resilient, and ready for continuous innovation.
This role combines strategic leadership with hands-on architectural design. At Apotea, engineers are expected to take ownership of the full software development life cycle, so your role will be both to design solutions yourself and enable other engineers to do so effectively. You will work closely with business stakeholders, engineers, and product owners to ensure every technical development is aligned with Apotea’s vision, architectural principles, and best practices.
You will also be the first-line responsible person for all technical developments and initiatives in the Tech department, advocating a product mindset and ensuring our architecture enables both speed and sustainability. We believe in balancing fast go-to-market with long-term maintainability: we like the right amount of technical debt, at the right place, and for the right purpose. Part of your role will be to define maturity plans and guide iterations as systems evolve.
Finally, you must be able to take complex topics and clarify them, communicating solution designs and execution plans in a way that aligns the whole organization.
Key Responsibilities
Architectural Leadership:
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Own and evolve Apotea’s target architecture with a strong focus on AWS serverless, event-driven, and data-driven systems.
- Translate business strategy into modern, sustainable technology roadmaps.
- Establish architectural guardrails and best practices for scalability, cost efficiency, and security.
Solution Design & Innovation:
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Design end-to-end solutions for e-commerce, logistics, and AI/ML-powered workflows.
- Enable engineers to take ownership of design and execution, while sometimes leading design work yourself.
- Identify and evaluate emerging technologies that can transform customer experience and operational efficiency.
- Ensure solutions deliver on availability, observability, performance, and regulatory compliance.
- Contribute to Apotea’s architectural “toolbox” — principles, guidelines, standards, and reusable patterns.
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Collaboration & Leadership:
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Work closely with product managers, engineers, and business stakeholders to ensure alignment of technology and goals.
- Mentor and coach architects and engineers, fostering a design-first, product-oriented, innovation-driven culture.
- Act as a trusted advisor to leadership, balancing risks, trade-offs, and opportunities.
Governance & Compliance:
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Embed data privacy, sovereignty, and security considerations into all architectural decisions, with close collaboration with Security Engineer.
- Ensure solutions comply with healthcare regulations and GDPR.
We are looking for someone with:
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Extensive experience in solution/software architecture, including previous experience as the main and go-to architect in an organization.
- Proven expertise in AWS with deep knowledge of serverless, distributed applications, event-driven and microservices architecture.
- Strong background in designing secure, scalable, and high-performance systems.
- Ability to balance fast iterations with technical debt management, defining maturity plans for systems.
- Familiarity with C4 model or similar for clear architectural communication.
- Experience in AI/ML platforms, data-driven architectures, or automation workflows is a plus.
- Excellent ability to collaborate across business and tech, with strong communication and leadership skills.
- Experience with programming languages such as Go, TypeScript, and .NET.
Nice to Have
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Experience with MLOps and data lakehouse architectures.
- Knowledge of multi-tenant SaaS or distributed e-commerce and logistics platforms.
- Exposure to regulated environments such as healthcare, finance, or logistics.
- Familiarity with API/Event-first design and Test Driven Development (TDD).
Why Join Apotea?
- A stable, future-focused company with a meaningful mission to improve healthcare accessibility.
- The chance to work on cutting-edge AI, ML, and automation projects that impact millions of customers.
- Opportunity to Work with modern cloud-native technologies (serverless, AI, automation, event-driven).
- Join a flat, agile organization with minimal bureaucracy
- Opportunities for career growth through training, mentorship, and industry conferences.
- Collaborate in a cross-functional, transparent environment
- Own projects from concept to deployment
- Join a culture of experimentation, collaboration, and innovation.
About Apotea
Apotea.se is Sweden’s largest online pharmacy, with the country’s broadest range of over 32,000 non-prescription items and nearly 19,000 prescription drugs for humans and animals. Recognized as Sweden’s most sustainable e-commerce company (Sustainable Brand Index 2021), we simplify everyday life for our customers with fast deliveries and expert advice. In 2024, Apotea reached a turnover of SEK 6.5 billion and currently employs about 1,000 people across Stockholm, Lidingö, and Morgongåva.
Apotea is an inclusive employer that values diversity. We welcome all applicants and strive to create a work environment where people, regardless of background, gender, age, religion, or disability, can thrive and grow.
Recruitment Process
- Interview: Technical Capabilities
- Background Check: As a pharmacy, we always conduct a background check.
Application
Do not hesitate to send in your application already today. For more information or questions, visit our career page or contact us at [email protected]. We do not accept applications via email.
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