Software Solution Architect

Role Description

• The Software Architect owns the architectural decisions for the team, covering backend API, integrations, frontend native Apps and web portals. The architect should be the visionary force behind the technical solution. He/she values simplicity and is unafraid to challenge technical constraints and procedures to achieve an Agile design. He/she works closely with all team members to create a modular, scalable solution that addresses/incorporates future architectural changes and designs. He/she will drive the engineering practices in test/behavioral driven development, continuous integration, and automated deployment. The architect is a hands-on team member who actively coaches the team to solve complex problems.

Core Responsibilities:

Designs the overall Solution/application architecture of the product with the help of the team

Guides project teams on technology strategy related to coding practices, continuous integration and automated deployment

Accountable for the technical design of the product

Be hands on and engage in coding to help the team to develop his solution and solve all surfacing problems at hand Identifies and removes technical impediments

Works with Product Owner to align the roadmap with strengths and opportunities within the technical stack

Works with Delivery Lead/Manager to align the roadmap with tech dependencies and complexities handling

Constantly looking for better ways of solving technical problems and designing the solution, not afraid of challenging the status quo

Provides the team a roadmap for implementing software engineering practices for higher code quality

Shares responsibility with Product Owner for building reusable and scalable components

Reporting to Architecture Lead, aligning architecture decisions and technology stacks implementation.

Requirements:

7+ YoE, Expert within the architecture and solutioning of technical components of the domains, products and digital customer journeys.

Expert in designing architecture artifacts, documents and UML as well as presentation capabilities for both backend and frontend solutions considering integrated journeys.

Can make architecture decisions at a team and product level.

Seasoned software architect with deep insight into newest technologies and trends, Java/JVM, Kotlin, swift/Objective-C, Angular/React, GoLang, and/or Python.

Hands-on experience API-first driven decision and secure, easily scalable and available solutions

Hands-on experience in production native-cloud Microservices, DevOps, and CI/CD environments.

Experience in Agile Development, with specific Solution Architect (or similar) experience preferred.

Understands relationship with Product Owner, Scrum Master, Delivery Lead and rest of team

Experience managing technical priorities/dependencies within the backlog

Strong communication skills with ability to align the organization on complex technical decisions.

Active coach and mentor whose goals are to grow and maximize the team's potential.