Principal Architect

Description

• Teaches technical topics to junior and other senior members of the staff.
• Design scalable, robust, and innovative architectures for complex systems.
• Plan and manage project activities within allocated resources.
• Mentor and coach team members on architectural principles and design patterns.
• Establish and enforce architectural standards to ensure the quality and maintainability of software solutions.
• Provide technical leadership and guidance to development teams, ensuring adherence to best practices and standards.
• Collaborate with technical leads and project managers to define project scopes, timelines, and resource requirements.
• Be an advocate for agile development, CI/CD, microservices, and reuse.
• Work closely with cross-functional teams, including developers, product managers, and business analysts, to ensure seamless integration of architectural solutions.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to understand business requirements and translate them into architectural solutions.
• Influence and set corporate direction for software development practices, concepts, technologies, and methodologies obtained through formal training and work experience.
• Conduct regular code and deployment reviews and provide constructive feedback to maintain high quality deliverables
• Lead the development and evolution of the overall architectural vision and strategy.
• Evaluate new technologies and tools to recommend adoption based on business value and architectural impact.
• Facilitates technical issue resolution across technical areas.
• Stay abreast of industry trends, emerging technologies, and best practices.
• Conduct architectural reviews and ensure alignment with business goals and technology strategy.
• Contribute to bid and proposal generation.

Requirements

• Minimum Bachelors degree in a technical subject like Computer Science, Software Engineering, etc
• Technical Skills (If applicable):
• Technical Depth: Ability to clearly explain principles of operation to anyone at a level of technical depth appropriate to the audience
• Experience of transactional systems is an asset, but not essential
• Deep database experience
• Significant exposure to systems that are tested through security standards like PCI-DSS and SOC 2
• Communication: Ability to clearly express ideas and information, both in written and verbal formats.
• Deep knowledge of Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, Oracle databases, Google Cloud, database table design, and SQL are essential
• Good knowledge of Java, Go, Python and other common programming languages is essential
• At least 5 years as lead architect for complex cloud based SaaS that incorporates large data sets
• Adaptable and Resilient: be comfortable with ambiguity, and finding paths to gain additional information. Possess a willingness to change course as technologies, teams or the business evolves, and stay calm under pressure.
• Drives a development philosophy of ‘fix once properly’ when bugs arise

Benefits

• Paid days off ( i. e. vacatio n, sick days, bereavement leave)
• Retirement plans
• Employee and Family Assistance Program (EFAP)
• Health and Dental plans
• Employee referral program

Training + Development

Interview process

Visa Sponsorship

Security clearance