Software Architect (Europe)

We’re looking for a Software Architect position with the requirement to work in Europe with the following experience:

You are self-driven with experience in microservices design and implementation of complex and distributed system, particularly in building high-performance backend and/or frontend framework. You have a passion for seeking engineering excellence and adopting new technologies. You are not afraid to drive for success by working with cross-functional teams. You have thorough knowledge the full vertical stack development, testing, continuous delivery models and related open source tools. You have excellent analytic and decision-making skills. Your strong communication skills help you influence others. You thrive in dynamic environments with multiple changing priorities, where flexibility and time management are necessary tools. You are a quick learner and are able to break down and organize complex problems.

Skills profile:

• Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering or similar quantitative field.
• 10+ years’ experience in Software Development.
• 3+ years’ experience in working with systems in Networking industry.
• 3+ years’ experience as an Architect within Software Engineering driving technical leadership.
• 2+ years successfully owning and evolving a production solution with complex integration requirements.
• Outstanding written and verbal communication skills.
• Experience working in a fast global team environment.
• A solid foundation in computer science, with strong competencies in data structures, algorithms and software design.
• Expert in software development domain and principles, including design patterns, code,structure, programming languages, continuous integration, deployment architecture, software quality assurance principles – building reliable systems.
• Experience supporting at least one full application system/design in production.
• Prior experience with at least one major IaaS/PaaS/SaaS technology: AWS (preferred), Azure, vSphere - including integration of third party solutions.
• Strong understanding of infrastructure and related technologies (hardware, virtualization, networking).
• Experience with large systems software design and development, with extensive knowledge of UNIX/Linux.
• Solid understanding of security/access control, scalability, high availability and release management patterns.
• Define the interfaces needed to integrate across components of a solution, including mobile applications, web applications, backend services, and databases.
• Hands-on experience in building a microservices based architecture and platform developed and deployed at scale.
• Ability to quickly understand the impact of constraints and clearly explain and justify ideas when faced with competing alternatives.
• Ability to translate business strategy and vision to a technical architecture that meets the business objectives.
• Experience in creating proofs of concept and then moving them to an implementation.
• Strong knowledge of containers and virtualization technology (Docker, Kubernetes).
• Proficient in at least one static OO language (preferably Go, or Java).
• Proficient in at least one dynamic language (e.g. Python).

Essential Job Duties:

• Provide leadership and expertise in the development of standards, architectural governance, design patterns, and practices.
• Be the go-to resource for multiple development teams supporting various aspects of technology solutions.
• Driving and solving critical cross-functional design and architectural problems, handle escalations.
• Designing, developing and deploying microservices based systems.
• Drafting and reviewing architectural and deployment topology, design specifications, technology selection, and other design documents.
• Deploy a wide variety of leading technologies and tools to help implement continuous improvement of the software engineering processes.
• Implement POCs and pair with technical leads on implementations.
• Performing hands-on implementation work to keep current with technology trends inside and outside the company.
• Research, design, test, and evaluate new technologies and vendor solutions.
• Understand scheduling, cost and other constraints; and make resource and architectural trade-offs based on those factors.
• Provide detailed reports within area of responsibility after product testing and validation.
• Regularly demonstrate operational systems.

• What you can expect from us:
• Challenging and interesting tasks
• Travel reimbursement
• Residence
• Transportation compensation
• Medical insurance