Senior Software Architect

You will:

Lead the design and evolution of software systems and services, ensuring that they are scalable, secure, and high performing.

Provide technical guidance to development teams, reviewing code, conducting design and architecture reviews, and mentoring junior developers.

Work closely with product managers, designers, and other stakeholders to ensure that the architecture aligns with business goals and user needs.

Evaluate and select appropriate technologies, tools, and frameworks to meet project requirements and organizational standards.

Identify and address performance bottlenecks, security vulnerabilities, and technical debt while ensuring high-quality software delivery.

Advocate for and enforce software engineering best practices, design patterns, and coding standards within the team.

Create and maintain architectural documentation, including high-level designs, diagrams, and deployment models.

Stay up to date with the latest industry trends, technologies, and tools. Identify opportunities to improve the architecture and development processes.

Assess and mitigate technical risks, ensuring that potential issues are addressed early in the design phase.

Work with DevOps, security teams, and business teams to ensure the delivery of robust and secure solutions.

REQUIREMENTS AND SKILLS

You’ll be a good fit for this role if:

You have 10+ years of professional experience in software development, with at least 5 years in software architecture.

You have strong experience in modern software development languages and frameworks (mainly Python and Java).

You have a good understanding of lower-level software stack and interactions with the hardware layer.

You have hands-on experience with cloud platforms (mainly AWS) and cloud-native architecture.

You are proficient in designing and implementing microservices-based architectures.

Must be familiar with Kubernetes platform

You have deep knowledge of systems design, data modeling, distributed systems and security.

You are familiar with Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment pipelines

You have experience with relational and NoSQL databases (e.g., PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Cassandra).

You understand DevOps practices and infrastructure automation.

You have experience working in Agile environments (Scrum, Kanban, etc).

You have proven ability to lead, mentor, and inspire engineering teams. You are proactive in driving engineering collaboration & obtaining input to solve issues.

You possess effective problem-solving skills, familiar with a full suite of debug and performance analysis tools and techniques.

You get things done; you are an execution expert with relevant certifications.

You have a background in computer/electrical/mechanical engineering or related technical discipline, or equivalent experience. You are an engineer at heart and in practice.

You are hard as nails - you don’t take no for an answer, you are also very empathetic, understanding people need time to adapt.

Customers love you; you are really good with people; you work well with people - you are the life of the party.

Industries:Renewables & Environment

Function: Web Development