Input Output is hiring a
Head of Architecture, Remote - United Kingdom

Summary

The job is for a Head of Architecture at IOHK's Midnight Tribe, responsible for leading software architecture development, transitioning research into product, and managing a team. The role requires experience in distributed systems, software industry, programming languages, formal methods, and people management.

Requirements

• Experience architecting solutions to significant challenges in distributed systems, ideally in blockchain
• 10+ years of experience in the software industry
• Engineering / Computer Science advanced degree, ideally a PhD
• Experience developing architectures in multiple programming languages and programming models
• Experience defining, delivering, and supporting impactful software architectures to engineering teams
• Experience transitioning research into product
• Ability to evaluate the computational complexity of software systems
• Experience applying formal methods to computer software, such as symbolic model checking, formal semantics, or proof assistants
• Experience developing languages and compilers
• Experience with zero-knowledge technologies
• Familiarity with the research literature in distributed consensus
• Proven experience in people management
• Proven experience in strategic planning
• Experience mentoring and developing rising talent in the technology department
• Technical oversight
• Research/Innovation forecasting
• Software engineering
• Excellent communication skills
• Leadership skills
• People and Process management
• Good interpersonal skills so as to be able to relate with people or personnel from different units of the company

Responsibilities

• Lead software architectures that allow engineering teams to faithfully implement the realization of emerging technologies
• Work closely with researchers and prototype engineers to evolve their work toward product readiness
• Ensure your architectures are appropriate and used correctly by engineering
• Recruit and develop talent as required
• Contribute significantly to the team culture, processes, and tools enabling your team to succeed
• Work closely with the Engineering and Product teams, together with staff from Operations to Define the products and success criteria for projects as they transition from research to reality
• Evaluate technical feasibility and define achievable scopes for ambitious, multi-component integrations
• Identify research initiatives that would support and differentiate the portfolios
• Shepherd internal research projects through the handoff to your engineering team
• Maintain strong ties with the original authors as development efforts raise new questions and possible new research directions
• Work closely with formal methods technology to continuously improve our ability to deliver high-assurance software without compromising delivery timelines
• Develop formal statements of work and maintain close ties throughout the resulting engagements with external vendors and contractors
• Lead the architecture team to deliver and support successful software architectures and prototypes to the Engineering team
• Contribute technical and systems design expertise to assist in software application architecture, development, implementation, and testing
• Working closely with the Engineering & Product Management, Project Management, DevOps, and Executive teams to deliver the product roadmap
• Contribute significantly to the team culture and processes that enable your team to succeed
• Recognize when training is worth the time and contribute to decisions on training
• Be conscious of the costs of architectural decisions and take these costs into account when jointly making important decisions
• Manage and evolve legacy solutions and integrate with legacy technology when appropriate

Benefits

• Remote work
• Laptop reimbursement
• New starter package to buy hardware essentials (headphones, monitor, etc)
• Learning & Development opportunities
• Competitive PTO