Software Architect

Summary

Join 3Pillar's elite team of visionaries and become the primary expert within a technology stack, owning high-level design choices and technical standards. You will steer projects redefining urban living, establishing new media channels, or driving healthcare innovation. As the architecture emissary, you'll be responsible for technical ownership from design to resolution of solutions on cloud platforms. You will partner with stakeholders, assess new technologies, manage risks, and influence long-term product vision. This role requires strong leadership, communication, and technical expertise, along with experience in Agile methodologies and various design patterns. Mentorship and collaboration are key aspects of this position.

Requirements

• A Bachelor’s degree or higher in Computer Science or a related field
• A minimum of 5+ years of experience/expertise working as a Software Architect, with proficiency in the specified technologies
• High level of English proficiency required to interact with a globally-based development team
• Communicate in a clear and understandable manner with clients, and be able to articulate the details of the designed architecture using the appropriate level of technical language
• Natural leader with critical reasoning and good decision making skills
• Have extremely good knowledge on SDLC processes and familiarity with actionable metrics and KPIs
• Operational excellence in design methodologies and architectural patterns across multiple platforms
• Ability to work on multiple parallel projects and utilize time management skills and multitasking capabilities
• Experience leading Agile software development methodologies
• High-level design proficiency following UML / C4 / ArchiMate
• Experience with DevOps and CI/CD practices and tools
• Demonstrate mentorship and thought leadership to engineers and decision-makers throughout the organization

Responsibilities

• Act as the emissary of the architecture
• Technical owner from design to resolution of tailored solutions to sophisticated problems on cloud platforms based on client requirements and other constraints
• Partners with appropriate stakeholders to determine functional and nonfunctional requirements, as well as business goals, for a set of scenarios
• Assess and plan for new technology insertion
• Manage risk identification and risk mitigation strategies associated with the architecture
• Influence and communicate long-term product vision, technical vision, development strategy and roadmap
• Contribute to code reviews, documentation and architectural artifacts
• Active leader in the Architecture Practice community, mentoring Engineers and others through Communities of Practice (CoPs) or on project teams, supporting the growth of technical capabilities

Preferred Qualifications

• Foundational knowledge in Data Analysis/Modelling/Architecture, ETL Dataflows and good understanding of highly scalable distributed and cloud-native data stores
• Experience in designing applications involving more than one technology platform (web, desktop, mobile)
• Experience in designing SaaS or highly scalable distributed applications on the cloud
• Financial management experience and ROI calculation
• Solutions Architect certification on major cloud platforms (AWS, Azure or GCP)
• TOGAF Certified