method products pbc is hiring a
Staff Architect

Summary

Join Method as an Architect to design and build digital solutions for clients' needs. As a technical lead, you will work with developers, product strategists, project managers, stakeholders, and senior technical people to educate and mentor the rest of the technical organization.

Requirements

• Proven experience (5+ years) in software development with at least 2 years in an Architect role
• Expertise in cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP) and cloud-native application development
• Solid understanding of RESTful APIs, GraphQL, and other web services technologies
• Knowledge of DevOps practices and CI/CD pipelines
• Comfortable working in polyglot environments (able to comprehend and debug code written in NodeJS, Java, .NET, Python, Rails, and more)
• Have written and delivered software in production as part of a team
• Familiar with Agile methodologies, their purpose, and application
• Have excellent verbal and written communication skills and respectable technical writing skills
• Capable of helping to inform “build vs. buy” decisions
• Understand the relationship between the organizational and domain-driven structure of an enterprise and its impact on the solution architecture
• Can explain various architectural patterns, their pros and cons

Responsibilities

• Design and propose pragmatic software solutions that meet business requirements as well as relevant quality attributes
• Provide technical leadership and guidance to development teams, ensuring that architectural best practices are followed throughout the software development lifecycle
• Work closely with product owners and stakeholders to understand business needs and translate them into technical requirements
• Create and maintain architectural documentation including architecture descriptions and decision records, system component diagrams, data flow diagrams, deployment diagrams, and integration points
• Develop prototypes and conduct proof of concepts to validate technical feasibility and proposed solutions
• Identify technical risks and constraints and propose mitigations
• Stay informed of how business and technology are evolving, and how these evolutions affect product development, architecture, and engineering

Benefits

• Continuing education opportunities
• Flexible PTO and work-from-home policies
• 401K matching
• Health, Dental and Vision benefits, starting on day 1
• Company lunches, company outings, along with a lot of snacks
• Health and wellness programs