The Software Architect is responsible for defining the high level and detailed technical designs for supported teams and or programs. The Software Architect will collaborate with technical leadership to translate business requirements into technical solutions that align with product roadmap business goals and technology strategy. linkedin offer

What You Will Be Doing

• Define the technical direction and software architecture for supported programs; own non-functional requirements; align non-functional requirements with functional requirements, program standards, and enterprise architecture.
• Lead technical designs; provide oversight for design implementations and codebase; ensure industry standards and best practices are applied in technical designs and code development.
• Collaborate with product management to refine team and program backlogs by reviewing business cases, providing estimates, defining architectural enablers, and identifying and addressing implementation risks.
• Collaborate with technical and architectural leadership across teams within a program to ensure that technical designs are in line with the enterprise architecture, and in compliance with product and industry practices and regulations; collaborate across programs to address dependencies.

• Own architectural roadmaps for supported teams; actively contribute to the product roadmap in collaboration with program leadership.

• Mentor, coach, train, and provide feedback to other program members; provides feedback to leadership on technical abilities of team
• Operate as a trusted advisor to influence and lead the application of standard processes and practices within a program, including backlog refinement, planning, work estimation, solution demos, and software reviews.
• Develop prototypes to evaluate and demonstrate architectural concepts and new technologies for software design.
• Operate as an innovative thought leader; contribute to the overall growth and quality of the program and its teams through knowledge sharing and coaching on current best practices and market trends for software design
• Comply with all corporate and departmental privacy and data security policies and practices.

What Will Make You Successful

• Experience with continuous software delivery
• Understanding of mastery with build environments and delivery pipelines

• Master level knowledge and application of modern software development lifecycle processes from product conception through deployment.

• Master level experience with data structures, algorithms, and software design

• Master level modelling skills covering information, object-oriented, process, state, security, logical, and physical architectural views

• Experience with two or more general purpose programming languages including but not limited to: Java, C/C++, C#, Objective C, Python, or JavaScript.

• Significant experience, knowledge, and direct development experience of two or more technology stacks

• Strong oral and written communications skills that demonstrate a professional demeanor and the ability to interact with a variety of cross-functional roles with occasional executive presence.
• Strong organizational, multi-tasking, and time management skills
• Strong collaboration skills, applied successfully within team as well as with all levels of employees in other areas
• Senior-level leadership and business acumen skills capable of engaging with director and vice-president leadership levels.

• Strong interpersonal skills; able to maintain solid rapport with team members as well as maintain professionalism with those outside of department

• Strong data gathering, interviewing, and analytical/problem solving skills
• Strong critical thinking and problem solving skills
• Strong ability to establish rapport and gain the trust of others; effective at gaining consensus
• Strong Ability to coach, mentor and provide feedback to team members in a timely manner
• Strong ability to influence, motivate and mobilize team members and business partners
• Strong ability to make decisions in timely manner
• Courage and the ability to take ownership
• Strong ability developing and using original thinking to translate business goals and functional requirements into the implementation of new ideas and design solutions
• Strong ability to develop and use engaging, informative and compelling presentation methodologie

• Strong ability to work effectively with external partners and customers

• Strong ability to handle sensitive information with discretion and tact
• Sharp, fast learner with technology curiosity and aptitude