Solution Architects

Job Description

We are looking for worldclass talent to join a crack team of engineers product managers and designers. We want people who are passionate about creating software that makes a difference to the world. We like people who are brimming with ideas and who take initiative rather than wait to be told what to do. We prize teamfirst mentality personal responsibility and tenacity to solve hard problems and meet deadlines. As part of a small and lean team you will have a very direct impact on the success of the company.

As a Solution Architect this is what you ll do:

Lead solutiondriven discussion for Digital and Data Products

This role will include preparation of product architecture deliverables based upon product architecture standards creating conceptual product Architecture views current state gap analysis and target state product architecture views

Understand and evaluate existing and future state product objectives and ensure target state architecture alignment is cognizant of the Digital and Data business capability needs

Create product architecture models demonstrating how products operations and systems interoperate within the organization

Conduct analysis to determine the best path for solving business problems/opportunities that may include process improvement systems enhancement user training and/or software procurement Ensure solutions developed across the organization are aligned to architecture standards and principles leverage common solutions and services and meet financial targets (cost and benefits)

Provide overall direction guidance and definition of product architecture to effectively support business strategy

Review analyse and evaluate ideas projects and opportunities to develop new products new technologies and business models for various business segments

Assess business and technical functionality to support build buy or partner decisions

Provide professionally designed solutions based on requirement analysis.

Ensure a swift and smooth delivery of agreed services.

Collaborate with Product Management to translate technical objectives/deliverables to a project plan.

Translation of functional and nonfunctional requirements into a solution design document.

Technical sign off on the implementation project to ensure that work done confers to best practices and delivers on functionality

Apply and utilize business modelling methods to ensure results oriented deliverables in a way that can be recreated and used as a corporate knowledge resource available to project level initiatives and executive decision making

Act as a subject matter expert in the development of product architecture framework development tool suite selection and design and methodology development

Coaching and mentoring engineers in architecture best practices

Operate in a collaborative manner by guiding technical discussions to help reach a consensus; once a decision is made clearly communicates and backs that decision

Regularly present the latest architectural decisions and direction via documentation and presentations to the rest of the Product Development team

Guide software development and quality engineering team to rigorously improve inline service scalability performance and robustness;

Develop new product or feature prototypes for proof of concept (POC);

Take handson development tasks on strategically important projects;

Establish best practice across multiple engineering teams;

Job requirements

Solid Computer Science fundamentals excellent problemsolving skills.

Experience architecting or operating based applications or infrastructures with building at least one wellknown successful product ideally from inception to deployment;

Combined experience of product development and architecture/design.

Experience as a Full Stack developer with hands on experience in Technologies such as NodeJS ReactJS NextJS Typescript Golang Python Java Kotlin Android Graphql Elasticsearch Redis Distributed Computing

Must have true startup spirit and be willing to wear multiple hats including handson prototyping architecture and software development work. Must be an strong advocate of leading by example

Experience in a software design and architecture role ideally in a SaaS based product organisation

Experience communicating architecture direction and decisions through presentations and

clear architectural diagrams to engineering / product groups Previous career track of progressive growth from software engineer technical leader to software architect with thorough handson development experience. Strong advocate of testdriven development methodology.

Sound knowledge of various operating systems and databases.

Experience in customer journey mapping product roadmaps competitive analysis and product architecture.

A solid understanding of industrywide technology strategies and best practices.

Experience solving challenging business problems with innovative enterprise solutions aligning business needs to IT capabilities.

Experience with business analysis and process impact analysis.

Presentation skills with a high degree of comfort speaking with executives IT Management and developers

Excellent communication skills with an ability to right level conversations

Demonstrated ability to adapt to new technologies and learn quickly

Strong collaboration communication and negotiation skills.

Additional skills: agile methodologies dynamic presentation influencing and negotiating.

Experience with AI/ML/eCommerce/Digital Health/Marketplaces/Blockchain technologies/solutions

Experience with migrating workloads onto the cloud

Technical expert of at least 3 of these domains: HTTP and SSL Proxy Security Web Gateway Cloud Access Security Broker NextGeneration Firewall Intrusion Prevention System Server Load Balancing Virtual Private Networks Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) Kubernetes VM and Container Networking;

Bachelor s or Master s degree in Computer Science or related field from a top university.

Able to work within the GMT8 time zone

What we offer

An exciting and passionate working environment within a young and fastgrowing company

The opportunity to work with a high performing team

A competitive salary package

The ability to work from anywhere in the world (assuming a stable internet connection)

The chance of being a fundamental part of the team and make a difference

What will the process look like

Application: you will submit an online application form which will take you less than 10 mins to complete

Test: you will take a 45 min online test

Interview: there will be 12 rounds of interviews