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PURPOSE:
Senior IT Architect reports to the Application Development Manager or Application Development Director. The candidate makes wellthoughtout decisions on complex or ambiguous systems software engineering issues and ensures that system improvements are successfully implemented and monitored to increase efficiency.
- Web Solutions Architect: Role Overview: We are seeking a highly skilled Solutions Architect with expertise in modern web frameworks like Next.js and React to join our team. The ideal candidate will be responsible for designing architecting and implementing scalable secure and highperformance solutions for our ecommerce platform.
- This role involves working closely with crossfunctional teams to ensure our solutions align with business goals technical strategy and best practices for modern web development. Primary Responsibilities::Solution Design and Architecture: Design comprehensive highlevel architecture for webbased solutions leveraging modern web frameworks like Next.js and React.
- Provide architectural frameworks and technical direction to ensure system scalability performance and security.
- Create detailed architecture diagrams technical documentation and solution blueprints for development teams. Web Application Development: Provide technical leadership for building modern web applications like Next.js and React.
- Oversee the integration of backend services with frontend applications ensuring seamless API interactions and data flow. Collaboration & Leadership: Work closely with business stakeholders to translate requirements into technical solutions that meet both functional and nonfunctional needs.
- Collaborate with DevOps security and infrastructure teams to ensure smooth deployment operation and maintenance of developed solutions.
- Lead and mentor development teams ensuring alignment with architectural best practices and guiding them through technical challenges. Technology Evaluation & Innovation:
- Continuously evaluate emerging technologies frameworks and platforms to recommend improvements that enhance the scalability performance and reliability of solutions. The position responsibilities outlined above are in no way to be construed as all encompassing. Other duties or responsibilities may be required and/or assigned as necessary. The ideal candidate should enjoy a challenging fast paced environment with a focus on quality operational excellence and industry leading innovation. Additionally the ideal candidate should have excellent interpersonal skills be able to work in a team environment and contribute as an individual. The candidate should be result driven a selfstarter and be able to work under the guidance of senior team members.
- Required Qualifications:
- 10 years of progressively complex software engineering experience in webbased environments leveraging modern mainstream opensource frameworks and tools like React Next.js and Spring Boot
- 3 years experience as a Solutions Architect or similar role guiding the architecture and development of microservice and containerized architecture where the required changes span multiple teams and/or departments.
- Excellent problemsolving skills and the ability to lead technical discussions.
- Strong communication and collaboration skills with the ability to convey complex technical concepts to nontechnical stakeholders.
- Demonstrated experience designing and developing web solutions that comply with accessibility standards such as WCAG (Web Content Accessibility Guidelines) ensuring usability for individuals with disabilities.
- Knowledge of security principles and best practices for web applications (e.g. OWASP Top Ten).
- Desired Qualifications: Large scale eCommerce industry experience
- Experience with DataDog or similar Application Performance Monitoring (APM) tools
- Experience with DevOps practices and tools (Gitlab Jenkins or similar CI/CD tool)
- Preferred candidate is passionate about the hospitality industry
- Familiarity with Content Management Systems (CMS) and APIdriven development