10+ years IT experience with 8 years application development
5+ years experience in .NET (C# and ASP.NET)
Strong understanding of Object-Oriented design principles
Extensive experience with WCF and service-oriented architecture
Proficient in SQL querying and database management (SQL Server, DB2)
Bachelor's degree in computer science, math, science or engineering
Excellent communication and mentoring skills
Responsibilities
Design software solutions for diverse business and technical needs
Mentor and guide developers, testers, and analysts through project lifecycles
Analyze application specs to ensure scalability for future releases
Investigate and propose future-oriented product solutions
Collaborate with business analysts to resolve complex defects
Produce architectural and design specifications for large-scale projects
Work with management to recommend future application solutions
Benefits
Collaborative Agile work environment
Opportunities for mentoring and professional development
Influential role in architectural decisions
Chance to work on large-scale and complex projects
Exposure to various technologies in application development
Full Job Description
The Software Architect will be an important and influential member of the IT Development Team. The person will need superior expertise gained from extensive experience and industry research of best practices within application design, coding, database and architecture. Position will contribute to a team project predominately focusing on architecture, and development. You will work with a team typically in an Agile methodology completing various development and coding initiatives. Reports to: Principal IT Architect
Job Responsibilities:
Designing software solutions to meet client's various business and technical needs.
Mentoring and guiding a team of developers, testers and analysts throughout the entire project lifecycle.
Analyzing application specifications and technology approaches to ensure business requirements are met and are scalable for future product releases.
Investigating future oriented products and taking ownership of driving resolution and making proposals that may include reusable components.
Working with business analysts and management to recommend future application solutions.
Producing Architectural Specifications and detailed design specifications for large-scale and complex projects to reinforce our technical product and architectural standards.
Collaborating with business analysts to diagnose and resolve complex defects identified.
10+ years IT experience, with at least 8 years of application development experience
At least 5 years of development experience in .NET (especially C# and ASP.NET).
Good understanding of Object-Oriented design principles
Extensive experience with WCF, developing web services in the .NET environment, service oriented architecture, and multi-tier software design and development.
Past experience with responsive design and designing applications for mobile devices required.
Experience with HTML5, CSS, AJAX, JavaScript libraries and client side frameworks.
Experience with SPA frameworks such as Angular or Aurelia.
Extensive experience doing data modeling, writing SQL queries, and working with databases (SQL Server, DB2 etc) required.
Experience working as an architect and delivering successful projects in an agile environment is required.
Thorough understanding of SDLC processes and methodologies, and involvement in the complete product development life cycle.
Bachelor's degree in computer science, math, science or engineering required.
Excellent communication skills and demonstrated ability to coach more junior staff members.
Preferences:
Experience with developing SOA and/or Microservices.
Experience with CI/CD and test automation.
Knowledge of secure coding standards.
B2B and B2C ecommerce experience.
Experience interfacing with corporate ERP systems for order entry or inventory management.
PHP or dynamic programming language experience
Experience working in retail or consumer products industry
