Technical Architect Manager

About the role

You are responsible for developing and managing a high-performing, full-stack team of software engineers to develop software using DevOps and Agile/Lean principles. You will work with peers and team members to create and maintain great products that support the business vision, while looking for ways to further optimize the engineering and product development process. You will provide strong technical guidance, anticipate technical issues at the product level, and make architectural and design decisions to avoid them.

Responsibilities

• Provide management, coaching, and mentorship to those who report to this role to maximize team health, product delivery, effectiveness, and career growth.
• Deliver and present solutions for large initiatives across multiple verticals.
• Design and develop scalable, high-availability, high-performance products with a deep understanding of front-end and back-end architectures.
• Shape broad architecture; ship multiple large services, complex libraries, or major pieces of infrastructure.
• Directly architect, design, and deliver high-quality code while ensuring high standards of technical development, including observability, stability, scalability, security, performance, and cost-effectiveness.
• Influence best practices across teams.
• Work with the product team to estimate the level of effort for projects and evaluate trade-offs to ensure maximum impact with team resources.
• Guide the team on modern software development best practices and technical direction while providing hands-on development and problem-solving assistance.
• Successfully manage projects and collaborate with partners and stakeholders to deliver value to the business.
• Help foster an inclusive environment where culture strengthens delivery for customers, the team, and the business.
• Lead special projects and perform other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field or equivalent experience.
• 8 years of software development experience and/or commensurate skills building commercial applications with modern software engineering practices.
• Team leadership experience and strong interpersonal skills.
• Experience reducing the complexity of projects, services, and processes to achieve greater efficiency.
• A track record of being a strong influencer and thought leader in the full software development life cycle of distributed software delivery teams using Agile/Scrum and DevSecOps practices.

Skills

• Demonstrated experience with cloud technologies such as AWS, Serverless, Event-Driven Architecture, SOA, Microservices, Microfrontends, CI/CD, Infrastructure as Code, and other modern technologies.
• Demonstrated expertise with JavaScript, Node.js, Java, or Python, and frameworks such as React or Vue.js.
• Demonstrated experience with professional software engineering practices and the full software development life cycle, including coding standards, architecture/design patterns, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations.

Pay

Compensation Range: $175,000.00–$220,000.00. Placement in the salary range will be determined based on factors including but not limited to relevant experience, demonstrated skills, education, certifications, and geographic location.