Senior Architect

As a Senior Architect at Credera, you will be responsible for the design, estimation, and execution of technology implementation projects for a client. You will be responsible for recommending the appropriate technology approach, team structures, skill sets. You will be responsible for mentoring and developing team members. In addition, you will be expected to support practice and company development through leading research and development, peer training, and reusable software development accelerator development. As a member of the practice Management Team, you will help set the vision and strategic direction of the practice as well as owning or assisting with one or more go-to-market or corporate functions within the practice (e.g., employee engagement, training, accelerator development, etc.).

On a typical day, you might expect to work with clients to capture and synthesize requirements, research and propose the technical approach, and determine skills / capabilities and team requirements. You will be ultimately responsible for the quality technology delivery of technology implementation projects, by ensuring that Credera’s best practices and industry best practice standards are being appropriately applied. You will lead one or more teams of skilled technologists, providing the proper leadership, mentoring, and development.

WHO YOU ARE:

• You are an experienced, hands-on software architect that has been in the industry or technology consulting for at least 8 years
• You have a passion for open source technologies and the art of software engineering
• You look for opportunities to mentor, lead and develop others
• You have strong communication and interpersonal skills
• You currently lead teams that develop complex, high-volume, mission critical enterprise solutions that are built from the ground up, using a variety of different open source components and are deployed in a high available environment
• You are well versed in different software development methodologies and understand the benefits and challenges of each
• The software you develop uses continuous integration/continuous delivery tools
• You spend at least 40% of your time actively developing code

WHO WE ARE:

• Credera is a full-service management consulting, user experience, and technology solutions firm, with clients ranging from Fortune 500 companies to emerging industry leaders
• Credera has received a number of state and national awards! Please check out our employer awards at: https://www.credera.com/awards-and-recognition
• Technology Solutions is Credera’s largest practice and focuses on building custom software solutions and integrations for our clients leveraging open source technologies.
• Programming languages we frequently use include Java, Scala, Client and Server-side Javascript (React, Angular, NodeJS), Python, Ruby, Erlang/Elixir, etc.
• Cloud native architecture we use include traditional cloud solutions (AWS, Azure, ECP), Container Solutions (Docker/Kubernetes/Mesos/etc.), Serverless architecture, Lambda architecture.
• We use the following tool sets for DevOps/Automation: CI/CD Platforms (Jenkins, CircleCI, etc.), Infrastructure scripting (Ansible, Chef, Puppet), Cloud native API, Testing Automation (selenium, etc.), Data automation (Liquibase, etc.).
• Other frameworks we use include Apache Spark, Apache Storm, Kafka, RabbitMQ
• We typically work in an Agile methodology and own the project from start to finish
• All our senior leaders have business development responsibilities and they accomplish this by growing existing accounts as well as establishing net new business through their own network

How we work

Our foundational competitive advantage is simply doing what we say we will do. To deliver on that advantage, we employ proven product strategy, beautiful visual design and agile software delivery using cross-functional teams. Most teams are a mix of strategy, design and technology consultants working closely with clients to solve their toughest challenges. Inter-discipline collaboration is encouraged among different technology platforms or programming languages because silos don’t build speed.

We carry a consultant’s mindset, listening more than we talk, giving clear, concise communication and a constant spirit of improvement to each of our interactions. Check out our Glassdoor reviews to learn more!

Like what you hear but worried about high travel?  Know that our goal is to keep travel to a minimum and most projects do not require travel.  An average would be 0% up to 30%. 

Your first week with us