Product Tech Lead​/API Platform Architect - Chicago, IL

Job Description

Product Tech Lead / API Platform Architect - Chicago, IL

As the API Platform Architect, you will be responsible for engaging with technical and business stakeholders to understand business needs and guide the overall direction of the eCommerce API Platform. You will be responsible to ensure the platform keeps up with modern delivery and engineering practices. You will not only lead the modernization projects but also address the organizational and cultural changes, pushing the organization forward while helping them solve difficult technology problems.

Must have a Passion for software and IT, Must have hands on experience at work, or outside of work building pet projects. Have their finger on the pulse with coding skills (cannot be stagnant)

• Works in collaboration with other Stack Architects (Mobile, Web, Restaurant) to define common standards, patterns and practices
• Develops architecture which supports product requirements, including performance, scalability, security, and manageability
• Present and defends architecture, design, and technique choices to internal and external audiences
• Sustain the ongoing transformation to a Continuous Deployment model through a high level of automation
• Support the Technical Design Authority whose goal is to ensure consistency in implementation across Product Capabilities teams
• Proactively learn new technologies, standards, and applications; keep current with technology developments within the industry
• Accountably deliver architecture and engineering projects that fall within the scope of the API Platform
• Lead day‑to‑day responsibilities including complex architecture design, validation, and implementation
• Identify and challenge multiple IT scenarios taking into account the business environment
• Serve as a stream lead at CIO/CTO level in major client organizations
• Lead Capgemini operations relating to market development and/or service delivery excellence
• Act as a role model in the community

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field
• 12+ years overall professional experience
• Demonstrated leadership experience and excellent communication skills
• Experience working as an architect in a cloud‑native environment (Microservices, Docker/Kubernetes, API Gateway…)
• Experience implementing Infrastructure‑as‑Code and Configuration‑as‑Code initiatives
• Experience in Agile and Extreme Programming software development methodologies
• Comfort with managing multiple projects at once without sacrificing detail
• Demonstrated ability to take initiative, work autonomously, and self‑direct within a highly communicative, interactive team structure
• Commercial experience with Java, .NET, C#, or cloud technologies

Must reside in Chicago or willing to relocate post Covid

Working hours are Central Standard Time Zone

Candidates should be flexible / willing to work across this delivery landscape which includes and is not limited to Agile Applications Development, Support and Deployment.

Capgemini is an Equal Opportunity Employer encouraging diversity in the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, national origin, gender identity/expression, age, religion, disability, sexual orientation, genetics, veteran status, marital status or any other characteristic protected by law.

This is a general description of the Duties, Responsibilities and Qualifications required for this position. Physical, mental, sensory or environmental demands may be referenced in an attempt to communicate the manner in which this position traditionally is performed. Whenever necessary to provide individuals with disabilities an equal employment opportunity, Capgemini will consider reasonable accommodations that might involve varying job requirements and/or changing the way this job is performed, provided that such accommodations do not pose an undue hardship.