Senior Application Architect

Overview

Responsible for establishing and providing leadership to the technology strategy and technology roadmaps, as well as product recommendations that enable the business. Designs, develops and maintains the enterprise methodologies and techniques, including standards and guidelines for enterprise-wide use in technical management and systems of process development. Develops specifications for new products/services, applications and service offerings. Provides technical oversight and architecture/engineering solutions to large, strategic, complex system and application development projects.

Recognized as a thought leader within discipline who influences decisions made by senior leadership and advances the craft of architecture and engineering within our organization.

This is a Remote position available in the United States.

Bright Horizons is a leading education and care company that helps employees thrive at work and at home by partnering with employers to offer high-quality child care, elder care, and educational support. Our workplace reflects this commitment—with collaborative environments, meaningful benefits, and a culture that supports both career growth and personal well-being. Whether you re caring for children or powering the systems and partnerships that make it all possible, at Bright Horizons, you re the difference.

• Consults with engineering teams on major architectural designs for product roadmap to ensure consistency, security, maintainability and flexibility with respect to overall system, technical and product architectures within a domain or portfolio.
• Provides consultation and collaborates with technology leaders, business partners and peer groups regarding long and short range product features.
• Designs and develops architecture (integrated process, methodology, framework, software/applications, data, information, and technology) scalable solutions to business problems in alignment with the enterprise architecture direction and standards.
• Reviews and ensures major architectural designs are consistent, maintainable, flexible and cost effective solutions.
• Participates with application and infrastructure teams to provide guidance for development and releases.
• Maintains collaborative and strategic partnerships between customers, vendors, business partners, and technology teams.
• Remains hands on with architecture and engineering activities and is deeply embedded in the role of technology.
• Shares engineering knowledge and expertise across the organization and industry through networks, events and communities of practice.

• 10+ years in Web Content Management (WCM) implementations.
• 6+ years with Sitecore XM/XP platforms.
• 1+ year with Sitecore XM Cloud.
• Experience with Vercel or Netlify (1+ years).
• Experience with Next.js, React (2+ years).
• Experience with Sitecore Search (1+ years).
• Familiarity with Sitecore Dev Ops tools:
  Unicorn, TDS, CLI, SVS.
• Expertise/Experience in Sitecore administration, security, pipelines, and workflows.
• Sitecore MVP or XM / XM Cloud Certified.

• Sitecore JSS and Graph
  
  QL (2+ years).
• Proficiency/Experience in Microsoft Azure and Azure Dev Ops.
• 8+ years in full-stack development using Microsoft technologies.
• Strong Experience in ASP.NET MVC and C# skills (8+ years).
• RESTful API design and consumption (1+ years).
• Solr and Zookeeper configuration experience.

At this time, Bright Horizons will not sponsor an applicant for employment authorization/visa for this position.

Be part of a community where people grow, futures are shaped, and lives are changed. We offer the rewards, opportunities, and support you deserve because making a difference goes both ways. We re changing the world of work and family, and it starts with you. At Bright Horizons, you re the difference.

The annual salary for this position is between $149,000 - $203,000 annually. The pay range listed here is what Bright Horizons in good faith anticipates offering for this job opening. Actual compensation offers within this range will depend on a variety of factors including experience, education and training, certifications, geography, and other…