Cloud Architect; Azure - NodeJs​/React

Distinguished Tech Innovator

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Pillar warmly extends an invitation for you to join an elite team of visionaries. Beyond software development, we are dedicated to engineering solutions that challenge conventional norms. Envision you: steering projects that redefine urban living, establish new media channels for enterprise companies, or drive innovation in healthcare.

Your invaluable expertise will serve as the cornerstone in shaping the future direction of our endeavors.

This role is the primary expert within a technology stack. The Architect owns the decision making around high-level design choices and dictates technical standards, including software coding standards, tools, and platforms. The ideal candidate will thrive in a collaborative environment and be engaged in the development process.

• Act as the emissary of the architecture. Diagram milestones and call out red flags before they become problematic.
• Technical owner from design to resolution of tailored solutions to sophisticated problems on cloud platforms based on client requirements and other constraints.
• Partners with appropriate stakeholders to determine functional and nonfunctional requirements, as well as business goals, for a set of scenarios.
• Assess and plan for new technology insertion.
• Manage risk identification and risk mitigation strategies associated with the architecture.
• Influence and communicate long-term product vision, technical vision, development strategy and roadmap.
• Contribute to code reviews, documentation and architectural artifacts.
• Active leader in the Architecture Practice community, mentoring Engineers and others through Communities of Practice (CoPs) or on project teams, supporting the growth of technical capabilities.

• A Bachelor’s degree or higher in Computer Science or a related field.
• A minimum of 5+ years of experience/expertise working as a Software Architect, with proficiency in the specified technologies:
• Azure Cloud Services in a React/Node application environment
• Microsoft Azure AZ-305 certification (must have)
• Node.js backend framework
• Must have Type Script experience
• Good to have exposure in Nest Js/Express Js.
• Zod schema validation (nice to have)
• Git Hub, Git Hub Actions
• Orchestration:
  Kubernetes, Azure Service Bus
• Database:
  Postgres, Sequelize ORM (Mongo
  
  DB nice to have)
• Python for ETL process (nice to have)
• WorkOS authentication via SSO (nice to have)
• High level of English proficiency required to interact with a globally-based development team.
• Communicate in a clear and understandable manner with clients, and be able to articulate the details of the designed architecture using the appropriate level of technical language.
• Natural leader with critical reasoning and good decision making skills.
• Ability to raise red flags on the client or team side due to technical blockers
• Excellent diagramming and planning skills
• Have extremely good knowledge on SDLC processes and familiarity with actionable metrics and KPIs.
• Operational excellence in design methodologies and architectural patterns across multiple platforms.
• Ability to work on multiple parallel projects and utilize time management skills and multitasking capabilities.
• Experience leading Agile software development methodologies.
• Experience designing production pipelines:
  Dev Ops and CI/CD practices and tools.
• Demonstrate mentorship and thought leadership to engineers and decision-makers throughout the organization.

• Foundational knowledge in Data Analysis/Modelling/Architecture, ETL Dataflows and good understanding of highly scalable distributed and cloud-native data stores. Specifically Serverless architecture.
• Understand and able to write infrastructure as code
• Policy-based access control systems (e.g., Cerbos, OPA)
• Multi-tenant SaaS application design
• Experience in designing applications involving more than one technology platform (web, desktop, mobile).
• Experience in designing SaaS or highly scalable distributed applications on the cloud.
• Financial management experience and ROI calculation.
• Solutions Architect certification on major cloud platforms (Azure)
• TOGAF Certified.