Software Architect at Derivco

What do we do?

A day in the life of a Derivco Software Architect typically includes the following:

• Conceiving and communicating designs for large scale and/or business-critical systems.
• Providing expert guidance and consultancy to teams facing tough technical challenges.
• Identifying and driving initiatives to improve our software at a system-wide level.
• Researching and realizing innovative new technologies or ideas.
• Mentoring senior developers.

What do you need?

General

• Ability to wrestle complexity into structure
• A great verbal and written communicator of technical topics to a wide audience of roles
• Solid technical foundation across a wide range of topics

Specific Skills And Experience

• At least 8 years technical expertise in one or more of the following technologies: C#, Java , .NET, SQL Server, REST Apis, Kafka, HTML5.
• At least 5 years of expertise architecting systems of substantial complexity (tens of thousands of online users, thousands of transactions per minute, 24/7 availability)
• Practical and theoretical knowledge of a range of technical disciplines and techniques (client, server, database, message brokers, DevOps, high availability, scalability) … and how to harness this knowledge into well-architected, scalable software solutions which satisfy business strategy
• Understanding of different software development methodologies
• Understanding of different architectural patterns and application design patterns
• Undergraduate diploma/degree (preferred)
• TOGAF certified (preferred)