Principal Architect

The candidate should be willing to work in an international, multicultural, and fast-growing company that is constantly facing changes. 

What you will do: 

• Advocates for cohesion of work to the architecture vision for DW 

• Participates in the architecture community 

• Communicate/evangelize/train teams on a group platform 

• Oversee the technical realization of the architecture to ensure consistency with the initial design, and make adjustments to accommodate the reality in the field 

• Technology and Design Proof of Concepts 

• Technology Authority 

• Support Tooling Decisions 

• Designs data model for new components with consultation from BI group, database developer and developers 

• Design new solutions or evolve existing solutions to fulfill business requirements 

• Defines technology standards and guidelines 

• Identify performance, scalability and stability impacts 

• Ensure appropriate departments are notified and present for design discussions 

• Consult with all developers in design creation. Architects own responsibility for long-term system design and have the final say in design when disagreements arise. 

• Provides technical guidance and coaching to developers and engineers 

• Assess new technologies to be included in the standard technology stack of the platform 

• Provides technical and organizational insight on the platform to other technical departments (e.g. InfoSec) 

• Provides technical feedback for Product owners in making decisions on product implementation and prioritization 

• Collaborates with stakeholders to determine functional and non-functional requirements for new applications or components to ensure the architecture will fulfill these. 

To be successful you need to have 

• Hands-on experience with Java, distributed revision control systems and relational and NoSQL databases 

• Knowledge of Unix system fundamentals 

• Experience in building server-side components for large-scale web applications 

• Passionate about technology, optimization and scalability 

• Ability to understand the architectural perspective on technology 

• Leadership skills 

• Previous experience in an Agile environment 

• Very good command of English