Solution Architect
Eagleview is a market leader in aerial image collection and analysis. With over a billion images captured we stand at the cross roads of a large dataset and collection capability coupled with advanced deep learning technology to unlock a variety of insights, capabilities and new product lines that no one in the market can deliver but us. Backed by Vista partners and their strong financial support and guidance we are bringing on the best and brightest individuals to advance this platform and evolve Eagleview's core engine and product lines to lead our customers into the future.
Reporting to the VP, the Solution Architect is responsible for defining and communicating a shared technical and architectural vision across a Solution Train to help ensure the system or Solution under development is fit for its intended purpose. In this role you will ensure that the business process and technology perspectives are in line with the governance strategies, policies and standards. Powered by an core architecture first culture you will be empowered by our process and our leadership to use your influence to guide projects and technology teams from architectural standpoint towards the common goals and standards of the organization, adjusting when necessary to meet business objectives. Closely collaborating with engineering and product leadership to strike the best balance of value and technical debt.
It involves close collaboration with business stakeholders, teams, customers, suppliers, and third-party stakeholders in defining the EagleView's technology infrastructure, decomposing solutions, and systems into components and subsystems, and defining and managing their interfaces and APIs. While providing a general view of solution architecture, you will be required to enable those who implement value by empowering them to make local decisions, allowing faster flow of work and better economics.
Primary Responsibilities:
Responsible for assisting in the establishment of an IT Architecture practice, and the adoption of an architecture and standards methodology.
Champions a structured approach to business application solutions.
Directly assists in the development of a solutions architecture program including departmental roadmaps and project portfolios for IT systems architecture.
Develops and executes solutions which further reduce the percentage of time spent on reactive work.
Participate in planning, definition, and high-level design of the solution and exploration of solution alternatives.
Enable the Continuous Delivery Pipeline through appropriate design guidelines and investment advocacy.
Actively participate in the Continuous Exploration process as part of the Continuous Delivery Pipeline, especially with enabler Epics Define subsystems and their interfaces, allocate responsibilities to subsystems, understand solution deployment, and communicate requirements for interactions with solution context.
Work with customers, stakeholders, and suppliers to establish high-level solution intent, and the solution intent information models and documentation requirements.
Establish critical nonfunctional requirements (NFRs) for the solution and participate in the definition of others.
Operate within an economic framework when analyzing design decisions, balancing value, and technical debt
Work with portfolio stakeholders, notably the Enterprise Architect, to develop, analyze, split, and realize the implementation of enabler epics.
Participate in Program Increment (PI) Planning and Pre- and Post-PI Planning, System and Solution Demos, and Inspect and Adapt(I&A) events.
Define, explore, and support the implementation of enablers to evolve solution intent, working directly with Agile teams to implement them.
Plan and develop the Architectural Runway in support of new business Features and Capabilities.
Work with Product and Solution Management to determine the capacity allocation for enablement work.
Support technology/engineering aspects of program and solution Kanbans.
Provide oversight and foster Built-In Quality as well as Team and Technical Agility.
Requirements
8+ years of software development experience
6+ years' experience in coding in more than one programming language, e.g. C++, C#, Java, GoLang, Python, etc.
Experience with javascript, NodeJS, UI frameworks (React, Vue, Angular)
Experience with All types of database technology (NoSQL, RDB and graph)
Experience with any of the leading cloud providers (AWS, Azure, Google)
Container experience using technologies such as Kubernetes, Docker
Experience designing and deploying RESTful API's, SaaS and Workflow Management solutions at scale
Proven record of making sound technical decisions in the face of ambiguity.
Object oriented programming fundamentals and understanding of software design patterns.
Sound understanding of programming fundamentals and their application to highly scalable systems.
Experience with Deep Learning with PyTorch or TensorFlow is a plus
Great problem-solving skills and ability to abstract functional requirements.
Ability to quickly understand new software technology and how it could be applied
Ability to quickly understand legacy systems and functions with limited oversight
Ability to balance value creation against technical debt when designing timely solutions to meet aggressive business goals
Excellent communicator in both technical and non-technical contexts.
Experience designing and improving complex software applications.
Experience coaching and mentoring developers at various levels of experience.
You have successfully led a small agile team.