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Senior Architect, Engineering

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Remote
Hiring Remotely in United States
175K-185K
Senior level
Remote
Hiring Remotely in United States
175K-185K
Senior level
The Sr Architect will lead architectural decisions, enhance engineering practices, mentor team members, and drive project feasibility within an Agile framework.
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Forbes is an iconic global media brand that has symbolized success for over a century. Fueled by journalism that informs and inspires, Forbes spotlights the doers and doings shaping industries, achieving success and making an impact on the world. Forbes connects and convenes the most influential communities ranging from billionaires, business leaders and rising entrepreneurs to creators and innovators. The Forbes brand reaches more than 140 million people monthly worldwide through its trusted journalism, signature ForbesLive events and 49 licensed local editions in 81 countries.

Forbes is looking for an enthusiastic and passionate Sr Architect to join our Engineering team. It will be your responsibility to collaborate with peer Architects, Engineers, and leadership to shape the technical direction of Forbes’ initiatives. In addition to joining a high performing team, you would be joining a passionate and engaged culture that celebrates:

  • Entrepreneurship: Freedom to innovate, identify new opportunities and take on responsibilities
  • Career Development: Formal mentorship program, industry conference attendance and speaking opportunities
  • Work/Life Balance: Flexible work schedule, regular group outings, the celebration of passion projects and side hustles, an understanding that you are human and the complexities that come with that
  • Positivity: Emphasis on positive communication, growing everyone and team building

If you're looking for challenges and opportunities similar to those of a startup, with the benefits of a seasoned, successful company, read on.

Responsibilities

  • Feature architecture, development, and mentorship for engineering excellence 
  • Participate and lead Agile/Scrum ceremonies
  • Lead and define technical solutions for projects
  • Develop features with high-quality, maintainable, scalable code
  • Oversee and participate in code reviews
  • Champion Unit and Integration Testing
  • Analyze and resolve emerging technical issues
  • Collaborate with product owners and designers
  • Lead and/or contribute to architectural conversations and decisions
  • Drive and contribute to improvements and standardization of process
  • Assess the feasibility of projects
  • Introduce standardized processes
  • Make detailed plans to accomplish goals
  • Champion Engineering Excellence

The Ideal Candidate:

  • Clear and positive communication skills
  • Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, agile environment
  • Drive to train, mentor and help other engineers grow
  • A product-value driven mindset
  • Deep understanding of the full technical stack
  • Ability to lead multiple technical initiatives
  • BigQuery and/or GCP experience preferred
  • Knowledge of the following (or similar) technologies: GraphQL, Go, Java, JavaScript, HTML, CSS, Node.js, TypeScript, Webpack, Docker, Kubernetes, Jenkins, Shell scripting, Python, GCP (and cloud technologies in general)
  • Knowledge of comp sci fundamentals
  • Knowledge/familiarity with Relational & Graph DB's, Server-side Apps, Legacy Systems, and large-scale system migrations

The annual base salary range for this role is $175,000 - $185,000

Forbes has estimated the compensation range set forth above in good faith.  The compensation range is what we believe we will offer, and ultimately pay, a successful candidate.  In determining this range, we consider the experience, level of education (if applicable to the role), knowledge, skills, and abilities required to be had by a successful candidate as well as the budget and the company’s pay rates, generally. This said, we may have to make changes to our compensation estimates and job descriptions from time to time and we expressly reserve the right to do so.  Should we make any such changes, this advertisement will be revised to reflect such revisions.  We encourage you to occasionally re-visit this advertisement to ensure that you are abreast of any changes.  Thank you for your interest in joining Forbes!

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BigQuery
CSS
Docker
GCP
Go
GraphQL
HTML
Java
JavaScript
Jenkins
Kubernetes
Node.js
Python
Shell Scripting
Typescript
Webpack

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