Principal Software Architect

Unclassified - New York, NY

Full-time

New York, NY

About the position

This position involves working collaboratively with a team to develop high-quality, efficient, and scalable software products. The role emphasizes the importance of performance optimization and creative problem-solving in a fast-paced, startup-like environment. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in software architecture and development, particularly with non-relational databases and client-side frameworks.

Responsibilities

• Designing technical architectures for complex solutions
• Providing technical and thought leadership on agile teams
• Writing great software adhering to agile software engineering practices (e.g., TDD, continuous integration, automated tests, etc.)
• Code review and mentorship of other developers on agile team
• Collaborating with product owners, stakeholders and potentially globally distributed teams

Requirements

• Masters / Bachelors' in Computer Science or related field, or 4 years of relevant work experience
• Minimum of 6+ years of relevant experience in designing large scale solution architectures
• Knowledge of one of the following languages: C#, Java, C++, Ruby, Python, Scala

Nice-to-haves

• Thorough knowledge of JavaScript, CSS and Web Standards
• Familiarity with client side MVC frameworks, preferably Backbone.js
• Experience with at least one major server side web development stack, preferably MVC or JSF
• Technical knowledge of at least one major RDBMS, preferably SQL Server
• Ideally, experience with node.js for Server Side JavaScript development
• Ideally, experience with a NoSQL database, preferably MongoDB
• Experience with Agile as software development methodology