Senior Software Architect

Newrez LLC•Coppell, TX

1d•Onsite

About The Position

At Newrez, we bring big thinkers and caring doers together to make home happen. We’re a team built on heart and hustle, united by a commitment to show up for our customers, our communities, and each other. We believe that when our people thrive, homeowners thrive - and that’s why we invest in your growth, wellbeing, and ability to make an impact. Every day, we work to exceed the expectations of our residential mortgage borrowers and business partners through superior service, simple processes, and clear communication. We do this by empowering our employees, encouraging innovative solutions and recognizing great performance. Primary Function As a member of the Enterprise Architecture team, the Senior Software Architect will be responsible for building cloud native and highly scalable enterprise level software products with Azure being the preferred cloud platform of use. This role will also be responsible for architecting and implementing micro-service architecture for enterprise level business applications that are aligned with overall business strategy.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in related field required. Advanced degree preferred.
5+ years experience in architecting software applications.
Prior leadership experience with responsibility for team capacity planning, coaching, and performance architecting highly scalable enterprise-level on-premises and cloud-based custom software applications.
Experience in building complex and custom authentication systems using OKTA.
Experience in robust, quick, and efficient system integrations with 3rd parties.

Nice To Haves

Knowledge of building and managing authentication using OKTA is preferred.
Strategic, forward thinker who can solve problems at a strategic and tactical level.
Strong analytical skills; practical decision-making skills; ability to appropriately exercise independent judgment.
Client-focused, blending strong execution skills with results orientation.
Self-directed and comfortable working with ambiguity and uncertainty.
Accountable; strong work ethic.
Excellent multi-tasking and prioritization skills.
Strong verbal/written communication skills to communicate with both technical and non-technical parties.

Responsibilities

Develop system architecture models to align with the organization's strategies and goals.
Organizes team training to improve employees' knowledge and skills for organizational and developmental growth.
Develops compliance architecture methods, including but not limited to data storage, metadata management, and change control.
Identify and implement build versus buy strategies, mentor personnel, and view the overall system strategy.
Guides development teams in re-architecting legacy applications (Microsoft stack) using micro-service architecture to make them scalable and satisfactory for end users.
Steers the effort to promote existing custom applications to a cloud platform.
Mentor technical teams in designing customer-facing enterprise-class applications to deliver robust, scalable, and efficient software solutions.
Partners with project leads to conceptualize technical strategies and design/review the project requirements.
Implements solution design standards and develops reference implementations.
Provide documentation, training, and support for the designed solution.
Contributes to the timely, high-quality delivery of customer-facing software projects.
Ability to assist business partners to be self-sufficient in designing business process workflows.
Maintain up-to-date industry knowledge of relational and NoSQL databases and new cutting-edge technologies related to Single Sign-On, Mobile development, DevOps, Software Architecture, Cloud Offerings, etc.
Participate in several development project teams, with the perspective of ensuring all standards and processes are followed, good designs are created, and quality documentation is created before a project is handed off to the support team.

Benefits

Medical, dental, and vision insurance
Health Savings Account with employer contribution
401(k) Retirement plan with employer match
Paid Maternity Leave/Parental Bonding Leave/Caregiver Leave
Adoption Assistance
Tuition & Certification reimbursement
Employee Mortgage Loan Program
The Newrez Employee Emergency and Disaster Fund is a program to support our team members experiencing hardships
1 company-paid Volunteer Time Off day (with over 40,000 volunteer hours contributed since our inception)
Matching Gifts Program - dollar-for-dollar up to $1,000
Access to grants, nonprofit resources, and volunteer opportunities
More than $6,000,000 donated since 2020
1 in 5 employees participates in at least one Employee Resource Group (ERG)