Software Team Architect

Ecentria•Northbrook, IL

44d•$100,000 - $140,000•Onsite

About The Position

OpticsPlanet is seeking a full-time Software Team Architect to join our Engineering Team. The Software Team Architect is a technical lead that responsible for creating technical strategy and design of software systems within the team of their responsibility, as well as contributing to the overall Architecture Vision for the company, working together with other architects and software engineers on cohesive designs that meet the needs of customers.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree, or foreign equivalent, in Computer Science, Systems Engineering, or a closely related field of study
4+ years C# Developer experience.
MS SQL server, and VBA is a plus, but other languages are accepted as well
Practical usage of agentic engineering tools
Initiative, desire to learn, willingness to adapt, and ability to work in a team
Experience working on cross team projects

Nice To Haves

Understanding of order and warehouse management systems is a great plus
Leading a team will be a plus
Open source code or example projects that you're proud to share preferred
Familiarity with Atlassian tools such as Jira, Confluence, Bamboo, Stash preferred
Knowledge of web platforms and technologies, including Message Bus, HTTP, REST APIs, JSON preferred

Responsibilities

Design and maintain project architecture.
Ensure that chosen technologies and frameworks are aligned with company standards.
Ensure alignment of the architecture approach and specific implementation within their teams with the overall Architecture Vision for the company.
Solve complex technical challenges.
Optimize performance, scalability, security of the designated code area.
Enforce coding standards and best practices.
Remove technical or architecture impediments to ensure timely delivery of tasks.
Mentor and develop team members.
Communicate with product owner and, when necessary, with stakeholders.
Facilitate coding workflow and processes.
Ensure alignment of project architecture with business goals.
Define and document best practices, coding standards, and development workflows.
Ensure that systems are scalable, maintainable, and cost-effective.
Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including product owners and DevOps Engineers.
Translate business requirements into software development solutions.
Maintain and suggest optimization solutions for software performance, reliability, and efficiency.
Identify and resolve scalability and technical debt issues within their team's code area.
Help develop new features and systems, as well as improve existing platform components using C#/.Net stack, utilizing several open-source technologies.
Deconstruct systems and large problems into smaller, manageable components.
Support integration with third party tools and services and integration between different in-house systems.
Utilize data mining and analytics techniques, including multi-database reporting.
Proactively identify technical complexities and provide technical guidance for the development team’s engineers.
Identify areas for focus and improvement.
Other ad hoc duties as assigned.