Sr. Enterprise Architect, Developer Experience

Concora Credit•Beaverton, OR

About The Position

Overview As a Sr. Enterprise Architect, Developer Experience you’ll help drive Concora Credit’s Mission to enable customers to Do More with Credit – every single day. The impact you’ll have at Concora Credit: As the Sr. Enterprise Architect, Developer Experience, you’ll accelerate our growth by advancing our ability to deliver business software. We are investing in our ability to deliver exceptional experiences to our customers, Team Members, and partners. We are seeing a passionate software engineering expert to lead the charge! We hire people, not positions. That's because, at Concora Credit, we put people first, including our customers, partners, and Team Members. Concora Credit is guided by a single purpose: to help non-prime customers do more with credit. Today, we have helped millions of customers access credit. Our industry leadership, resilience, and willingness to adapt ensure we can help our partners responsibly say yes to millions more. As a company grounded in entrepreneurship, we're looking to expand our team and are looking for people who foster innovation, strive to make an impact, and want to Do More! We’re an established company with over 20 years of experience, but now we’re taking things to the next level. We're seeking someone who wants to impact the business and play a pivotal role in leading the charge for change.

Requirements

10+ years of experience delivering complex cloud application software with supporting infrastructure-as-code, preferably using Microsoft Azure.
Experience in engineering, architecture, and agile team leadership roles.
Experience maturing a software engineering organization through improved practices and tooling.
Experience with modern API development for highly scalable and performant systems.
Software architecture expertise, including the selection and application of design patterns.
Current coding skills, preferably in C# .NET, Python, and Terraform, as well as in emerging programming languages.
Deep curiosity and knowledge about current and emerging software engineering technology, including low-code application platforms and AI assistance.
Strong coaching, mentoring, and group facilitation skills.
Excellent spoken, written, and graphic communication, including the ability to tailor both formal and informal communications to serve different audiences.
Experience building trust with diverse stakeholders and addressing concerns and requirements that are sometimes in tension with each other.
Integrated business, technical, and social judgment, e.g., the ability to justify and prioritize investments based on their business value, technical soundness, and the readiness of software engineering teams to embrace them.

Responsibilities

Work with our software engineering leaders to understand their needs and improve their teams’ performance with enhanced methods and tooling.
Build our engineering muscle by leading the development and adoption of innovative standards and practices.
Lead the evolution of our delivery toolset: IDEs, DevOps pipelines, and environments.
Focus on capabilities such as realistic testing, observability and monitoring, code quality evaluation, and leverage of low-code application platforms and AI.
Guide our Enterprise API Management program, providing methods and tooling for the migration, standardization, and lifecycle management of reusable back-end components with security, manageability, and scalability built in.
Support and evolve our LeanIX enterprise architecture management tool, focusing on data quality, company-wide usability, automated population, and integration with our knowledge management ecosystem.
Establish metrics and targets for developer experience.
Present regularly on your findings, recommendations, and progress in Architecture Review meetings.
Enrich our software engineering community through coaching, mentoring, and team interactions.
Keep abreast of trends in software engineering and apply them to our organization.
Learn the concepts and methods of enterprise architecture and use them to guide complex change.
Report to the Vice President, Enterprise Architecture, and work closely with IT Senior Leaders and the other architects.
These duties must be performed with or without reasonable accommodation.

Benefits

Medical, Dental and Vision insurance for you and your family
Relax and recharge with Paid Time Off (PTO)
6 company-observed paid holidays, plus 3 paid floating holidays
401k (after 90 days) plus employer match up to 4%
Pet Insurance for your furry family members
Wellness perks including onsite fitness equipment at both locations, EAP, and access to the Headspace App
We invest in your future through Tuition Reimbursement
Save on taxes with Flexible Spending Accounts
Peace of mind with Life and AD&D Insurance
Protect yourself with company-paid Long-Term Disability and voluntary Short-Term Disability