Web Application Architect 4

Bloomberg Industry Group•Arlington, VA

19d•$175,000 - $225,000

About The Position

The Web Application Architect 4 guides technical direction across multiple teams and products, executing business analysis, application design, development, integration, delivery, maintenance, and support. As a DevSecOps team member, this role proposes, develops, and supports customer-facing web applications, provides hands-on solutions, and makes architectural and design decisions to anticipate and avoid product-level technical issues. The position shapes broad architecture and delivers scalable, highly available, high-performance products across front-end and back-end systems. It also influences technical trends, leads cross-team efforts, contributes to technology roadmaps, and communicates technical solutions to both technical and non-technical audiences. The stated compensation range is $175,000–$225,000. Placement within the range depends on factors including relevant experience, demonstrated skills, education, certifications, and geographic location. Bloomberg Industry Group states that it is an equal opportunity employer and prohibits discrimination based on protected characteristics throughout the employment process.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in a related field or equivalent experience.
Seven years of software development experience and/or commensurate skills building commercial applications with modern software engineering principles and practices.
Knowledge across multiple technical domains and understanding of how and why technologies are deployed and utilized at INDG.
Track record of building stability, performance, and scalability across major business-critical systems.
Clear understanding of the relationship between complexity and cost, with a record of devising and implementing long-term strategies to lower it.
Demonstrated experience with cloud technologies and modern technologies, including AWS, serverless, event-driven architecture, SOA, microservices, microfrontends, CI/CD, and infrastructure as code.
Demonstrated experience with professional software engineering practices and the full software development life cycle, including coding standards, architecture and design patterns, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations.

Responsibilities

Architect, design, and deliver high-quality code by promoting and defining INDG best practices.
Influence technical trends across multiple areas.
Deliver and present solutions for large initiatives across multiple verticals.
Design and develop scalable, highly available, high-performance products, with deep understanding of front-end and back-end architectures.
Shape broad architecture and ship multiple large services, complex libraries, or major pieces of infrastructure.
Identify strategic technology growth opportunities that enable INDG to grow as a business.
Lead cross-team efforts and projects spanning multiple domains and business units.
Participate in providing the team's technology roadmap and vision.
Collaborate with cross-functional teams and communicate technical solutions to non-technical people across the organization.
Participate in special projects and perform other duties as assigned.