Position: Chief Solution Architect
Company: MGID
Category: Lead
Experience required: 3y
English level: upper

MGID was founded in 2008 and is one of the leading companies in native advertising. We enable our media partners to monetize their audience and help brands to promote their services and goods effectively.
 
MGID offers a range of integrated solutions covering the promotion process every step of the way; we offer services ranging from planning out the marketing strategy to its thoughtful implementation and optimization. Our clients include major international brands like Renault, Domino’s, airbnb, PizzaHut, Qatar Airlines, and many others, including media organizations and web agencies.
 
MGID is:
— One of the largest MarTech-companies in the Ukrainian market;
— A proprietary Highload service that delivers 185 billion advertisements to 850 million unique users in more than 60 languages;
— The winner of multiple AdTech awards for innovation and product quality;
— A workforce of 650+ employees operating from offices in the US, Europe, and Asia;
— A passion for cutting-edge technologies and a seamless vertical structure that allows the regional teams to exchange skills and development practices.

Your main duties are:
—  As the Chief Solutions Architect you are expected to work closely as a member of the Executive Management team to create the innovation vision and to develop and manage new solutions and their implementation to address business challenges. Your main duties includes but not limited to: 
 — Provide technical vision and direction;
— Set up and develop the solution development team;
— Participate in planning, definition, and high-level design of the solution and exploration of solution alternatives;
— Develop and maintain current and future architecture;
— Work with Product and Solution Management to determine the capacity allocation for enablement work;
— Plan and develop the Architectural Runway in support of new business Features and Capabilities;
— Develop and maintain an aspirational architectural road map;
— Initiate and deliver architectural programs that align IT with business strategy;
— Work with portfolio stakeholders, notably the Enterprise Architect, to develop, analyze, split, and realize the implementation of enabler epics;
— Participate in Program Increment (PI) Planning and Pre- and Post-PI Planning, System and Solution Demos, and Inspect and Adapt (I&A) events;
— Define, explore, and support the implementation of enablers to evolve solution intent;
— Establish critical NFRs for the solution and participate in the definition of others;
— Identify architectural risks and propose alternatives and solutions;
— Support technology/engineering aspects of program and solution Kanbans;
— Develop, communicate, and deploy Architecture processes;
— Selection and use tools and repositories to collect and manage architecture information and artifacts.


You fit these requirements:
— Master’s degree in Information Technology or related field;
— Strong knowledge of engineering and software architecture design, IT infrastructure and cloud development, DevOps;
— Paradigm & Principles;
— Database theory;
— Code testing practices;
— Algorithms;
— Architectural & Enterprise Patterns;
— Design patterns;
— Deployment patterns;
— Security patterns, computer security, and networking vulnerability;
— Understanding of network interactions and protocols, conventions;
— Understanding of containerization and orchestration;
— Good business consulting and communication skills;
 
What we offer:
— A career in one of the most ambitious, high-potential IT companies in Ukraine;
— A key role in our quest to take over the global digital advertising market;
— A diverse work experience with extensive business challengers within fast developing product;
— A ‘Premium’-level compensation & benefits package.