Position: Chief Software Architect
Company: GLOBRECS | Global Recruitment Solutions
Category: Lead
Experience required: 5y
English level: upper

GLOBRECS / Global Recruitment Solutions is a boutique Ukrainian-Polish company specializing in fast and accurate IT recruitment. We help our clients across Europe and Central Asia hire the best software and hardware engineers, various specialists, and managers in the IT field.

This time we are looking for a Chief Architect with key experience .NET, Cloud-Native architecture (AWS), microservices, Big Data, and ERP.

Our client is a successful software development company, implementing original end-to-end solutions, specializing in business process management software, web and mobile development, and infrastructure projects.

**TASKS & OBJECTIVES**
Develop the technology strategy, architecture, and critical investment plan;
Perform architectural analysis and design for systems spanning our products;
Collaborate with various business stakeholders and technology leaders to translate business/product requirements into technical solutions and system designs;
Understand the organizational direction, goals, and industry competitive environment to determine how architecture can add value to the organization and to the business. Makes expert recommendations and decisions clearly linked to the organization’s strategy and financial goals;
Maintain an organization-wide view of current and future business and application/platform architecture to provide solutions that integrate into the overall architectural vision and strategy.
Provide leadership and expertise in the development of standards, architectural governance, design patterns, and practices.
Ensure that the technology architecture and technical strategies remain current with the business goals, and direct the development of architecture activities and projects while aligning with current and long-term business and technology goals;
Promote best practices to support scalability, skills transfer, and organizational change management across the enterprise and architecture community;
Being directly responsible for a team of Solution & Domain Architects with respective technical expertise;
Establish enterprise architecture governance and solution architecture approval (process and tools). Build and establish SLA ownership;
Mentor Architecture domain teams through informal discussions and formal assessment, design reviews, and technical presentations enabling the individuals and the organization to develop a scalable and stable solution landscape;
Lead the development and execution of a communication and education plan for Architecture domain teams;
Share and maintain up-to-date knowledge of technology standards, technology trends, solution delivery, and software development best practices;
Take active participation in establishing an OKR system for the Engineering department;
Participate in grading, performance, and salary evaluation processes of tech team members;
Support the next generation of leaders, provide guidance to direct reports in relation to people management processes;
Maintain coaching and feedback-giving culture.

**QUALIFICATIONS**
Progressive experience in software engineering, and technology leadership across multiple products, systems, and/or platforms coupled with business acumen;
Experience in working in solutions design and architecture of end-to-end solutions;
Minimum 5+ years of experience driving and executing technology leadership (CTO/Chief Architect/Enterprise Architect or other equal roles);
Deep knowledge of IT best practices including TOGAF, SOLID, Agile and SAFe, and ITIL desired but not mandatory;
Experience in Enterprise Architect or similar tool is desired but not mandatory;
Knowledge and skills in .NET software development;
Strong presentation skills with the ability to articulate technical solution options to C-level stakeholders and top management;
Strong analytical skills and comfortable resolving complex technical problems and working under tight deadlines;
Strong business and IT strategy and planning skills, ability to influence executives and develop long-lasting relationships as a trusted technical advisor;
Strong leadership skills, good experience in People/Team Management;
Fluent spoken and written English and Ukrainian is a must;
Residents of Ukraine only.

**WHAT YOU GET INSTEAD**
It’s a full-time remote job (though sometimes you need to meet with your team personally);
Monthly salary 10 000-15 000$;
 
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