Position: Solution Architect (Renewable energy Project)
Company: S-PRO
Category: Lead
Experience required: 5y
English level: upper

Hi, there! We are looking for a Solution Architect to join our team!

S-PRO is a software development and IT consulting partner. We develop unique products tailored to the client’s needs and requirements and accelerate business. 

Our workflow with every project is **Consultancy, Discovery, Build, and Maintain.**

**Industry and technology expertise is our strength. Research & Development is our energy.**

With every project, we focus on a business need and deep-diving to clients’ core issues. Only after this analysis can we start development. This approach guarantees delivery of just the right product to our customers and minimizes idle work for our team.

**Industries we gained the expertise in:**

FinTech
Healthcare

We're looking for a Solution Architect to join our team! The position will include building great product in the renewable energy domain.

**You will work on**

The product that specializes in battery energy storage and building the future energy system. The leading data analysis platform provides valuable, unique market insights to help energy companies build, finance, and operate the energy system of the future. Its mission is to transform the energy industry through the transparency of data and accelerate the energy transition by enabling companies to make better data-backed decisions.

Our projects' backend is written in Python (Django) and the frontend is written in React.js, Next.js.


**Responsibilities:**

- defining non-functional requirements, quality attributes and architectural drivers;
- system design and architecture;
- analyse possible project challenges and constraints including, risks, time, resources and scope;
- work with a software development team to ensure a defined architecture is properly implemented;
- acting as a bridge between the development team and the project stakeholders; 
- cooperate with other architects and technology experts to produce solid architectural decisions; - drive and coordinate technical staff discussions;
- ensuring best practices and standards, keeping up to date with technology trends;
- writing Proof of Concepts, making code reviews;
- knowledge sharing and growth of senior engineers.


**Job requirements**

**Hard Skills:**

- ability to plan, manage, and implement an IT strategy and a business strategy;
- ability to optimise the product development process (for example, using DevOps or Agile)
- understanding business analysis, project management and testing technics;
- knowledge of different architectural styles and patterns (Modular Monolith, SOA, Microservices, Event-driven, Serverless, etc);
- knowledge and ability to apply design patterns;
- ability to structure and maintain data, data and processes modelling (ERD, Activity, Sequence diagrams);
- working experience and deep understanding of at least 2 programming languages (JavaScript and Python are preferable);
- experience with AWS Cloud; 
- experience in building scalable Microservice and Service-based architecture;
- working experience with DevOps culture and tools. Practice with at least 1 container orchestrator (Kubernetes, Nomad, etc).

**Personal qualities:**

- ability to identify a problem, analyse the information, and work on effective solutions quickly;
- ability to lead a development team;
- ability to present own vision and summarise all aspects of the decision;
- ability to focus on the result;
- ability to adapt to changes and solve problems.


**What we offer:**

- **Long term focus:** we create an environment of transparent communication, minimal bureaucracy, which leads to long-term relationships. Average term of work in the company is 24 months.
- **Development of niche expertise:** we are working in several niches, such as, FinTech, healthcare, and logistics. Therefore, our employees can develop their own expertise in these domains.
- **Continuous learning:** we create employee development plans / personal roadmaps /quick promotion process. The Learning and Development department implements on-the-job training. We have a knowledge base for team members, which is a virtual space with lots of videos of seminars, purchased lectures by external speakers, as well as documents describing work processes.
- **Internal career development:** 80% of our current executives were promoted to those positions within S-PRO. We encourage initiative. If a person wants to set new challenges and grow, we will definitely support them.

**Benefits and perks**

- **Flexible schedule:** you can start the workday at any time from 8 to 11 in the morning.
- **Hybrid work model:** decide for yourself where you want to work: from our stylish and comfortable offices, your cozy home, or anywhere else.
- **Medical insurance:** all our employees who have passed the probationary period are now registered in our health insurance program.
Paid vacations: so, we need to make sure that our employees regularly take vacations and don’t overwork.
- **Regular salary reviews.**
- **Compensation for external training:** we encourage the desire of specialists to develop by paying 50% of the cost of professional courses and conferences. And if someone successfully completes a course and receives a certificate, they may receive 100% compensation.


**Stages Of Communication**

- 1 hour general conversation with a Recruitment Partner; 
- 1,5- hour technical interview with the Lead Solution Architect of the Company.
- 1 hour interview with the Solution Architect and the Team Lead of the Project.