App Development Architect

Overview of 66degrees

66degrees is a leading consulting and professional services company specializing in developing AI-focused, data-led solutions leveraging the latest advancements in cloud technology. With our unmatched engineering capabilities and vast industry experience, we help the world's leading brands transform their business challenges into opportunities and shape the future of work.

At 66degrees, we believe in embracing the challenge and winning together. These values not only guide us in achieving our goals as a company but also for our people. We are dedicated to creating a significant impact for our employees by fostering a culture that sparks innovation and supports professional and personal growth along the way.

Overview of Role

As an App Development Architect, you'll be at the forefront of solution design, defining technical roadmaps, making critical architectural decisions, and ensuring the successful delivery of complex application projects. You'll mentor development teams, promote best practices, and drive innovation across our application development lifecycle, primarily leveraging the power of Google Cloud Platform.

Responsibilities:

• Architectural Leadership: Lead the design and architecture of robust, scalable, secure, and high-performance applications, defining technical standards, patterns, and best practices.

• Solution Design & Strategy: Translate complex business requirements and user stories into detailed technical designs, architectural blueprints, and implementation strategies for application development projects.

• Technology Selection: Evaluate and recommend appropriate technologies, frameworks, and platforms, with a strong emphasis on Google Cloud Platform (GCP) services and cloud-native architectures.

• Technical Guidance & Mentorship: Provide expert technical guidance and mentorship to development teams, conducting code reviews, and ensuring adherence to architectural principles and coding standards.

• Performance & Scalability: Design solutions that meet stringent performance, scalability, reliability, and security requirements, anticipating future growth and evolving needs.

• Integration Strategy: Define strategies for integrating diverse systems, including APIs, microservices, third-party platforms, and legacy applications.

• Stakeholder Collaboration: Collaborate closely with clients, product managers, project managers, and cross-functional engineering teams to ensure alignment between business goals and technical solutions.

• Roadmapping & Innovation: Contribute to technical roadmaps, staying abreast of emerging technologies and industry trends (e.g., AI/ML integration, serverless, containerization) to drive innovation.

• Risk Management: Identify potential technical risks and challenges, proposing mitigation strategies throughout the project lifecycle.

Qualifications:

• 5+ years of progressive experience in software development, with at least 3-5 years in an Application Architect or similar senior leadership role, focusing on complex enterprise applications.

• Deep, hands-on experience designing and deploying applications leveraging a broad range of Microsoft Azure and good to have GCP.

• Strong understanding and practical experience with modern architectural patterns (e.g., Microservices, Event-Driven Architecture, Serverless, N-tier applications).

• Expertise in .NET and at least one other programming language

• Expertise in one or more modern programming languages commonly used in enterprise application development (e.g., Java, Python, Node.js, Go, C#).

• Proficient in designing data models and selecting appropriate database technologies (relational, NoSQL) based on application requirements.

• Extensive experience with RESTful API design principles, API Gateways (e.g., Apigee), and secure API development.

• Solid understanding and experience with DevOps principles, CI/CD pipelines, and automation tools..

• Exceptional analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to define technical solutions for complex business problems.

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with proven ability to lead technical discussions, present architectural designs, and mentor development teams.

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field.

• Should be ready and available to work in shifts

• Ability to work independently and as part of a collaborative team, fostering strong relationships with application development teams.

66degrees is an Equal Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to actual or perceived race, color, religion, sex, gender, gender identity, national origin, age, weight, height, marital status, sexual orientation, veteran status, disability status or other legally protected class.