Senior Application Architect - AA, Remote: Colombia - Costa Rica, Fulltime.

The Senior Application Architect plays a critical role in shaping and evolving application architecture to support scalable, high-performing, and business-aligned solutions. This role ensures that applications are tailored to team needs, optimized for efficiency, and seamlessly integrated within the broader enterprise ecosystem. The architect works at a detailed, application-specific level to design robust, scalable systems that effectively support engineering workflows and business outcomes.

Responsibilities

Develop code for the successful delivery of software toward the delivery of a sprint.

Apply deep domain knowledge in the area of their assigned product domain(s).

Design of your assigned application(s) in accordance with enterprise standards as well as collaboration with other architects on their designs.

Collaborate with cross-functional teams to refine requirements, optimize development processes, and align technical solutions with business goals.

Troubleshoot complex technical challenges, proactively identifying and resolving issues to maintain system stability and performance.

Mentorship of junior technical resources through pair programming, code reviews, brown bags, and other more organic methods.

Management Responsibilities

Delegates work according to employee’s abilities and skills.

Provides input to employee’s performance evaluations.

Assists in the identification of internal and external training opportunities.

Provides continuous coaching with regard to functional and leadership standards (technical skills and behaviors).

Requirements

Minimum of a High school diploma or equivalent

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related field preferred

8-10 years of software development experience and technical leadership

2+ years of experience developing technical road maps and presenting technical solutions to teams.

Full-stack C# developer using the Microsoft technology stack including .Net core, .Net Framework, Web API, Website and Web Service development.

Experience with client-side JavaScript frameworks.

Excellent relational database skills writing SQL, creating stored procedures, analyzing query plans, and writing DDL scripts.

Passion for building clean and testable code, creating unit tests, and focusing on code quality.

Demonstrates creativity and takes initiative in problem solving with a customer focus.

Experience with Agile software development methodologies and DevOps practices.

Effective leadership and interpersonal skills, with a proven ability to collaborate across teams, influence stakeholders, and drive alignment in complex situations

Previous experience leading and developing highly available and scalable systems, with expertise in web services, front-end and back-end technologies across of range of digital solutions and environments (mobile, web, other new emerging technologies).

Ability to cultivate a culture of continuous improvement, innovation, and accountability, empowering team members to take ownership and drive results.

Effective problem-solving skills with a hands-on, proactive approach, demonstrating curiosity and determination in tackling complex challenges.

Collaborative team player who actively shares knowledge, mentors colleagues, and contributes to team and organizational success.

Security-first mindset to always protect our customers data.

Additional Preferred Skills

Knowledge of the following technologies: Vue.js, VB6, MS SQL Server XML, XSL, ETL, Web Services, SOA, ASP.Net, Octopus, MVC, PowerShell, NoSQL and Object databases.

Cloud development experience especially on the Microsoft Azure platform.

Preferred Experience

Experience delivering solutions in financial services or other highly regulated industry is nice to have.

Azure Cloud certification preferred

AWS or Google Cloud certifications are a plus