305 King St W
Suite 1100
Kitchener, ON N2G 1B9
Canada
Solution Architect Armenia or Remote
Solution Architect Description
We're looking for a Solution Architect who will have a pivotal role to play in the technology team. We seek a talented and motivated individual who has an appetite for defining technical direction and strategy in their area of specialty and will guide our engineering teams to build innovative, all-encompassing solutions on our range of customer-facing platforms.
This is a fully remote position that offers you the flexibility to work from any location in Armenia, whether it's your home or well-equipped offices in Yerevan or Gyumri.
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Technologies
- Java, Spring, REST, API, SOA, AWS (preferable)
Responsibilities
- Lead and deliver on the overall coding, technical direction, and strategy of the area
- Gain a deep technical understanding of the existing technical stack, principles, policies, and standards
- Evangelize future direction, technology choices, modernize frameworks, project deliverables, and practices/policies for continuous improvement
- Take ownership of your respective area of the ecosystem and the direction of this product/domain
- Lead technical teams through multi-phased delivery projects and provide hands-on guidance to influence standards for development, governance, and operational life cycle
- Collaborate with technical teams to instill CI & Development best practices
- Promote continuous learning
- Develop POCs and perform code reviews with a focus on design principles, simple testable code, and quality at the fore
- Work closely with product teams to ensure delivery of these solutions to enhance our business capabilities
- Support and mentor technical teams to encourage growth & foster an innovative and inquisitive development culture
- Contribute to IT strategy, API governance, standards, and technical evaluations to drive our strategic goals
Requirements
- Extensive background in Java technologies, Spring Framework, and REST services
- Demonstrable design knowledge, including API design principles, SOA, event-driven systems, and similar design patterns and techniques
- Showcase of web-based systems, service-based, and enterprise application architecture
- Expertise in applying architecture & working in an agile environment
- Highly analytical mindset, with an ability to see both the big picture and the details
- Efficient communication skills, ability to present technical information to a non-technical audience
- Strong organizational and leadership skills
Nice to have
- Knowledge of high-volume e-Commerce/retail and Services architectures
- Competency in breaking monolith applications into microservices during the migration into Cloud (AWS is preferable)
We offer
- We connect like-minded people:
- Delivering innovative solutions to industry leaders, making a global impact
- Enjoyable working environment, whether it is the vibrant office or the comfort of your home
- Opportunity to work abroad for up to two months per year
- Relocation opportunities within our offices in 55+ countries
- Corporate and social events
- We invest in your growth:
- Leadership development, career advising, soft skills and well-being programs
- Certifications, including GCP, Azure and AWS
- Unlimited access to LinkedIn Learning, Get Abstract, O'Reilly, Cloud Guru
- Free English classes with certified teachers
- We cover it all:
- Participation in the Employee Stock Purchase Plan
- Monetary bonuses for engaging in the referral program
- Comprehensive medical & family care package
- Four trust days per year for personal needs
- Discounts for fitness clubs
- Benefits package (hotels, restaurants, stores and services)
EPAM Armenia is a team of talented innovators united by a passion for technology. In 2014, we opened our first office in Yerevan, and now we have a second engineering hub in Gyumri. We've built a continuously learning organization that helps its employees rapidly advance their careers. Here you will work with the world's industry leaders, support impactful projects using the latest technologies, collaborate with multi-national teams, and have access to a wide variety of development opportunities.
