6927 Software Architect Kenya
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Job Summary
- Define and evolve the architecture vision and technical roadmap for a large-scale SaaS platform.
- Design complex enterprise systems with scalability security maintainability and long-term business objectives in mind.
- Build working prototypes and Proofs of Concept (POCs) that development teams can leverage.
- Remain hands-on with engineering teams while driving architectural standards and best practices.
- Partner with other architects to define platform architecture and technology strategy.
- Collaborate with Product leaders to ensure architecture supports the product roadmap.
- Work with executive leadership on strategic technology initiatives.
- Drive the design and integration of major new platform capabilities.
- Lead architectural decisions involving cloud APIs messaging data DevOps and application modernization.
- Lead and support legacy modernization initiatives.
- Coach and mentor architects senior engineers and software developers.
- Establish engineering standards and processes for delivering high-quality software.
- Evaluate emerging technologies and determine their applicability to the platform.
- Leverage modern AI-assisted engineering tools including GitHub Copilot and Claude Code.
- 10 years of professional software engineering experience across the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC).
- Significant experience designing and architecting complex enterprise web applications and SaaS platforms.
- Proven experience as a Software Architect Solution Architect Principal Engineer Staff Engineer or equivalent technical leadership role.
- Strong hands-on software engineering background this is not a purely managerial position.
- Experience defining and delivering technology and architecture roadmaps.
- Strong understanding of scalable secure enterprise-grade software architecture.
- Experience working with Agile development teams and leading technical initiatives in Agile environments.
- Hands-on experience with JavaScript and TypeScript.
- Hands-on experience with Core.
- Experience with MultiValue databases such as UniData UniVerse or similar technologies.
- Strong experience with DevOps practices including containerization configuration management monitoring deployment and automation.
- Experience with messaging and event-driven technologies such as Azure Service Bus Apache Kafka RabbitMQ or similar platforms.
- Hands-on cloud experience with Microsoft Azure and/or AWS.
- Experience deploying and troubleshooting cloud-hosted applications.
- Experience participating in or leading legacy application modernization initiatives.
- Strong technical leadership and mentoring capabilities.
- Excellent communication skills and the ability to influence engineers architects Product leaders and executives.
- Advanced English (C1 preferred) for technical and strategic communication with international stakeholders.
- Experience with GitHub Copilot Claude Code or similar AI-assisted software engineering tools.
- Knowledge of emerging open-source technologies.
- Experience modernizing large-scale enterprise or legacy SaaS platforms.
- Strong business acumen and customer-oriented decision-making.
- Bachelors degree in Computer Science or equivalent professional experience.
Required Skills:
10 years of professional IT experience. Strong hands-on experience in L3 Application Support / Production Support / BAU Support. Proven experience supporting web-based applications in production environments. Advanced knowledge of Microsoft SQL Server and SQL querying. Hands-on experience troubleshooting and optimizing: Stored Procedures Functions Triggers Views Complex SQL queries Strong experience with SSRS (SQL Server Reporting Services). Experience troubleshooting/debugging applications using: C# .NET Framework 4.0 .NET / .NET Core JavaScript jQuery Ability to analyze existing application code and perform or support debugging and bug fixes. Experience with source control tools such as Git/GitHub. Strong troubleshooting analytical and root cause analysis skills. Bachelors degree in Computer Science Information Technology Software Engineering or a related field. Advanced English (B2/C1) ability to communicate effectively with US-based technical and business teams. Availability to overlap with US working hours. Nice to Have Experience with Power BI. Experience with Sigma Computing. Experience supporting applications hosted in Microsoft Azure. Knowledge of ITIL frameworks and application support best practices. Experience with application monitoring and performance optimization.
Required Education:
System engineer
