Solution Architect

Compensation: USD 165000 - 190000 yearly 

Job Description

Ten Mile Square is looking for a talented and experienced Solution Architect to design and build systems for multiple remote-first teams of full-stack software engineers working in a complex enterprise environment. This is a hands-on leadership role for someone who can drive technical direction maintain a high delivery bar and operate effectively across architecture product and engineering stakeholders.

The initial assignment is to help lead the development and modernization of enterprise financial services platforms including backend systems federated GraphQL services workflow-driven application components and cloud-native infrastructure on AWS. The right candidate will combine strong software engineering depth with delivery accountability sound technical judgment and the ability to move work forward in messy real-world environments.

Salary (Base Target Bonus): $190K ($165K $25K). 

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

• Work with multiple teams of software engineers SDETs and DevOps-oriented engineers to design and build complex software systems.  Expected work breakdown is 70% system design 30% hands-on development.
• Drive design decisions and understand trade-offs of various technology choices
• Perform hands-on application programming with an emphasis on backend and integration systems development using GraphQL Apollo TypeScript JavaScript Python RESTful APIs and data pipelines
• Architect design and build distributed systems and integrations using a suite of AWS components including but not limited to EKS Lambda S3 MSK and Aurora
• Design and implement GraphQL subgraphs and contribute to federated graph architecture and schema governance
• Define and maintain architectural standards ensuring systems remain scalable secure maintainable and aligned with enterprise constraints
• Set a high technical and delivery bar by modeling engineering best practices and enforcing expectations around quality reliability testing observability and operational support
• Guide teams in making sound technical decisions and tradeoffs ensuring solutions are aligned with long-term strategy while still delivering near-term value
• Champion engineering operational excellence including observability automation reliability performance improvements and production support
• Promote a DevOps and cloud-first mindset ensuring teams fully leverage modern engineering practices and cloud-native capabilities
• Work with product architecture and business stakeholders to translate requirements into epics stories technical plans and delivery workstreams
• Mentor developers on the team
• Ensure technical documentation is clear accurate and accessible to the technology team
• Contribute as a member of an Agile team and promote Agile practices
• Proactively collaborate with the Ten Mile Square team on development and knowledge sharing
• Represent yourself and Ten Mile Square with integrity expertise and value
• Maintain the confidentiality of our clients on an ongoing basis

Qualifications :

• 2 years of experience as a solution architect
• 3 years of experience as a senior software engineer
• 7 years of software development experience including 3 years of TypeScript and
• 2 years of experience working with GraphQL
• Strong experience developing deploying and supporting systems in AWS
• Strong SQL skills
• Full application stack development experience from front-end to persistence
• Full software lifecycle participation from requirements to post-implementation support
• Linux command line proficiency
• Strong understanding of software engineering practices testing strategy and operational support in production environments
• Strong communication skills and the ability to engage both technical and non-technical stakeholders

Additional Information :

EXCEPTIONAL PEOPLE DESERVE EXCEPTIONAL BENEFITS

• 100% company paid medical dental and vision insurance (including family)
• 100% company paid individual short- and long-term disability
• 100% company paid vision insurance
• 3% company contribution to 401(k)
• 15 days paid time off per year 1 day/year up to 20 days
• 10 training days per year
• 8 company holidays 2 personal days
• Individual performance-based quarterly cash incentive
• Combined individual and company based annual cash incentive
• Public transit reimbursement

Additional Details:

• Job Type: Full-time not C2C/1099
• Job Location: Remote US based only
• East Coast working hours 
• Occasional travel may be required depending on team or assignment
• Visa Sponsorship: None available at this time

Remote Work :

Yes

Employment Type :

Full-time