SOLUTION ARCHITECT

Basic Information

• Job Role – Solution Architect

• Department - Tech & Digital

Organizational Relationship

• Direct Reports – Tech Leads

• Position reporting to – Chief Technology and Digital Officer

• Designation – Solution Architect

• Location – Remote (need to travel as per business requirement)

Job Purpose

As a Solution Architect with diverse backend & front end technologies (Java, Node, .Net, React, Angular, flutter), your primary purpose is to be the driving force behind the architectural decisions and technical strategy for our software projects. You will play a pivotal role in shaping our technology landscape, ensuring that our solutions are built on a solid foundation and align with our company's goals and objectives. With your deep expertise in Node.js and a keen understanding of software architecture, your aim is to lead and guide the development team in delivering high-quality, scalable, and innovative solutions that set us apart in our industry.

Key Responsibilities:

• Solution Architecture: Design and develop architectural solutions using Node.js that align with the company's objectives and meet industry best practices.
 • Technical Leadership: Lead and guide the development team, providing technical expertise and mentoring to ensure the delivery of high-quality code. Hands on experience building scaleable enterprise products.
• Cloud Deployment: diverse experience in AWS/GCP/ Azure native deployments.
• Code Quality: Implement and maintain coding standards and policies to ensure the quality and maintainability of the codebase.
• Technical Debt Management: Identify and address technical debt, implementing strategies to control and reduce it over time.
• Deployment Strategies: Develop comprehensive deployment strategies and establish consistent standards for continuous deployment with a focus on Node.js applications.
• Stakeholder Communication: Communicate regularly with internal stakeholders to provide updates on project progress, address challenges, and ensure project success.
• KPI Establishment: Define and track key performance indicators (KPIs) for projects and establish a consistent strategy to achieve them.
• Team Management & Leadership: Manage and support the performance of the development team through coaching, mentoring, goal setting, feedback, and training, actively participating in their growth and development.
• Code Review & Improvement: Conduct code review sessions with developers/Tech Leads, offering suggestions and best practices for code improvements.
• Technical Documentation: Create, update, and maintain technical architecture documentation based on project specifications.
• Agile Methodology: Lead and inspire the team to follow Agile development methodologies and best practices.
• Technology Adoption: Stay current with the latest developments in Node.js/ReactJS and other relevant technologies, researching, assessing, recommending, and adopting them as required.

Bachelor's or master's degree in computer science or related field from a Tier 1 University.
• 6+ year experience in and strong hands-on proficiency in Node.js, NestJS, React, RDBMS and overall 10+ years of experience in IT field.
• In-depth knowledge of API-driven microservices architecture, allowing seamless communication between various components.
• Exposure with Design patterns, cloud technologies (Azure preferable), Docker, Kubernetes and Queuing using partitions.
• Relevant certifications (e.g., Microsoft Certified: Azure Solution Architect, Aws solution architect associate) would be a plus.
• Demonstrated experience in version upgrades and code refactoring, successfully transitioning from older versions to the latest ones.
• Proficiency in DevOps and Deployment strategies, facilitating efficient and continuous deployment processes.
• Familiarity with web application security standards such as OWASP and CSRF, ensuring secure development practices.
• Experience with RDBMS as well as NoSQL, web servers (Nginx, Apache, IIS).
• Solid understanding and practical experience with fully OOPs, Prototype & MVC concepts.
• Knowledge of multiple back-end languages (Go, Python) preferred.
• Strong in client-side and server-side design, optimizing/normalizing code, and database flow.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
• Knowledge of JIRA for managing task/project.
• Good to have background in Aviation or a tech product company.
• Comfortable working cordially with varied business users, internal IT team and 3rd party vendors.

Key Interactions
• Internal: Tech & Digital, Product, Customer Experience, Business Success, HR, Admin, Finance.
• External: 3rd party vendor.
• Nature of purpose of interaction: IT Software Development.