Principal Architect (Contract)

Principal Architect (Contract)

Method is a global design and engineering consultancy founded in 1999. We believe that innovation should be meaningful, beautiful and human. We craft practical, powerful digital experiences that improve lives and transform businesses. Our teams [based in New York, Charlotte, Atlanta, London, Bengaluru, and remote] work with a wide range of organizations in many industries, including Healthcare, Financial Services, Retail, Automotive, Aviation, and Professional Services. 

Method is part of GlobalLogic, a digital product engineering company. GlobalLogic integrates experience design and complex engineering to help our clients imagine what’s possible and accelerate their transition into tomorrow’s digital businesses. GlobalLogic is a Hitachi Group Company.

Method is seeking an Architect to join our Engineering and Delivery organization.  In this role you will work alongside developers, product strategists, project managers, stakeholders, and technical leadership to design and build digital solutions to our clients’ needs. If you have experience creating and documenting software architecture from scratch, please read on.

As a Method Architect, you will work with clients to help them design and deliver software that addresses their needs. You will be the technical lead on the design and build phases of our projects, leveraging your knowledge of architectural patterns, software delivery, and continuous deployment. You will also work with senior technical people at Method to educate and mentor the rest of the technical organization, keeping us up-to-date on the many directions of the software world.

Responsibilities:

• Design and propose pragmatic software solutions that meet business requirements as well as relevant quality attributes. This can include defining system architectures, choosing appropriate technologies, and designing data models.
• Provide technical leadership and guidance to development teams, ensuring that architectural best practices are followed throughout the software development lifecycle. Mentor team members to help them grow and develop inside of project work. Write code, when appropriate, to help a project move toward great outcomes.
• Work closely with product owners and stakeholders to understand business needs and translate them into technical requirements. Discern and address architecturally significant requirements. Collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams to ensure alignment on architecture and design decisions.
• Create and maintain architectural documentation including architecture descriptions and decision records, system component diagrams, data flow diagrams, deployment diagrams, and integration points.
• Develop prototypes and conduct proof of concepts to validate technical feasibility and proposed solutions. Iterate on designs based on feedback and findings.
• Identify technical risks and constraints and propose mitigations. Proactively address potential issues that may impact project timelines or deliverables.
• Stay informed of how business and technology are evolving, and how these evolutions affect product development, architecture, and engineering.

Qualifications:

• Proven experience (9+ years) in software development with at least 3 years in an Architect role
• Expertise in cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP) and cloud-native application development
• Solid understanding of RESTful APIs, GraphQL, and other web services technologies
• Knowledge of DevOps practices and CI/CD pipelines
• Comfortable working in polyglot environments (able to comprehend and debug code written in NodeJS, Java, .NET, Python, Rails, and more)
• Have written and delivered software in production as part of a team
• Familiar with Agile methodologies, their purpose, and application
• Have excellent verbal and written communication skills and respectable technical writing skills
• Capable of helping to inform “build vs. buy” decisions
• Understand the relationship between the organizational and domain-driven structure of an enterprise and its impact on the solution architecture
• Can explain various architectural patterns, their pros and cons
• Comfortable leading workshops leveraging known architectural techniques and activities
• Enjoy mentoring other developers and spreading your knowledge

Location

• Remote

Why Method?

We look for individuals who are smart, kind and brave. Curious people with a natural ability to think on their feet, learn fast, and develop points-of-view for a constantly changing world find Method an exciting place to work. Our employees are excited to collaborate with dispersed and diverse teams that bring together the best in thinking and making. We champion the ability to listen, and believe that critique and dissonance lead to better outcomes. We believe everyone has the capacity to lead and look for proactive individuals who can take and give direction, lead by example, enjoy the making as much as they do the thinking, especially at senior and leadership levels.

We believe in work/life balance. Seriously. We offer a ton of competitive perks, including:

• Continuing education opportunities 
• Flexible PTO and work-from-home policies 
• 401K matching
• Health, Dental and Vision benefits, starting on day 1
• Company lunches, company outings, along with a lot of snacks 
• Health and wellness programs 
• Other location specific perks (just ask!)

Next Steps

If Method sounds like the place for you, please submit an application. Also, let us know if you have a presence online with a portfolio, GitHub, Dribbble or other platform.

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