Senior Solutions Architect, Contract

Job Description

Metalab is seeking a Senior Solutions Architect to provide technical expertise and guidance on projects. The Senior Solutions Architect will collaborate with design, product, and engineering teams to find new ways to use technology and build products that improve people’s lives. They will also lead the technical design of behind-the-scenes systems and processes that products depend on to run reliably at scale. The Senior Solutions Architect will build trust with clients and teams in choosing the right technologies and approaches for their products.Role involves:

• Architecting, building, and launching products
• Staying up to date with the latest trends in technology
• Collaborating with design and product teams to ideate and develop new products and features
• Leading and performing discovery on new projects
• Defining and documenting the technical and cloud architecture of a product
• Providing an informed point-of-view on software engineering tools and technologies
• Architecting and releasing production applications with global scalability
• Working with other vendors to document and deliver desired architecture and cloud configuration specifications
• Meeting clients and participating in shares and workshops

Requirements:

• 6+ years of full-stack experience as a contributing engineer or engineering leader with expertise in Typescript frameworks and tools
• 2+ years experience operating as a Technical Architect
• Ability to articulate engineering solutions to both technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Ability to produce diagrams and documentation that reflect architectural decisions, patterns, and principals
• Experience working in a team with designers, engineers, and product managers
• Experience developing frontend client applications using React and/or React Native
• Experience developing REST and GraphQL APIs
• Experience designing API schemas, data models, and database architecture
• DevOps experience implementing, testing, and automating the configuration and deployment of service infrastructure using tools like Terraform with cloud providers like AWS, GCP, and Azure
• Investment in keeping up to date with advances in technology
• Appreciation of design and user experience

Role offers:

• Opportunity to work on exciting products
• Collaboration with talented design and product teams
• Opportunity to lead the technical design of systems and processes