Solutions Architect (fintech project)

Softjourn is looking for a Solution Architect!

About the project: 

The client is an American community bank that is building an online banking platform on the basis of Mulesoft and backoffice on Salesforce. Our team will be focused on developing integrations between various SaaS solutions from the client. 

The project is at the early stage: investigating the systems of third-party vendors, finalizing the processes, developing the initial functionality, defining the integration mechanisms, making all important decisions regarding Mulesoft, Data, Devops and Salesforce parts of the system. 

The team consists of 20 people now: Mulesoft, Salesforce, Devops, QA (manual and automation), Data, Business Analysts teams, Solution Architect, Scrum Master, PM, Security Analyst.

There is a part of the team on the client’s side: Mulesoft, Devops, Data leads, Product Managers and Product Owners. 

The team is in the European time zone, the client is in the EST time zone. 

We use Scrum on the project: two weeks sprints, daily meetings, retro and planning ceremonies. 

Technology stack on the project and tools: Mulesoft, Salesforce, AWS, Azure devops, BitBucket, Jira, Confluence, Teams.

Requirements:

• 3+ years of experience on Solutions Architect position;
• 5+ years of Senior level development or devops experience;
• Experience with creating architecture definitions for complex enterprise projects;
• Strong knowledge of the cloud services (AWS);
• Strong problem-solving skills;
• Understanding of DevOps tools and CI/CD processes;
• Understanding of SDLC;
• Good communication and leadership skills;
• Advanced English level;
• Experience of working with cross-functional teams;
• Strong diagramming and documenting skills;
• Experience of working on integration projects.

Will be a plus:

• Experience with Financial domain;
• Business analysis skills;
• Experience with the following technologies: Mulesoft, Kafka, Salesforce, Apache Nifi, ETL tools; 
• Proactivity and willingness to be a facilitator of different processes and activities.

Responsibilities:

• Design the architecture and system components on a high level, provide consulting on the project, prepare architecture-specific documentation, make decisions around technical stack and infrastructure;
• Control the high-level architecture implementation, consult the teams about solution requirements, tweak solution architecture on-the-go, participate in the communication with a customer;
• Resolve disputes and make tradeoffs on different phases of a project, resolve business issues with technical solutions, interact with stakeholders to achieve common goals, verify escalations made by developers;
• Identify opportunities on the project to encourage constant growth of the project;
• Act as a midpoint between customer needs and technical teams, collaborate with BAs on solution requirements, collaborate with PM and scrum master;
• Set up the project's processes and create documentation;
• Work with diagramming tools to create needed artifacts.

Benefits and Perks:

• Fully remote work or from our Wroclaw office;
• Continuous improvement;
• Flexible schedule;
• 26 days vacation annually;
• Participation in conferences and seminars;
• Medical care;
• English language courses.