Platform Architect

Position Overview

We are looking for an experienced technical leader to help us successfully design and

deliver best-in-class digital experience platform builds for our clients. The Platform

Architect is a hybrid role, expected to advise clients on best practice architecture

decisions and lead back-end Engineering teams on coding and quality standards. You

will partner closely with leads across Strategy, Product, Quality and Delivery to ensure

on-schedule and on-budget delivery of initiatives.

Key Responsibilities

 Consult clients on platform architecture, patterns, and practices

 Lead discussions with clients to assist with gathering project requirements

 Establish platform architecture and code organization for client applications

 Partner with project managers to ensure teams meet client and project

commitments

 Lead development teams on client projects, ensuring teams meet sprint

commitments

 Convert client user stories to developer-ready tasks

 Collaborate on- and off-project with domestic and offshore team members

 Set standards for platform coding patterns and practices

 Proactively enable team members to develop secure applications

 Serve as a mentor and coach to less senior team members

Requirements

Critical Competencies

 Enterprise platform architecture and development for Content Management

Systems (Adobe Experience Manager (AEM) preferred)

 3 rd party data and content integrations, including user-generated content (UGC)

 Single Sign-On (SSO) integration and user login (both internal and end users)

 Project build tools and CI pipelines to optimize development and deployment

 OWASP common security vulnerabilities and how to mitigate

 Ability to provide estimates with varying levels of ambiguity

 Energy and enthusiasm to create value, internally and for clients

Qualifications

 7+ years in software engineering with proven success in a leadership role

 Experience in a client-facing role, consulting preferred

 Comfortable working in an iterative, agile environment