Director of Architecture

Responsibilities

  • Establish a technical vision for best practices across infrastructure, platform, and architecture (IPA)
  • Promote self-service within engineering teams by providing consultation and tools to facilitate product team goals
  • Advocate for IPA initiatives and serve as a thought leader both within and outside of the organization
  • Champion Agile methodologies and modern practices across relevant areas such as: CI/CD, TDD, IaC, observability, data management & privacy, DR (HA), SecOps, and DDD
  • Maintain an IPA roadmap, setting and achieving goals to improve our ability to innovate
  • Provide technical guidance and coaching to teams regarding best practices and in support of technical design decisions
  • Promote secure practices in every technical design decision and engineering process
  • Develop and maintain a strategy for data architecture across the enterprise, in consultation with business and technical stakeholders throughout the organization
  • Ensure GCP cloud infrastructure is managed in a cost-efficient manner, prioritizing service reliability and efficiency
  • Assess and manage technical risks with focus on maintainability, reliability, and security
  • Contribute to the technical culture of the organization by promoting and participating in the tech blog, tech talks, and by mentoring engineers
  • Model innovation and experimentation, emphasizing a lean, iterative approach to solution design

Qualifications

  • 4+ years experience in a technical leadership position working closely with remote teams
  • Proven ability to drive technical initiatives forward using influence, persuasion, as well as  hands-on solution development
  • Ability to communicate and set expectations both within the team and with stakeholders across the business
  • Curiosity to learn new technologies and eagerness to face novel challenges on a regular basis
  • Familiarity with Freestar technologies or equivalents (GCP & related services as well as architectural patterns, Java, Javascript, Python, k8s)
  • A degree in computer science or related field is preferred

What you can expect in return:

  • Full-Time, Salaried Position
  • Fully remote company, with collaborative asynchronous teamwork. 
  • The opportunity to be part of something BIG