Solutions Architect

Position Summary :

Progress Residential is seeking a technical leader for our Solution Architect team who will be responsible for designing, developing, and deploying architectural solutions.

It is an exciting time to be a solutions Architect on our team as we are defining what the future strategy of our systems will be and this is truly a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

You would work as a team member alongside the Product owners, Engineers, and other supporting team members to deliver solutions that help Progress Residential build smarter and more efficient platforms.

You would be a member of a team of technical leaders that are responsible for creating the technology strategy (Mobile, Web, Data, Cloud, etc.

of current and future systems. Leading design discussions and mentoring engineers on proper platform and application solutions.

Publishing and presenting to technology leaders and business executives. Providing leadership around technical solutions and collaborating with other technologists on creating cross-domain solutions.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS :

Perform rapid POCs to experiment and build rails for the engineering team

Support engineers and project managers in rapid development and deployment

Actively participate in team and enterprise-wide architecture and engineering discussions.

Introduce enterprise architectural paradigms and solutions into the portfolio.

Drive both high level and detailed design and conduct design reviews

Engage and work with cross-functional leaders to understand and help define business principles, goals and strategy within scope of responsibility.

Communicate to senior leaders regarding strategy direction and changes.

Mentor engineers and solution architects to ensure technology complexities are understood very clearly to implement solutions expeditiously with high quality.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS :

Minimum of + years overall IT industry experience

Minimum of + years in a solution or technical architect role using service and hosting solutions such as private / public cloud IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS platforms.

Software development full lifecycle methodologies, patterns, frameworks, libraries, and tools

One or more programming and scripting languages such as JavaScript, PowerShell, Bash, SQL, .NET, Java, Python, PHP, Ruby, etc.

Relational, graph, and / or unstructured data technologies such as SQL Server, DynamoDB, MongoDB, GraphQL etc.

Extensive experience in designing and implementing large scale cloud-native platforms with high resiliency, availability, and reliability.

Strong experience in applications with high throughput and performance.

Experience with microservices architectures?and service mesh technologies is preferred.

Strong written, verbal communications, presentation skills, leadership, problem solving and analytical skills.

Proven collaboration skills along with the ability to influence without authority.

Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Computer Science Engineering, or related field required.

Preferred Qualifications :

Master’s degree preferred

Professional experience architecting / operating solutions built on AWS

Experience communicating across internal and external organizations

What you can expect from us :

Progress Residential offers all the financial and non-financial incentives you would expect from an innovative real estate investment and management firm :

In addition to outstanding training, we host quarterly summits and town hall meetings to encourage growth, knowledge sharing and a good time.

After all, it’s about progress, not perfection.

We offer competitive compensation, including a performance-based bonus.

Our generous benefits package includes comprehensive healthcare coverage for you and your family, parental leave, paid time off, k match, paid holidays and much more.