7049 - Software Architect IA - Kenya

• Define and evolve the architecture vision and technical roadmap for the platform.
  
• Design scalable, secure, highly available enterprise SaaS solutions.
  
• Build working prototypes and proof-of-concepts (POCs) that development teams can use as technical foundations.
  
• Work hands-on with engineering teams on architecture, system design, integrations, and complex technical challenges.
  
• Partner with Product Management to translate product requirements into scalable technical solutions.
  
• Collaborate with executive leadership on technology strategy and long-term platform evolution.
  
• Lead the architecture and integration of major new platform capabilities.
  
• Drive legacy modernization initiatives while ensuring business continuity.
  
• Define architectural standards, engineering principles, and development best practices.
  
• Mentor and coach architects and senior software engineers.
  
• Evaluate emerging technologies and determine their applicability to the PrismHR ecosystem.
  
• Promote modern DevOps, cloud, automation, observability, and software delivery practices.
  

Candidates should meet the following core requirements:

• 10+ years of professional software development experience, preferably within enterprise web applications or SaaS platforms.
  
• Strong hands-on software engineering background.
  
• Proven experience designing complex enterprise systems and web-based SaaS platforms.
  
• Experience defining architecture, technical standards, and technology roadmaps.
  
• Strong understanding of the complete Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC).
  
• Experience working with and leading engineering teams in Agile environments.
  

• Professional experience working with MultiValue database technologies, ideally:
  • UniData
    
  • UniVerse
    
  • Rocket U2
    
  • or comparable MultiValue platforms.
    

Candidates with strong experience modernizing comparable legacy enterprise platforms may also be considered, but direct MultiValue experience is highly preferred.

Strong hands-on experience with several of the following technologies:

• Node.js
  
• JavaScript
  
• TypeScript
  
• ASP.NET Core / C#
  
• REST APIs and distributed application architectures
  

The ideal candidate has enough technical depth to review implementations, create POCs, troubleshoot complex problems, and guide engineering teams—not only produce architecture diagrams.

Hands-on experience with:

• Microsoft Azure and/or AWS
  
• Containers / containerization
  
• CI/CD and deployment automation
  
• Configuration management
  
• Application monitoring and observability
  
• Cloud application troubleshooting
  

Experience with at least one enterprise messaging or streaming technology such as:

• Azure Service Bus
  
• Apache Kafka
  
• RabbitMQ
  
• Similar event-driven or messaging platforms
  

• Proven experience defining and delivering technology roadmaps.
  
• Experience leading technical initiatives involving multiple engineering teams.
  
• Ability to influence senior engineers, architects, product leaders, and executives.
  
• Experience mentoring or coaching senior technical professionals.
  
• Strong system-design and architectural decision-making capabilities.
  

• Advanced English (C1+).
  
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
  
• Ability to communicate architecture and technical decisions to both engineering and business stakeholders.
  

Candidates will stand out if they have:

• Experience modernizing large legacy enterprise applications.
  
• Experience migrating monolithic or legacy systems toward modern cloud architectures.
  
• Strong Microsoft/Azure ecosystem experience.
  
• Experience combining legacy platforms with Node.js, TypeScript, .NET, APIs, messaging, and cloud services.
  
• Experience working on mature enterprise SaaS products.
  
• Experience designing highly scalable and distributed systems.
  
• Strong understanding of security, scalability, reliability, and observability.