Senior Software Architect
Company Description
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Job Description
Team: IT Customer Experience team is looking for an experienced Software Architect to make intuitive high-level decisions for software development. You will see the “big picture” and create architectural approaches for software design and implementation to guide the development team.
Role: A great software architect has a strong technical background and excellent IT skills. They are experienced in designing and possess the ability to develop a unified vision for software characteristics and functions. Using tools and methodologies to create representations for functions and user interface of the desired product. The goal is to provide a framework for the development of a software or system that will result in high-quality solutions
What you get to do in this role:
- Build high-quality, clean, scalable, and reusable systems and architectures by enforcing best practices around software engineering architecture and processes (Code Reviews, Unit testing, etc.)
- Work closely with the product owners to understand detailed requirements and own your code from design, implementation, test automation, and delivery of the high-quality product to our users.
- Designing and implementing software that is simple, intuitive, and easy to use that will allow customers to extend and customize the functionality to meet their specific business needs
- Play a key role in the design and implementation of new products and features while also enhancing the existing product suite
- Act as a mentor for colleagues and help drive knowledge-sharing
Qualifications
To be successful in this role you have:
- 12+ years of Industry experience incl. past experience in software development and coding in any of the object oriented languages (C#, .NET, Java, etc.)
- Experience in designing software architecture for the distributed systems or the cloud systems
- Deep knowledge of data structures, algorithms, object-oriented design, design patterns, and performance/scale considerations
- Highly advanced knowledge experience working with relational databases including development, troubleshooting, and performance optimization.
- Strong experience with multiple technology stacks: Cloud Dev, Platforms, Web Dev, Frameworks, and/or service-oriented architecture
- Strong capability to manage multiple projects with material-technical risk across teams and processes; may serve as a functional lead or technical owner
- Demonstrated strong communications skills; must collaborate and/or influence peers through explanation of facts, policies, and practices
- Passion for JavaScript and the Web as a platform, reusability, and componentization
- Strong web development experience
- Strong experience in frameworks technology.
- Excellent knowledge of software and application design and architecture
- Excellent knowledge of UML and other modeling methods
- Understanding of software quality assurance principles
- A technical mindset with great attention to detail
- High quality organizational and leadership skills
- Outstanding presentation abilities
- BS/MS in computer science, engineering, or relevant field
Additional Information
ServiceNow is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin or nationality, ancestry, age, disability, gender identity or expression, marital status, veteran status or any other category protected by law.
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