BoatyardX is looking to hire a client focused Technical Architect to work as part of multi-disciplinary teams with large global brands and some startups, to build new cloud products. This can cover early stage new product concepts with rapid prototype builds, though to operationalising into production cloud environments. You will be responsible for leading a team that builds interactive prototype experiences using the latest technologies to allow for validation sprints with target users. You will also actively contribute to the design and delivery of full technical solutions, including the definition of solution architectures in cloud environments. **WHAT WILL I BE DOING?** This is an amazing opportunity for a senior technical lead to join a young company where you will get to input your own ideas from the very beginning, explore new technologies and product concepts, and work closely with our clients. You will get the chance to experiment with the latest technologies and build innovative digital solutions to resolve client challenges. - Interface with a broad client base to convert business goals into great software product concepts. - Design, effectively communicate and deliver technical solutions to client stakeholders. - Design system solutions to meet the requirements of client IT strategy and architecture. - Participate in gathering technical requirements through a variety of techniques (e.g., facilitated workshops, working sessions and interviews); perform technical analysis and design to the sub-system level. - Participate in short innovation sprints with our global clients, building prototypes for new product concepts, leverage our digital prototype acceleration platform suite of smart services. - Create architect solutions to deliver products from MVPs to full stack solutions. - Create summary reports to advise clients on your findings and give insights into the technical feasibility of the product concept based on your team’s investigations. - Provide technical consulting services to clients by exploring the technical feasibility of new product concepts. - Create high-level technical reports that explain the technical considerations related to the building of new product concepts to clients. - Provide technical delivery of proposed functionality to meet defined client business requirements. - Provide delivery support for client business cases by providing solution design and architecture expertise in the early design stages of potential technology solutions. - Lead small engineering teams in short validation sprints to explore new product technical feasibility. - Provide resourcing and costing estimates of the design and development work required to deliver for clients. - Promote the DevOps process, from designing, building, testing, and deploying infrastructure, software services. **WHAT SKILLS AND EXPERIENCES DO I NEED?** BSc in a related field such as Computer Science, Computer Engineering or other software/design discipline with at least 10 years experience. Good mix (not necessarily every one) of the following: - Track record of successful delivery of cloud based solutions in challenging environments to tight deadlines. - Strong collaboration and organisation skills. - Experienced leading a technical team building cloud based prototypes and full products - Experience working in an Agile environment. - Ability to listen, document, prioritise and turn high level requirements into solid, actionable solutions. - Ability to produce concise, accurate solution designs to meet client expectations. - Excellent oral and written communication skills, including authoring and presenting technical documents. - Ability to work autonomously in a fast-paced complex environment with a self-motivated work ethic; utilise sound judgment with an ability to manage multiple priorities with a sense of urgency. - Problem solver by nature, comfortable working with ambiguity and early-stage concepts. - A sense of pride in what you deliver for clients, quality and attention to detail are important. - Team player. Fun. - You must be a quick learner and be flexible about what technologies you use. We are currently using: - Front-end: JavaScript, React/Vue.js - Backend: Spring Boot, Node.js,.NET Core, REST, Microservices - Mobile: React Native, Swift, Kotlin - Database: MySQL, Postgres, SQL, NoSQL - Development: Atlassian, Agile, Jenkins, CD, CI, Automated Testing - Cloud: AWS, Azure, GCP, Docker, Kubernetes