Senior Technical Architect

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Germany.

📋 Description

• Located in CET, Eastern US, or Middle East time zones, with the capacity to maintain a 70% overlap with the team's core working hours of 10 AM to 5 PM CET.

• Develop and document technical and architectural visions for products, components, and libraries.

• Ensure adherence to recommended software engineering principles across all initiatives.

• Create solutions that fulfill business, functional, and non-functional requirements, differentiating features from enablers.

• Define subsystems and their interfaces, assigning clear responsibilities throughout the architecture.

• Establish essential non-functional requirements and promote awareness of these needs among stakeholders.

• Document all architectural and technical decisions in a centralized, easily accessible repository.

• Assess and select suitable software, hardware, and integration techniques, ensuring products do not depend on unstable or immature external libraries.

• Consider the long-term costs of architectural decisions in the overall decision-making process.

• Support agile software development practices and engage in planning, solution definition, and exploring alternatives.

• Provide technical guidance during work prioritization and iteration planning.

• Assist in work breakdown and task distribution to enhance team effectiveness.

• Review acceptance criteria for essential developer tasks.

• Clearly communicate technical details with scientists, researchers, developers, and business stakeholders.

• Summarize proposed technical solutions for management and business decision-makers.

• Facilitate continuous feature delivery through suitable architectural planning, timeline setting, and milestone definition.

• Acquire a profound technical understanding of the specific problem and solution domains.

• Keep expertise in computer science and engineering techniques up to date.

• Review relevant literature and learn new topics as needed to tackle complex technical challenges.

• Acknowledge the limits of personal expertise and seek additional knowledge or external input when necessary.

⛳️ Requirements

• Education: Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related technical discipline.

• General Experience: At least 7 years of professional experience in software development, including considerable experience delivering production systems.

• Architectural Experience: Minimum of 3 years in a technical architect role, designing solutions and supervising system architecture.

• Leadership: At least 2 years of experience leading software development teams, providing both technical leadership and mentorship.

• Methodologies: Hands-on experience with Agile software development methodologies in cross-functional teams.

• Programming Paradigms: Strong understanding of both functional and object-oriented programming paradigms.

• Languages: Practical experience with programming languages such as Haskell or Rust.

• Tools: Proficient in version control practices, including familiarity with Git and standard Git workflows.

• Collaboration: Demonstrated experience collaborating with scientists, researchers, or formal methods specialists in interdisciplinary settings.

• Vision: Capability to define and articulate technical visions and decompose solutions into manageable tasks with clear acceptance criteria.

🏝️ Benefits

• Competitive compensation package aligned with experience.

• Opportunity to engage in innovative R&D projects in the Web3 and decentralized finance sectors.

• Remote-first, collaborative work setting.

• Opportunities for professional development within a highly technical and innovative team.