Software Architect, Sidequest

• Experience working in software architecture, preferably at a large brand or marketplace
• Experience working with software development teams and translating business objectives into deliverables
• Ability to design cloud-based architecture, with an understanding of it’s impact on latency and consistency (ideally GCP)
• Effective communication skills, with ability to determine levels of detail required
• Expert level working experience of Web Infrastructure technologies (Web Service, Rest/Soap)
• Working experience with CI/CD pipelines, building regression-able code using Github, Jenkins and other dev ops related tools and applications

Desirable

• As a Software Architect at SideQuest, you’ll play a key role in our Engineering team as the architectural expert
• You’ll work closely with the wider development team to build software that powers the SideQuest website running at scale
• The role has the opportunity to make a significant impact at a fast-moving, innovative startup at the forefront of the Virtual Reality industry
• In your first 6-12 months you'll:
• Build highly scalable, low latency, fault-tolerant, and high-performance architecture solutions for commercial web and mobile applications geared towards the consumer
• Guide other engineers with expertise in coding, documentation, distributed systems architecture and software development process
• Build collaborative partnerships with engineers, team leads and key individuals within other functional teams
• Design, build and maintain REST API services using technologies such as node.js, express.js, braintree or others
• Communicate the architecture to the stakeholders and collaborate with existing team members in the formalization and adoption of standards and procedures
• Lead architecture, design and code reviews with engineering teams
• Provide oversight on delivery to ensure industry best practices, standards, automation, timeliness and continuous improvement