Application Architect, Fourth
Analytics, workforce & inventory management for hospitality
Posted today
Analytics, workforce & inventory management for hospitality
501-1000 employees
Posted today
501-1000 employees
Company mission
To transform how its customers conquer the day in the increasingly dynamic-paced environment in which they operate.
Role
Who you are
- Demonstrable, hands-on experience in application or software architecture and engineering
- Strong knowledge of application design patterns and architectural styles (e.g. microservices, event-driven, layered)
- Experience with modern application frameworks and technologies
- Experience with API design, microservices, and distributed systems architecture
- Excellent collaboration and problem-solving skills with the ability to document and communicate complex solutions
- Ability to lead and manage projects and teams in a fast-paced environment
- Proficiency in one or more programming or scripting languages
- Solid understanding of the end-to-end Software Development Lifecycle
- Familiarity with cloud platforms (preferably Microsoft Azure) and their application services
- Awareness of or hands-on experience with AI tools and technologies, and their application in software development and engineering productivity
What the job involves
- We are seeking a motivated Application Architect to help shape the architecture of key strategic initiatives across Fourth
- Working as an embedded member of delivery teams, you will provide hands-on architectural leadership, helping engineers design, build and evolve scalable, maintainable and resilient software solutions
- You will apply Fourth's application architecture standards, patterns and engineering principles, while
- Contributing to their ongoing evolution through practical delivery experience
- Working closely with software engineers, technical leads and fellow architects, you will balance technical quality with pragmatic delivery, ensuring architectural decisions support both immediate project needs and the long-term direction of the platform
- As part of the wider Enterprise Architecture team, you will collaborate with architects across multiple disciplines to solve complex technical challenges, champion engineering excellence, and leverage AI-assisted software engineering to rapidly prototype, validate and deliver high-quality solutions
- You will also help evolve modern AI-enabled engineering practices, enabling teams to adopt AI safely and effectively while improving engineering productivity across Fourth's so,ware portfolio
- Deliver the application architecture for strategic projects and programmes, ensuring solutions are scalable, maintainable, secure, and aligned with Fourth's architectural direction
- Provide hands-on architectural leadership within delivery teams, working alongside engineers to solve complex technical challenges and guide architectural decision making from concept through to delivery
- Apply and contribute to the evolution of Fourth's application architecture standards, patterns, and engineering principles through practical delivery experience
- Produce architectural designs, decision records, and technical documentation that clearly communicate solution intent and support long-term maintainability
- Participate in architecture, design, and code reviews, providing constructive feedback and helping ensure consistency with established architectural principles
- Collaborate with business, product, engineering, and fellow architects to understand requirements and translate them into pragmatic, high-quality technical solutions
- Own the architectural direction of assigned initiatives, balancing business objectives, technical quality, operational considerations, and long-term maintainability
- Identify technical risks, architectural debt, and opportunities for improvement, working with engineering teams to develop practical remediation plans
- Design and evolve AI-assisted software engineering practices, tooling, and delivery pipelines that enable teams to build software safely, efficiently, and consistently
- Use AI-assisted development tools to prototype, validate, and deliver architectural solutions, reference implementations, and production-quality software where appropriate
- Research, evaluate, and recommend new technologies, frameworks, and architectural approaches that improve engineering effectiveness and deliver measurable business value
- Champion the adoption of AI and emerging technologies to enhance application capabilities, engineering productivity, and software quality
- Share knowledge, mentor engineers and technical leads, and contribute to the continuous improvement of Fourth's architecture and engineering communities
Salary benchmarks
Our take
Fourth is the global leader in end-to-end restaurant and hospitality management technology solutions. Its SaaS suite includes scheduling, time and attendance, applicant tracking, training, inventory management, procurement, HR, payroll services, analytics, and AI forecasting tools.
This comprehensive offering enables clients to optimise profits, control costs and enhance guest satisfaction, as well as improve employee engagement and manage risk and compliance. Its business intelligence tools means businesses are better connected with their data, giving them visibility, insight and control to achieve more.
Fourth serves thousands of customers, with hundreds of thousands of locations, including big name brands such as Burger King, Mandarin Oriental, Shari's, Soho House and Food First. The company continues to release new products to its suite; such as Fuego, a financial workforce solution to help businesses attract and retain talent.
In the midst of an ongoing hospitality worker shortage, Fourth's ability to support flexible scheduling and virtual hiring could well be part of the solution for many businesses in the sector - which definitely represents an opportunity moving forwards.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
-4% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Company benefits
- Paid Time Off
- Charity Days
- Refer a Friend Bonus
- Birthday Off
- Paid Maternity/Paternity Leave
- Medical Care Insurance
- Employee Assistance Program
- Health and Wellbeing Initiatives
- Corporate Discounts
- Corporate and Team-building Events
- Retirement Plans
Company HQ
Hidden Valley, Austin, TX
Leadership
Scott Collison
(CEO)Corporate Advisor and Board Member at Multiple Organizations. Formerly President and CEO at Personify Corp and Anaconda, as well as VP and GM of vCloud Air Infrastructure-a-a-S at VMware.
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