Principal/Architect

Roberts Recruiting, LLC; Boston (MA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible work options

Comprehensive benefits

Competitive compensation

Job summary

A prominent recruiting firm in Boston is looking for a Senior Principal Engineer/Architect to lead software solutions in an innovative environment. You will collaborate with agile teams and provide technical guidance for our Enterprise SaaS web application. The ideal candidate has over 8 years of experience, deep knowledge of open-source technologies, and excellent communication skills. This role offers competitive compensation and a vibrant company culture.

Qualifications

• 8+ years engineering experience with web applications
• Experience in high performance and scalable systems
• Expert in unit test frameworks

Responsibilities

• Architect and develop functional software solutions
• Analyze user needs and scope technical requirements
• Mentor engineering team members

Skills

Technical leadership

Agile methodologies

Client communication

Open source technology knowledge

Collaboration

Problem-solving

Education

B.S/M.S in Computer Science or equivalent

Tools

Git

AWS

Azure

Job description

Principal Engineer / Architect

Description

Our Engineering team is adding speed and capacity by hiring talented engineers such as you. Alongside our agile teams, the Head of Development and our CTO, you'll be working with innovative technologies, processes and people to architect our Enterprise SaaS web application: Merchandising Cloud. Our vision is to provide the most robust platform in the world for two‑way collaboration between a company's headquarters and their retail stores.

You will provide technical and architect‑level guidance to our technical leads and their teams as they design and develop key feature enhancements involving image recognition, machine learning, analytics, 3D visualizations and other innovative technologies.

This is a senior position for a self‑motivated engineer that has done this before and relishes the opportunity to do it again. We are committed to developing software solutions that ensure the highest reliability, performance and user engagement for our clients.

Responsibilities

• Architect, design, and develop software solutions that are functional, well tested, maintainable, efficient, elegant and adhere to best practices
• Analyze user needs and scope out technical and functional requirements to meet those needs
• Specify technical solutions in clear and concise written documentation
• Provide technical leadership, ensuring engineers understand our strategy and vision
• Collaborate across multiple agile teams with the Technical Leads, Developers, Testers, the Product Owner and UX Design teams
• Contribute as a senior level developer to projects requiring a high level of technical expertise, industry experience and product domain knowledge
• Represent us to clients and external partners as a technical expert
• Meet with clients to understand their needs and propose solutions that meet those needs
• Investigate and recommend new technologies, processes, and techniques to enhance Merchandising Cloud
• Mentor and guide other engineering team members in both technology and technique

Who you are

• A talented, senior level engineer with a strong sense of pace and urgency
• Someone with a proven track record of being the “go to” technology expert
• Deep and wide knowledge of open source technology and technology trends
• A self‑motivated individual with a deep sense of pride in your work
• An effective collaborator with excellent verbal and written communications skills
• Client facing experience crafting solutions to real problems

What you have done

• Working towards a B.S/M.S. in Computer Science or equivalent discipline

• 8+ years engineering experience that includes architecting, designing, and developing enterprise scale web applications
• Experience in building systems with high performance, security, scalability and reliance
• Experience communicating with users, clients, other technical teams, and project management to understand requirements and describe software product features and technical designs
• Experience working with agile software development methodologies and key best practices
• Expert level knowledge of Git and relevant unit test frameworks
• Experience with public clouds such as AWS and Azure
• Bonus Points - Experience with one or more of the following:
  • Machine learning and big data
  • Real‑time processing technologies
  • BI tools
  • Ruby on Rails
  • React
  • CI/CD pipelines
  • NOSQL technologies

Why Work Here?

We have a culture here that people rave about, with flexible work options, excellent and comprehensive benefits, and competitive compensation.