Principal IT Architect

The Timberline Group; St. Louis (MO); On-site; USD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

The Timberline Group seeks a Software Architect to lead architecture and development efforts within the IT Development Team. You will work on architecture-focused initiatives, design patterns, and coding tasks in an Agile setting, collaborating with senior staff and mentoring junior developers.

Ideal candidates will have 10+ years IT experience, strong .NET/C#, SPA exposure (Angular/React), data modeling and enterprise integration, plus excellent communication skills.

Qualifications

• College degree in Computer Science preferred; 10+ years IT experience with 8+ years application development.
• At least 5 years of .NET development experience (C# / ASP.NET).
• Strong understanding of OO design principles.
• Extensive experience with WCF, web services, SOA, and multi-tier design.
• Experience with responsive design and mobile applications.
• Experience with HTML, CSS, AJAX, JavaScript and client-side frameworks.
• Experience with SPA frameworks such as Angular and React.
• Extensive data modeling, SQL queries, and databases (SQL Server, DB2).
• Architect experience delivering projects in Agile; full SDLC understanding.
• Bachelor-level STEM degree required.
• Excellent communication and mentoring abilities.
• Experience with SOA and/or Microservices.
• CI/CD and test automation experience.
• Secure coding standards knowledge.
• B2B/B2C ecommerce experience.
• ERP system integration experience.
• Retail or consumer products industry experience.
• Ability to pass pre-employment background checks.

Responsibilities

• Lead architecture and development initiatives within IT Development Team.
• Collaborate in an Agile team to deliver architecture and coding initiatives.
• Report to Principal IT Architect and guide junior staff where appropriate.

Skills

C#

ASP.NET

OO design

WCF

SOA

Multi-tier architecture

Responsive design

Mobile design

HTML/CSS

AJAX

JavaScript frameworks

Angular

React

Data modeling

SQL queries

SQL Server

DB2

Software architecture

Agile

SDLC

Mentoring

Communication

Microservices

CI/CD

Test automation

Secure coding

Ecommerce

ERP integration

Retail/CPG

Background check

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Math, Science or Engineering

Tools

Angular

React

Job description

The Software Architect will be an important and influential member of the IT Development Team. This person will need superior expertise gained from extensive experience and industry research of best practices within application design, coding, database and architecture. Position will contribute to a team project predominately focusing on architecture and development. You will work with a team typically in an Agile methodology completing various development and coding initiatives.

Reports to: Principal IT Architect

What You'll Need

• College Degree in Computer Science is preferred, 10+ years IT experience, with at least 8 years of application development experience.
• At least 5 years of development experience in .NET (especially C# and ASP.NET).
• Good understanding of Object-Oriented design principles.
• Extensive experience with WCF, developing web services in the .NET environment, service oriented architecture, and multi-tier software design and development.
• Past experience with responsive design and designing applications for mobile devices required.
• Experience with HTML, CSS, AJAX, JavaScript libraries and client side frameworks.
• Experience with SPA frameworks such as Angular and React.
• Extensive experience doing data modeling, writing SQL queries, and working with databases (SQL Server, DB2 etc) required.
• Experience working as an architect and delivering successful projects in an agile environment is required.
• Thorough understanding of SDLC processes and methodologies, and involvement in the complete product development life cycle.
• Bachelor's degree in computer science, math, science or engineering required.
• Excellent communication skills and demonstrated ability to coach more junior staff members.
• Experience with developing SOA and/or Microservices.
• Experience with CI/CD and test automation.
• Knowledge of secure coding standards.
• B2B and B2C ecommerce experience.
• Experience interfacing with corporate ERP systems for order entry or inventory management.
• Experience working in retail or consumer products industry.
• Ability to successfully pass pre-employment (post offer) Company or Facility background check and drug screening