Principal Member - Technical Staff - Software Components

Technical Execution

- Produce technical design specifications and guidance to the appropriate detail, acting as an advisor to a zone and/or multiple charters

- Own technical approach to solving problems, tech backlog for your zone

- Be mindful of the ability to both leverage and allow others to leverage technology platforms that are being built; Building for the greater group, not just for your own needs.

- Act in a product owner role for technical initiatives as assigned.

- Troubleshoot complex technical issues and identify opportunities to turn them into teaching and learning moments.

- Produce documentation proving the value of proposed solutions and providing paths to implementation

- Participate as a member of a scrum team as assigned.

- Define reference Cloud architecture for the platform/product (AWS preferably), build and update the roadmap to achieve this architecture. Socialize and evangelize the vision for the reference Cloud architecture across the company

- Engage with RPR teams to ensure a smooth production rollout of a specific area.

Architectural Leadership

- Exhibits mastery of a few functional zones and multiple pieces of the application

- Assess, advocate and approve external technologies and technology partners for their suitability.

- Educate broader company on technology architecture and how the platform powers the business

- Identify creative and innovative solutions that could be patented and adopted by the broader market.

- Participates in Architect and other MTS interview process as needed; influences final hiring decisions

- Determine the right robust, scalable, and secure technical solutions to meet the business needs.

- Be specific and mindful of dependencies to eliminate redundancies and avoid silos.

- Provide a vision of the core framework of technology services and the components for your product which enable reuse by the technology teams

- Build vs. Buy vs. Adopt: Cultivate awareness and opportunities for new & existing open source technologies; understand where & how to leverage them, or when it's more appropriate to build from scratch.

- Understands scalability and performance in terms of systems and infrastructure architecture.

- Leads by example, delivering high-quality code that powers critical pieces of the product and/or platform. Champions quality standards, transactional performance and scalability.

- Cross functional Coordination and Communication

- Use techniques such as prototype (e.g. 4+1 architecture) and analytics to demonstrate value of solutions

- Provides appropriate governance for tri-annual release planning.

- Participate collaboratively with scrum team members and product owners to groom initiatives, epics and stories.

- Work with MTS and architects to develop technical approach to phase out old technologies and phase in new ones.

Mentorship of Others

- Provide design and architectural guidance and governance in delivering software components and services.

- Reviews performance and provides feedback on talent including endorsements and/or concerns for promotions

- Coach, mentor and inspire more junior team members to maximize overall productivity and effectiveness of the team.

- Education, Experience, & Skills Required:

- 10+ years of experience in a technical architect/leadership position

- Extensive experience working in an Agile environment preferred

- Bachelor's Degree or equivalent

- Expert software engineering skills and computer science experience

- Substantial expertise in modern programming languages such as: NodeJS, Java, Perl, C++, Python, and javascript/jQuery

- Excellent understanding of scalable, cloud architectures and experience in applying them to real world problems

- Experience in large scale HADR Cloud-based systems

- Familiarity with Univ/Linux, SQL, NOSQL, and various other technologies

- Expertise in object oriented programing, relational database technologies, distributed computing tech RESTful API, WebUI (HTML 5) and Modern JS frameworks

- Behaviors & Abilities Required:

- Exhibits mastery of multiple functional zones and multiple pieces of the application

- Work collaboratively across the Technology and Product organizations

- Create new and better ways for the organization to be successful.

- Consistently achieving results, even under tough circumstances.

- Uses compelling arguments to gain the support and commitment of others.

- Paints a compelling picture of the vision and strategy that motivates others to action.