Technical Architect

Join Kainos and Shape the Future

MAIN PURPOSE OF THE ROLE & RESPONSIBILITIES IN THE BUSINESS

• As a Technical Architect (Consultant) in Kainos, you’ll be responsible for leading teams and developing high quality solutions which delight our customers and impact the lives of users worldwide. As a technical leader on a project, you’ll work with customer architects to agree technical designs, advising on estimated effort and technical implications of user stories and user journeys. You’ll manage, coach and develop a small number of staff, with a focus on managing employee performance and assisting in their career development. It’s a fast-paced environment so it is important for you to make sound, reasoned decisions. You’ll do this whilst learning about new technologies and approaches, with room to learn, develop and grow.
• MINIMUM (ESSENTIAL) REQUIREMENTS:
• ​ • Experience with following technical stack - A WS, Node (or any Javascript frameworks), Typescript, Terraform, AWS CDK.
• Experience delivering software designs for multi-tiered modern software applications. • Experience of technical ownership for a product/software project, including architecture, estimation, product planning and user story/requirement creation. • Understands non-functional concerns for customers and has experience incorporating these into the application design. • Has experience with public cloud platforms, such as AWS and Azure, including SaaS and PaaS offerings. • Able to simply and clearly communicate technical design in conversation, documentation and presentations. • Able to make effective decisions within fast-moving delivery. • We are passionate about developing people – a demonstrated ability in managing, coaching and developing junior members of your team and wider community. DESIRABLE: • Good communication skills, with the ability to communicate issues to technical and non-technical people. • Experience of multiple programming languages and data storage technologies. • Experience in managing others, setting objectives, giving feedback and leading performance reviews. • Active participation in knowledge sharing activities, both within the team and at a wider capability level and externally where appropriate. • Has participated in technology communities.