Technical Architect – Cloud & Software Engineering
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About the Role
DICETEK LLC seeks a hands-on Technical Architect / Engineering Lead to code alongside squads, enforce software engineering best practices (DDD, TDD, SOLID, Hexagonal Architecture, Twelve-Factor App), and drive cloud-native adoption on AWS and Azure.
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Responsibilities
- Code alongside squads: DDD (Bounded Contexts, Aggregates, Domain Events), Hexagonal Architecture, SOLID, TDD
- Ensure Twelve Factor App compliance for all cloud native services
- Define and enforce CI/CD pipelines, code review standards, trunk based branching, static analysis (SonarQube), and API standards
- Establish observability patterns: structured logging, distributed tracing, correlation IDs
- Drive cloud native design patterns across squads: microservices, serverless, event driven, container orchestration on AWS and Azure
- Enforce infrastructure as code (Terraform), cloud security best practices, and cost aware architecture
- Design and code shared libraries, starter kits, and project archetypes embedding all best practices
- Pair program, conduct code reviews, run workshops on DDD / TDD / SOLID / Hexagonal / Twelve Factor
- Mentor developers to elevate overall engineering maturity
- Animate Community of Practice: tech talks, coding dojos, hackathons
- Maintain an engineering playbook with patterns, anti patterns, and reference implementations
Requirements
- 10+ years hands on software development, building solutions from scratch
- Expert in Java (Spring Boot), C# (.NET Core), Python, or Kotlin
- Deep DDD, TDD/BDD, SOLID, Hexagonal / Clean Architecture, Twelve Factor App
- CI/CD tooling (Git, GitLab CI/CD); Docker, Kubernetes; Terraform / IaC
- Cloud: AWS (EKS, MSK, Lambda, S3, RDS, IAM, CloudFormation, API Gateway, SQS/SNS); Azure (AKS, DevOps, Service Bus, Key Vault)
- Event driven architectures (Kafka, SQS/Service Bus/IBM MQ); API design (REST, gRPC, OpenAPI)
- Security by design, observability, and code quality tooling (SonarQube, SAST/DAST)
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related field
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Job Description
- A hands on technical architect / engineering lead embedded with feature teams across IBM Technology.
- The role codes, builds solutions from scratch, and enforces software engineering best practices (DDD, TDD, SOLID, Hexagonal Architecture, Twelve Factor App) while delivering reusable building blocks.
- The Technical Architect also animates a developer community of practice to elevate engineering maturity across all squads.
Key Responsibilities
- Hands On Engineering: Code alongside squads: DDD (Bounded Contexts, Aggregates, Domain Events), Hexagonal Architecture, SOLID, TDD; Ensure Twelve Factor App compliance for all cloud native services.
- Software Factory & CI/CD: Define and enforce CI/CD pipelines, code review standards, trunk based branching, static analysis (SonarQube), and API standards; Establish observability patterns: structured logging, distributed tracing, correlation IDs.
- Cloud Adoption: Drive cloud native design patterns across squads: microservices, serverless, event driven, container orchestration on AWS (primary) and Azure; Enforce infrastructure as code (Terraform), cloud security best practices (IAM, secrets management, network segmentation), and cost aware arc
- Reusable Building Blocks: Design and code shared libraries, starter kits, and project archetypes embedding all best practices.
- Feature Team Enablement: Pair program, conduct code reviews, run workshops on DDD / TDD / SOLID / Hexagonal / Twelve Factor; Mentor developers to elevate overall engineering maturity.
- Developer Community: Animate Community of Practice: tech talks, coding dojos, hackathons; Maintain an engineering playbook with patterns, anti patterns, and reference implementations.
Expected Deliverables
- Engineering Playbook (DDD, TDD, SOLID, Hexagonal, Twelve Factor, CI/CD, API standards)
- Reusable building blocks, starter kits, and project archetypes
- CI/CD pipeline templates for all service types
- Architecture Decision Records (ADRs)
- Monthly code quality and CoP activity reports
- Technical debt register
Skillset and experience
- Technical — Must Have: 10+ years hands on software development, building solutions from scratch; Expert in Java (Spring Boot), C# (.NET Core), Python, or Kotlin; Deep DDD, TDD/BDD, SOLID, Hexagonal / Clean Architecture, Twelve Factor App; CI/CD tooling (Git, GitLab CI/CD); Docker, Kubernetes; Terraf
- Domain — Strongly Preferred: Capital Markets / Investment Banking: trade lifecycle, pricing, risk, market data; Corporate finance and securities services.
- Soft Skills: Influences through craft, not authority; proven mentor and community builder; Pragmatic: balances engineering excellence with delivery pressure; Strong technical writing: ADRs, playbooks, engineering guides.
- Education: Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related field. Certifications are a plus but not a substitute for hands on craft.
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