Architect

Architects at Navatech are technical leaders who are responsible for driving technology & engineering good practices. We are a growing rapidly & are constantly improving technical practices within the organisation. We seek very high levels of ownership in all individuals & especially in roles like this - ownership of systems and their impact on the entire Navatech eco-system is an important factor. Going beyond your role & contributing to making the organisation & business better is a critical expectation.

• Partner with business, product, and engineering leaders to define technology architecture. Be comfortable working directly with leaders in ensuring the overall success of the projects and initiatives.
  
• Review solution designs to determine their technical viability; ensure their relevance to the business goals.
  
• Define and influence technology roadmap. Help teams to deliver robust solutions consistently and guide engineering teams toward a common methodology/standardization.
  
• Experiment/Champion the adoption of the latest and relevant technology trends.
  
• Participating in code reviews, design reviews, architecture discussions.
  
• Being responsible for Scaling, Performance & Quality for the team.
  
• Setting up best practices to help the team achieve the above, constantly thinking about improving the technology use and driving engineering excellence within the teams are your responsibilities.
  
• Driving the adoption of these best practices around coding, design, quality, performance in your team.
  

Requirements

• At least 10+ years of experience in software development and architecture.
  
• Self-driven, comfortable with a fast-paced, always-on, highly ambiguous start-up environment with a passion for user experience
  

• Demonstrated experience with internet-scale cloud-based distributed systems development, Microservices(Python), large databases(RDBMS/NoSQL), and high-volume/high-performance websites and app services.
  
• Good knowledge of frameworks, platform trends in the space of distributed systems, (Incl. Kubernetes, Dockers, Kafka)
  
• Able to solve complex, multi-dimensional problems and deal comfortably with abstraction/fuzzy problems resulting in a robust, highly-scalable, and well-architected solution.
  
• Demonstrated experience in one or more cloud platforms (AWS must, GCP nice to have). Have deep knowledge of advanced technologies such as Serverless, ServiceMesh, Message Bus, etc.
  
• Must have excellent fire-fighting skills during outages, while maintaining a calm and composed posture.
  
• Familiarity with RESTful APIs to connect iOS apps to back-end services
  
• Knowledge of other web technologies and UI / UX standards
  
• Metrics-driven and obsessed with NFRs (Performance, scalability, security, et.al) and recommending/developing toolsets for the same.
  
• Be the technical face in representing Navatech to the outside world via blogs, presenting in forums/industry events, etc.
  
• Must have excellent communications, presentation, and interpersonal skills (Must be a team player)
  
• Excellent mentoring skills - Be the technical mentor to your team(s).
  
• Contribute to the overall hiring process of Navatech by enabling the hiring of best technical talent and maintaining the highest standards.
  
• Prior experience working with startups which scaled rapidly would be a plus.
  

Benefits

• Competitive salary and benefits package.
  
• Opportunity to work on cutting-edge AI projects
  
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• Collaborative and inclusive team environment.
  
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• Continuous learning and professional development opportunities.