Solution Architect for StudyTube

Daxx is looking for a Solution Architect to join the Studytube team in our Kharkiv office.

Project description:
Studytube an education company, based in Amsterdam, that works towards our goal of unleashing an earthquake in the world of e-learning. We do not just offer online courses but provide companies a unique and very user-friendly course-building tool and an online marketplace. Keywords: adaptive learning, gamification, online role-playing, and management dashboard.

Technology stack:
— Ruby 2.6, RoR 5.2, Grape, RSpec
— TypeScript, Angular 9 (on frontend side)
— AWS services: EC2, RDS (MySQL), S3, ElastiCache(Redis), CloudFront, CodeDeploy
— Ubuntu, Nginx, unicorn

Responsibilities:
— Validation and clarification of business needs, requirements, and constraints
— Translation of business requirements into viable business technology solutions that align with our business strategy
— Act as most Senior technical expert on the project; provide inputs to Developers and QA teams
— Researching, identifying, and documenting potential solutions (options) to solve business problems and meet business needs
— Defining and designing high-level business technology solutions and architecturally planning their realization (road map)
— Assessing and documenting effort, risk, costs, and complexity for solutions and their realization
— Developing strong relationships with change delivery and operational teams to ensure solutions are understood and are implemented as intended or re-designed as necessary
— Communicating the options, designs, plans, risks, and general position of a business technology project
— Keeping compliance of architecture and technology trends, approaches, and frameworks

Requirements:
— At least 7 years experience in a professional IT role
— At least 2 years experience in a Solutions Architecture role or equivalent role defining, designing, planning, leading, and governing significant business technology change
— Knowledge and experience of multiple architecture domains
— Ability to analyze complex situations, environments, or systems and form an informed, evidence-based assessment and recommendation
— Ability to communicate the options, designs, plans, risks, and general position of a business technology project on behalf of the development department
— Knowledge and experience of a variety of architectural styles such as Service Oriented, Microservices, Event-Driven, Client-Server, REST, etc.
— Ability to quickly comprehend the functions and capabilities of new technologies
— Ability to communicate complex technical concepts and issues clearly and succinctly to stakeholders at all levels of the organization
— Ability to negotiate with stakeholders, resolve disagreements and issues, and positively influence outcomes
— Ability to work effectively with internal and external stakeholders
— Advanced spoken and written English

Daxx offers:
— Direct cooperation with the customer
— Dedicated HR / Client Manager
— Regular performance reviews
— Competitive salary, medical insurance, 20 working vacation days
— Regular corporate events, team buildings, etc.

About Daxx

Daxx is a Netherlands-based software development and technology consulting company with more than 20 years of experience and over 450 experts on board. We build dedicated teams to help fill technological and expertise gaps for international clients.

At the end of 2020, Daxx became a part of Grid Dynamics Group — a US-based technical service and consulting group of companies with a strong presence in the Eastern Europe region. Within the Grid Dynamics Group, Daxx continues to bring innovation and progress to tech businesses around the world.

We offer value-added services to our clients which include quality control, security testing, and process and technical consulting. So far, Daxx has helped more than 300 companies set up, manage, and retain their remote development teams in Ukraine.

Company website:
https://jobs.daxx.com/

DOU company page:
https://jobs.dou.ua/companies/daxx-group/