Solutions Architect (banking project) (offline)

Softjourn is a full-cycle consulting and software development company, with expert product teams experienced in Fintech, Media & Entertainment, with a special emphasis on Ticketing. Headquartered in Silicon Valley, California, with R&D offices in Ukraine, Poland, and Brazil, Softjourn is a global software development company with over 20 years of experience.

About the project:

The client is an American community bank that is building an online banking platform on the basis of Mulesoft and backoffice on Salesforce. Our team will be focused on developing integrations between various SaaS solutions from the client.

The project is at the early stage: investigating the systems of third-party vendors, finalizing the processes, developing the initial functionality, defining the integration mechanisms, making all important decisions regarding Mulesoft, Data, Devops and Salesforce parts of the system.

The team consists of 20 people now: Mulesoft, Salesforce, Devops, QA (manual and automation), Data, Business Analysts teams, Solution Architect, Scrum Master, PM, Security Analyst.

There is a part of the team on the client’s side: Mulesoft, Devops, Data leads, Product Managers and Product Owners.

The team is in the European time zone, the client is in the EST time zone.

We use Scrum on the project: two weeks sprints, daily meetings, retro and planning ceremonies.

Technology stack on the project and tools: Mulesoft, Salesforce, AWS, Azure devops, BitBucket, Jira, Confluence, Teams.

Requirements:

3+ years of experience on Solutions Architect position;
5+ years of Senior level development or devops experience;
Experience with creating architecture definitions for complex enterprise projects;
Strong knowledge of the cloud services (AWS);
Strong problem-solving skills;
Understanding of DevOps tools and CI/CD processes;
Understanding of SDLC;
Good communication and leadership skills;
Advanced English level;
Experience of working with cross-functional teams;
Strong diagramming and documenting skills;
Experience of working on integration projects.

Will be a plus:

Experience with Financial domain;
Business analysis skills;
Experience with the following technologies: Mulesoft, Kafka, Salesforce, Apache Nifi, ETL tools;
Proactivity and willingness to be a facilitator of different processes and activities.

Responsibilities:

Design the architecture and system components on a high level, provide consulting on the project, prepare architecture-specific documentation, make decisions around technical stack and infrastructure;
Control the high-level architecture implementation, consult the teams about solution requirements, tweak solution architecture on-the-go, participate in the communication with a customer;
Resolve disputes and make tradeoffs on different phases of a project, resolve business issues with technical solutions, interact with stakeholders to achieve common goals, verify escalations made by developers;
Identify opportunities on the project to encourage constant growth of the project;
Act as a midpoint between customer needs and technical teams, collaborate with BAs on solution requirements, collaborate with PM and scrum master;
Set up the project's processes and create documentation;
Work with diagramming tools to create needed artifacts.

Benefits and perks:

Flexible schedule with the ability to work from the office/remotely/hybrid;
20 workdays of paid vacation annually;
Paid sick leave;
Professional development (online courses, certifications, etc.);
A huge selection of learning resources in our Knowledge Library;
Medical insurance;
Accountants assistance;
English language courses.

About Softjourn

Imagine branching out and trying out your skills in the international arena, learning from committed professionals from the US, Brazil, Poland, and Ukraine. And at the same time having your like-minded teammates and feeling part of things. Tempting?

People have infinite ideas, Softjourn gives them life

Softjourn is a full-cycle consulting and software development company, with expert product teams experienced in Fintech, Media & Entertainment, with a special emphasis on Ticketing. Headquartered in Silicon Valley, California, with R&D offices in Ukraine, Poland, and Brazil, Softjourn is a global software development company with over 20 years of experience.

It all began in Silicon Valley in 2001 with one Information Systems graduate Emmy Gengler taking a plunge and starting a company called Softjourn. In 2005, together with a young programming enthusiast Sergiy Fitsak they opened an R&D office in the heart of Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine. Then in 2015 there was Wroclaw, Poland, and now in 2023 in São Paulo, Brazil.

With 20+ years of unique experience, 200+ amazing employees, 1000+ successful project launches, many beautiful countries on our map, 4.85 average client rating there is so much we can offer You! Among our awards throughout these years there is one that stands out as we are trendsetters in the Women In The Tech movement — we are honored to be one of the top Women-Owned Software Development Companies in 2022 by Clutch!

Our Core Values — Are you a match?
We code according to the principle Live Through Software!
Our creative and bright Softjourners are a mixture of nationalities. Thus, a crucial part of our identity is to Think Human and build meaningful relationships and an inclusive environment.
Our Just Improve principle means that we are always ready for new challenges. Are you?
If, like us, you never settle for “good enough” when something can be great, if you are keen on Doing One More Thing, you found the right place.

#StandwithUkraine
Since the full-scale war broke out, we’ve been going the extra mile to make sure our Ukrainian colleagues are safe and supported in every possible way — many of them were relocated to relatively safer places in Ukraine, some received assistance moving abroad. Our offices are equipped with power generators and constant access to the Internet in case we again face power outages. Our people are our top priority and we provide them with all we can for them to feel more protected, e. g. military and tactical medicine training at Softjourn. Softjourners that are now fighting on the front line feel our gratitude and support — we’ve bought and sent to the front various military equipment totalling USD 350,000.

And never will our bravest fallen heroes be forgotten! To commemorate their courage, their exceptional love for Ukraine and their sacrifice, there is Memory Wall in our office in Ukraine. Forever in our minds, forever in our hearts.

The Go Global Initiative
Are you ever stuck for ideas? Do you need to boost your creativity? Join Softjourn and open yourself to other cultures, and different mindsets! In 2021, Softjourn chose the path to Going Global and since then we haven’t stopped adding more and more professionals from around the world to our team (growing 12% globally and 10% in Ukraine in 2022). The year 2023 started with another milestone — our R&D office in Sao Paulo!
We believe in synergy, we embrace the unique ideas of our overseas colleagues, we think outside the box. And we are confident YOU also do!

Benefits:
- Medical insurance
- Flexible schedule with the ability to work from the office/remotely/hybrid
- 20 workdays of paid vacation annually
- Paid sick leave
- Hardware tailored to your position
- Dedicated mentor and assistance of a project consultant — you will receive help with setting your expectations as well as guidance and feedback
- A huge selection of learning resources in our Knowledge Library
- Professional development (online courses, certifications, etc.)
- English classes (free group work and personal interview coaching sessions, 50/50 paid individual classes)
- Accounting support

Company website:
https://softjourn.com/en

DOU company page:
https://jobs.dou.ua/companies/softjourn/