Kainos

Technical Architect

Kainos
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4 months ago
Remote, United Kingdom or Birmingham, United KingdomStaff+

Responsibilities

  • Lead teams and provide technical leadership on customer projects.
  • Develop software architectures and high-quality solutions for multi-tiered modern applications.
  • Collaborate with customer architects to agree technical designs and explain technical implications.
  • Estimate effort and contribute to product planning, user story creation, and requirements definition.
  • Own technical decisions and incorporate non-functional customer concerns into application designs.
  • Manage, coach, and develop a small number of staff, including supporting performance and career development.
  • Communicate technical designs through conversations, documentation, and presentations.
  • Participate in knowledge-sharing activities and technology communities.

Requirements

  • Experience with AWS, Node.js or JavaScript frameworks, TypeScript, Terraform, and AWS CDK.
  • Experience delivering software designs for multi-tiered modern applications.
  • Experience owning the technical direction of a software product or project, including architecture, estimation, product planning, and user story or requirements creation.
  • Experience incorporating non-functional requirements into application design.
  • Experience with public cloud platforms such as AWS and Azure, including SaaS and PaaS offerings.
  • Ability to communicate technical designs clearly to technical and non-technical audiences.
  • Ability to make effective decisions in a fast-moving delivery environment.
  • Demonstrated ability to manage, coach, and develop junior team members and the wider community.
  • Experience with multiple programming languages and data storage technologies is desirable.
  • Experience managing others, setting objectives, giving feedback, and leading performance reviews is desirable.
  • Participation in knowledge-sharing activities and technology communities is desirable.

Benefits

  • Kainos emphasizes a people-first, collaborative, and inclusive culture.
  • The company supports employee growth, learning, development, and career progression.
  • Recruitment accommodations and adjustments are available upon request.
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About Kainos

1,001-5,000 employees

Kainos is a Belfast-headquartered, publicly listed IT services company that designs and delivers digital services and Workday solutions for public, healthcare and commercial clients. Its business includes agile software engineering, cloud and data platforms, systems integration, and a Workday implementation and testing practice (including the Smart automated testing product). Founded in 1986 and listed on the London Stock Exchange, Kainos operates across the UK, Europe and North America.

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