Senior Architect - Software Engineering

About Slalom

Slalom is a purpose-led, global business and technology consulting company. From strategy to implementation, our approach is fiercely human. In seven countries and 45 markets, we deeply understand our customers-and their customers-to deliver practical, end-to-end solutions that drive meaningful impact. Backed by close partnerships with over 400 leading technology providers, our 11,000+ strong team helps people and organisations dream bigger, move faster, and build better tomorrows for all. We're honoured to be consistently recognised as a great place to work by Glassdoor and being one of Fortune's 100 Best Companies to Work For seven years running.

Since opening our doors in UK in 2014, we're at an exciting stage of our growth in Europe having launched our Germany & Ireland offices in 2022 & 2023 and now the Netherlands. We're looking for great people who want to be part of that adventure. Our employees are at the heart of delivering impactful and meaningful work for our clients and helping them to reach for and

Our Software Engineering capability builds full-stack solutions across a range of established and emerging technologies and techniques according to the needs of our clients including:

• Front end applications targeting native mobile and modern web platforms. Examples include React, Angular and Vue.

• APIs and back end services built using emerging frameworks and architectural patterns. Examples include Node, Typescript, Java and .Net.

• Hosting and application services provided by industry leading cloud providers. Examples include Azure and GCP.

• Operational efficiencies leveraging modern ecosystems and automated build and deployment pipelines.

• Collaborative build practices that allow our teams to be agile and responsive to our clients' needs.

Please note this role requires 2-3 days a week on site in Eindhoven.

What You'll Do

You will apply capability expertise to shape and deliver amazing software solutions to client challenges during Discovery and Delivery. You will partner with clients to understand the technical and functional challenges they are facing. As you iterate on solutions with clients, you will develop implementation and delivery plans that take advantage of emerging technologies at scale. You will guide team members through onboarding and joining each software program, familiarizing them with its objectives and technical direction. You will coordinate with other capabilities in order to ensure that world-class user experiences are understood, validation procedures are aligned, and automation components are delivered. Specifically, you will:

• Co-lead discovery and delivery project phases alongside other capability leaders.

• Develop and execute implementation plans in alignment with features and functionality designed to delight clients and customers.

• Provide oversight and guidance for other software engineers on medium-sized software teams.

• Write high-quality application code using emerging technologies and frameworks, primarily targeting cloud-based ecosystems.

• Collaborate with other software development capabilities to iteratively design, develop, validate, and operate software at scale using agile techniques.

• Ensure your team is empowered to deliver high-quality application code using emerging technologies and frameworks typically targeting cloud-based ecosystems.

• Advance the craft by developing and sharing materials and thought leadership with other Builders.

What You'll Bring

You will utilize your breadth of software design and delivery experience as well as your strong collaboration skills in order to coordinate the delivery of complex systems. Your ability to communicate ideas through diagrams, documents, and code will contribute to the team's ability to realize your client's vision. Curiosity will drive you to understand how to keep your team focused while ensuring that they are working as efficiently as possible. You have experience designing, setting up, and maintaining Edge computing networks (Google Anthos experience preferred). Your sphere of influence grows as you interact with business and technology leaders to coordinate and deliver the right solution to them. You will feed others' desire to learn and grow as you continue to expand your technical acumen across technologies and platforms.

Slalom is an equal opportunity employer and all applicants and employees are treated fairly and respectfully, regardless of any protected characteristic/s (e.g. age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage or civil partnership status, pregnancy, maternity, race, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation). If you require any assistance with regards to reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process, please do not hesitate to contact us - we will always be happy to help.

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