Software Architect

Purpose of the Role:

The purpose of this role is to lead a team of software engineers to design and deliver new projects, features, and overall system improvements for the Pampered Chef ecommerce website. The Software Architect will drive quality, reliability, performance, and scalability of the overall system environment. This position will focus on overall team growth, improving efficiency, and effectiveness over time.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead a team of 3-5 software engineers, providing guidance, mentorship, and technical leadership to ensure the successful delivery of projects.

• Collaborate closely with product managers to define project requirements, ensuring alignment between business objectives, customer needs, and technical constraints.

• Work closely with engineering managers to identify areas for improvement and implement strategies to enhance team efficiency and effectiveness.

• Interface closely with other architects to establish system-wide engineering best practices, driving quality, scalability, performance, and maintainability across all projects.

• Drive the design and development of high-level architectural solutions, considering technical feasibility, scalability, security, and performance requirements.

• Conduct architectural reviews and provide technical guidance to development teams, ensuring adherence to architectural principles and best practices.

• Leverage proficiency in the MERN/MEAN tech stack and utilizing microservices and RESTful APIs to architect and develop scalable and resilient software solutions.

• Maintain uptime of production software and systems through on-call support activities, collaborating with the operations team to promptly address and resolve incidents.

• Stay current with industry trends, emerging technologies, and best practices in software architecture, and apply this knowledge to drive innovation and continuous improvement within the organization.

• Act as a technical leader and advocate for engineering excellence, fostering a culture of collaboration, learning, and innovation within the team and across the organization.

Competencies for Success:

• Being resilient

• Tech savvy

• Manages ambiguity

• Manages complexity

Measures of Success:

• Establish and maintain high code quality standard

• Contribute to team improving velocity

• Contribute to team reducing the average ticket cycle time from IN PROGRESS to RESOLVED

• Contribute to team delivering more business value

• Contribute to team reducing the amount of interruptions

• Work with team to deliver at least 90% story completion in a sprint

Education & Experience:

• Bachelor in Computer Science, CIS, or MIS
• Minimum 7 years of Software Development experience, required
• 1-3 years of previous Lead experience, required

About Pampered Chef:

Established in 1980 by Doris Christopher, Pampered Chef is a global marketing enterprise and a proud Berkshire Hathaway company since 2002. We develop a multi-purpose, high-quality and unique kitchen product line that includes time-saving kitchen tools, cookware, cutlery, stoneware, and pantry products serving millions of customers around the world. We support a large network of independent consultants with their direct sales efforts in addition to our corporate ecommerce business.

We celebrate the power that mealtimes have to become something more: a way to transform relationships, share stories, create traditions, and build happier and richer lives. But, with today's expectations, we know finding the mealtime win can be difficult. We're here to help bridge that gap between the ideal mealtime and the realities of today. We do this through our distinctive, high-quality kitchen tools, parties that show you how to make delicious, timesaving recipes, and the opportunity to join our supportive international community of more than 50,000 consultants.

Pampered Chef is committed to providing a workplace where coworkers can do their best work, whether at home or in our Addison office location. This role will have the opportunity to work collaboratively, both in our Addison office and virtually, with leaders, and cross-functional partners to measure, test, learn, and improve our customers' mealtime journey.

Pampered Chef complies with the federal OSHA mandate pertaining to Covid-19 vaccinations, testing, and face coverings. As such, Pampered Chef requires you to provide your vaccination status as a condition of employment. If you have questions about this, please discuss with the Pampered Chef HR Recruiter.