Solutions Architect

Distinguished Tech Innovator:

3Pillar warmly extends an invitation for you to join an elite team of visionaries. Beyond software development, we are dedicated to engineering solutions that challenge conventional norms. Envision you: steering projects that redefine urban living, establish new media channels for enterprise companies, or drive innovation in healthcare. 

Your invaluable expertise will serve as the cornerstone in shaping the future direction of our endeavors.

This role is the primary expert within a technology stack. The Architect owns the decision making around high-level design choices and dictates technical standards, including software coding standards, tools, and platforms.  The ideal candidate will thrive in a collaborative environment and be engaged in the development process. 

WE ARE 3PILLAR GLOBAL

At 3Pillar, culture is more than a buzzword. The power of culture, teamwork, and open collaboration drives our commitment to building breakthrough software solutions that power digital businesses. Our passion for software development has gained us recognition in some of the industry’s most innovative spaces, including a spot on the Inc. 5000 list ten years in a row, a three time winner of the Washington Post Top Workplaces Award, and notable features in Forbes, Fortune, and the Washington Business Journal. 

We are an innovative software development partner whose solutions drive rapid revenue, market share, customer growth and employee efficiency for industry leaders in Media and Publishing, Information Services, Banking and Financial Services, Insurance and Healthcare.

Our key differentiator is our Product Mindset. Our development teams focus on building for outcomes and all of our team members around the globe are trained on the Product Mindset’s core values – Minimize Time to Value, Solve For Need, and Excel at Change. Our business-minded approach to agile development ensures that we align to client goals from the earliest conceptual stages through launch and beyond. 

WHAT WE BELIEVE

At 3Pillar, our core values – Intrinsic Dignity, Outsized Impact, Open Collaboration, and Continuous Improvement – drive our commitment to providing best-in-class software development services to high-growth businesses across the globe. We’ve spent more than fifteen years building innovative software solutions. Our executive team has always held our values to the highest standard which has led to active participation on the Forbes Tech Council, a winner of the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award, and a spot on the Washington Business Journal’s Women Who Mean Business list. 

• Act as the emissary of the architecture.
• Technical owner from design to resolution of tailored solutions to sophisticated problems on cloud platforms based on client requirements and other constraints.
• Partners with appropriate stakeholders to determine functional and non-functional requirements, as well as business goals, for a set of scenarios.
• Assess and plan for new technology insertion.
• Manage risk identification and risk mitigation strategies associated with the architecture.
• Influence and communicate long-term product vision, technical vision, development strategy and roadmap.
• Contribute to code reviews, documentation and architectural artifacts.
• Active leader in the Architecture Practice community, mentoring Engineers and others through Communities of Practice (CoPs) or on project teams, supporting the growth of technical capabilities.

• A Bachelor’s degree or higher in Computer Science or a related field.
• A minimum of 5+ years of experience/expertise working as a Software Architect, with proficiency in the specified technologies:
• Strong knowledge of Java, Spring Boot.
• Strong knowledge of Angular.
• Strong knowledge of Relational Databases, like PostgreSQL, NoSQL databases, like Cassandra, and other datastores, like Redis.
• Good knowledge of AWS (Networking, Data stores, Compute services)
• IaC-Devops (Terraform, GitHub Actions, Ansible)
• Experience working with Data Science teams and have knowledge about MLOps.
• Experience with microservices
• Experience with observability tools like NewRelic
• Good knowledge of Docker and Kubernetes
• Good knowledge of authentication schemes like OIDC and SAML, through OKTA
• High level of English proficiency required to interact with a globally-based development team.
• Communicate in a clear and understandable manner with clients, and be able to articulate the details of the designed architecture using the appropriate level of technical language.
• Natural leader with critical reasoning and good decision making skills.
• Have extremely good knowledge on SDLC processes and familiarity with actionable metrics and KPIs.
• Operational excellence in design methodologies and architectural patterns across multiple platforms.
• Ability to work on multiple parallel projects and utilize time management skills and multitasking capabilities.
• Experience leading Agile software development methodologies.
• High-level design proficiency following UML / C4 / ArchiMate.
• Experience with DevOps and CI/CD practices and tools.
• Demonstrate mentorship and thought leadership to engineers and decision-makers throughout the organization.

• Foundational knowledge in Data Analysis/Modelling/Architecture, ETL Dataflows and good understanding of highly scalable distributed and cloud-native data stores.
• Experience in designing applications involving more than one technology platform (web, desktop, mobile). 
• Experience in designing SaaS or highly scalable distributed applications on the cloud.
• Financial management experience and ROI calculation.
• Solutions Architect certification on major cloud platforms (AWS, Azure or GCP)
• TOGAF Certified.
• Additional experience in the following areas will be a plus:
• Non traditional data stores, like Vector, Graph and Time Series databases
• Python
• AWS Sagemaker

• Medical Insurance benefits as per company policy. 
• Life Insurance as per company policy
• 12 days of paid vacation, sick leave and paid holidays as per local law
• Paternity and maternity leave as per as per local law
• Marriage, bereavement and graduation leaves as per company policy
• Sick leave and paid holidays as per local law
• Christmas bonus as per local law
• Saving Fund “Asociacion Solidarista”
• Beach house (Managed by the Asociacion Solidarista)
• Discounts in local shops
• Direct deposit of payroll.
• Paid professional certifications

• At 3Pillar, we offer a world of opportunity:
• Imagine a flexible work environment - whether it's the office, your home, or a blend of both. From interviews to onboarding, we embody a remote-first approach.
• You will be part of a global team, learning from top talent around the world and across cultures, speaking English every day. Our global workforce enables our team to leverage global resources to accomplish our work in efficient and effective teams.
• We're big on your well-being - as a company, we spend a whole trimester in our annual cycle focused on well-being. Whether it is taking advantage of fitness offerings, mental health plans (country-dependent), or simply leveraging generous time off, we want all of our team members operating at their best.
• Our professional services model enables us to accelerate career growth and development opportunities - across projects, offerings, and industries.
• We are an equal opportunity employer. It goes without saying that we live by values like Intrinsic Dignity and Open Collaboration to create cutting-edge technology AND reinforce our commitment to diversity - globally and locally.