Software Architect - for C# / DevOps / BackOffice solutions at Flowbird UK

SOFTWARE ARCHITECT – IMMEDIATE OPENING – BASED IN DORSET

Are you someone who can help drive maturity and best practice within our microservice based back-office? Do you have experience of all or some of these? C#, .Net Core, Docker, Kubernetes, Keycloak, AWS platforms

Flowbird delivers solutions for smart cities on the move. Our Smart Transport solutions can be seen in world-class cities including London, Edinburgh, Paris, New York, Sydney, Rome, Brussels and Toronto. Flowbird is present in 4,000 towns and cities around the world. We employ over 1,000 people creating and delivering effective, high quality solutions for our clients. 

Flowbird are committed to being at the forefront of public transport ticketing and so we have a need for a Software Architect focused on design and delivery of the future Cloud-based systems and products for our next generation markets worldwide.

This role will be based in Poole, Dorset and could involve travel to Paris and Besançon where part of the team are located. The job will consist of refining, designing and supporting the delivery of new strategic systems, products and services from cradle to grave worldwide. Some travel to customer sites in the world may be required.

What you’ll work on:

• Close collaboration with developers to create, refine and deliver technical architecture solutions
• Technical architecture system design of software
• Support evolution of Technical Roadmaps by analysing existing software architectures and making recommendations
• Process and technical design reviews
• Provide guidance and mentoring for software delivery & engineering
• Participate in the technology strategy of the company, in collaboration with the different business units.
• Work within the above guidelines, determine system architecture and design options for products that you have responsibility for.
• To be able to create, lead and review system design documentation and test processes.
• Advise and support the development and test teams, working within an agile environment to help them understand and implement solutions aligned with corporate product architectures and designs.
• Coordination with internal and external technical experts and management, improving awareness of core products and project variations.
• Provide technical leadership of core products and their realisation, ensuring that technical standards, documentation and processes are applied to all delivery artefacts.
• Resolve technical issues arising during the project lifecycle and after release.
• Provide technical sales support for new sales opportunities or initiatives and lead solution reviews before tender submission, both in terms of coherence and costs.

What we’re looking for: 

• Have proven experience building highly available, reliable back-office solutions.
• Be well versed in current design patterns and principles such as 12 factor app, SOLID etc.
• Have experience with cloud based solutions and modern architecture principles
• Strong candidates will have working knowledge of good practices to ensure DevOps capabilities such as cloud native apps, building the capability for blue / green deployments, feature switching etc
• Have worked on SaaS systems previously.
• Hold a Master Degree in IT / Engineering related field.
• Ideally: have exposure to PCI-DSS / payment environments.

Company Benefits:

·        25 days holiday, plus Bank holidays, with the option to buy or sell days

·        Up to 6% contributory Company pension scheme

·        Life assurance of x4 annual salary

·        Health Cash Plan

·        Discounted gym membership with a company subsidy

·        6 months Company sick pay

·        Employee discounts

·        Employee assistance programme available 24/7

·        Flexible Benefits platform giving you the option to purchase additional benefits including critical illness cover, additional life assurance, dental insurance, health screening, cycle to work scheme, personal car leasing, breakdown cover, purchase of technology

·        Paid Employee Volunteering days

·        Hybrid working

·        Additional Maternity / Paternity leave

·        Free onsite car parking

·        Free tea/coffee