Backend Solution Architect

Job Description & Summary

About Application Development team

We are a Team with 160+ professionals with different roles covering everything from Business to Technical solutions. We can build a team to meet the needs of any project or product you have. We strive for excellence. All our teams follow the same guidelines, which are being continuously evaluated and improved with the latest technology standards and up-to-date policies. Based on the project size, we can select specific specialists that can best contribute to a successful and effective solution. Server-Side Applications, High-Performance Frontends, Mobile Apps, User Experience, Quality Assurance, Cloud and DevOps, Business Analysis, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning.

About your manager

Marek Novotný is a Partner within the Advisory services of PwC. Working extensively in the US and European geographies, he is recognized as a strong executive within the technology areas. He is focused on quality while providing a reliable and trustworthy services in areas of custom software development covering digital products and services development, cloud transformations and data related services (analytics, engineering and science).  In the past Marek has held also an array of positions within areas of Technology Consulting, Forensics Technology Services and Data Analytics.

Job description & summary

Junction is a large distributed application that was created for PwC teams to gather project-related data at one place and surface key information to clients easily. The purpose of the project is to allow internal teams to efficiently collaborate on complex projects, provide big corporate clients detailed analysis, visibility and control during multi-phase transactions running while acquiring or selling a business entity.

The application provides different roles according to a user's assignment on the current project allowing users to perform a defined subset of operations and it also allows the customers to access the shared content inside. When all the data is collected and processed, the application allows to generate a detailed report which is presented as the final output of the whole project. The application is very high-profile, uses microservice architecture and is built with focus on the highest possible technical quality using the most modern technology stack.

Remote vs Onsite: 90% remote; attendance to planning sessions/workshops may be required about four times a year for up to one week duration (must be able to travel around EU and UK freely) 
Working Hours: 11:00 - 19:00 CET with core hours from 14:00 - 19:00 CET

Requirements of the role

• 13+ years of experience in software development

• Heavy solutioning and business to technical bridging focus

• Understands that not everything can be governed by logic only (i.e. you might make a decision that is not optimal from technical perspective, but is cost efficient)

• Talks to the business, translates vague business requirements to technical PBIs, able to define and negotiate trade offs, able to define direction, guidance, read between the lines

• Ultimately responsible for the design and delivery of the technical solution ensuring work is delivered on time and meets quality standards

• To work with the Product Owner (“PO”) , Product Manager (“PM”) and UX Lead to provide feedback on user needs in Feature Brief’s for new features and functionality

• To review and define scenarios and use cases (scenario planning) with the input of PO, PM, UX, QA Lead, based on user needs

• Work on run-ahead work

• Defining the system architecture (including application, security, infra and deployment) for solutions ensuring they meet requirements

• Review detailed design specifications

• Review and approve all technical deliverables (scope) and timeline together with PM

• Help PM to groom PBIs

• Create and update technical PBIs

• Responsible for technical feasibility study / POC

• Responsible for Systems impact assessment / analysis

• Technical guidance and mentoring of the tech team at every step of the SDLC

• Ensure coding standards are followed and unit tests are written for code coverage

• Ensure code review and dev integration testing is happening so that technical deliverances meet quality standards

• Managing technical risk and risks associated with the project, raising issues to PM and PO

• Ensure team is creating and contributing to technical documentation in the form of technical specifications, help guides, API documentation etc

• Communicating with other solutions architect resolve cross team dependencies

• Capture system dependencies (internal + external)

• Center point of communication for client representatives (business)

• Overseeing quality and timely fashion of development

• Create (and keep it up-to-date) project documentation, technical design and diagrams updated

• Is able to perform impact analysis and assess if changes are breaking/non-breaking

• Is great hands-on developer

• Is able to produce high quality code at a high velocity

• Is able to do code reviews

• Is able to define and evaluate software development best practices

• Knows design patterns and is able to introduce them when needed together with explanation of why they should be used and what is the added value they bring

• Strong consultancy, sense of ownership and urgency, strong driver

• Not having a “contractor mindset”

• Is able to efficiently communicate, explain design ideas, consistently “fight” for good things to happen and be introduced in relation to SDLC (be it new tools, new SW development approaches, new techniques...)

• Is able to help people around to get things done

• Good knowledge of Design Patterns, Architecture

• Proficient in SQL and experience with relational databases (SQL Server/Azure SQL Database, MySQL and SSRS).

• Experience with cloud platforms (Azure) and containerization technologies (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes).

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to diagnose and resolve complex issues under pressure.

• Excellent communication (English) and interpersonal skills to effectively collaborate with cross-functional teams and communicate technical concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Stack - mandatory

• C# & .NET Core

• ASP.NET Web API

• Dependency Injection - .NET

• Entity Framework Core, Unit of work, Repository pattern

• Visual Studio, Visual Studio Code

• HTTP, API design

• Design Patterns

• Unit testing, integration testing (usage of xUnit or nUnit)

• Postman, Fiddler, Web Developer tools

• MS SQL

• Azure - AppService, Service Bus, Functions, SQL Database, Azure DevOps

Stack - nice to have

• Microservices

• Docker, Kubernetes

• NoSql, Redis

• MediatR

• Authentication - OAuth, JWT, OWASP, SQLi, XSS, CSRF

• Profiling tools, Static code analysis tools

• The very basics of JavaScript, HTML, CSS, TypeScript, NodeJs, Npm, React

• GitHub

• CI/CD

• PowerBI, SSRS

• Aspose

Our Benefits and Fun

• Stable, but challenging working environment providing plenty of opportunities for your continuous professional growth.

• Fair salary plus annual bonus and flexible working hours.

• Paid time off 30 days, 3 wellbeing days and 2 extra days off from the company at the end of the year.

• High-end Ultrabook and iPhone with unlimited data.

• Benefit program with 55.000 points that you can use for holidays, education, food vouchers, sports (Multisport), health... Simply on what you enjoy.

• Support for your education and development: we offer business and digital training and many other training and workshops to further develop your personal and professional skills. We pay for technical certifications and the time you spend studying them.

• Opportunity to work with foreign PwC offices, for example in the UK, DE, NL, USA, Canada and other countries

• Extra-work activities and Away Days (team building, ski weekend, etc.).

• You will develop your skills while having the support from the top notch professionals in the team (also career coaching etc).

PwC is the largest audit team in the Czech Republic, law, tax, consulting and technology, data or forensic teams. Find out how easy it is to combine this knowledge when you're in the right place. With us, you will get the opportunity to see how business is done in large companies. We are part of an international network of companies with more than 364,000 colleagues in 151 countries.At PwC, we create an inclusive work environment where everyone can be themselves and find their place and opportunity to develop.

Are you interested in our offer? Let us know about yourself and we will discuss more details together!

Once you've applied for a position, Ornella Indrová, our recruiter for the Technology Consulting team will contact you. You'll then have an interview/selection process. If you're successful and you also get along with the hiring manager, you're good to go and start your career!

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