Principal Software Architect

About Skillable

Skillable is a 100% remote and virtual tech company that’s modernizing the world of training. Come share your professional magic with highly talented, drive and fun colleagues who believe in the power of “skilling.” Experience what a true team focused on doing the right thing feels like! 

Our people and talent are what make us great and fun! We work together to create amazing solutions and experiences for our customers and their clients. We utilize our employees’ personal strengths to help our company grow and ensure our team is living their best, authentic life. We don’t just share our appreciation for our team members once a year with a branded mug—it’s shared on a daily basis. Our remote work environment blends the demands of work and life without the added pressure of commuting or feeling guilty about leaving early to visit the dentist. 

Come work with us and learn what teamwork and integrity blended with an emphasis on well-being and balance can do for your career! 

The Principal Software Architect will lead and develop software projects designed to extend our industry-leading ability enabling companies to deliver hands-on experiences to their customers. They will use a collaborative team-centric approach to architect, design and extend capabilities and technical direction across a wide span of applications and technologies. They will also drive teams to CI/CD and Infrastructure as Code to enhance how customers interact with our products and in streamlining our processes  

Responsibilities

• Architect complex solutions that span across multiple applications and/or initiatives 
• Architect and deploy scalable solutions that integrate seamlessly with existing business and IT infrastructure 
• Lead cross-disciplinary teams to develop complex business services that meet strategic business objectives
• Stay abreast of advancements in cloud technologies, AI, machine learning, and data science to continuously innovate and improve solutions
• Deliver complex features working with agile teams 
• Recommend modern front-end architectures and deployment strategies (canary releases, A/B testing) 
• Stub out new features and patterns to provide great starting places 
• Mentor development teams in good architecture practices
• Transform to a domain driven services-based architecture
• Identify opportunities to build out new features in the new architecture
• Review pros/cons of moving existing implementations to a new architecture
• Consider ways to proactively and efficiently eliminate or minimize tech debt with each project
• Develop a Platform Roadmap and lead the implementation
• Proactively integrate new technologies in ways that best serve our customers and increase the …