Principal Software Architect

Caylent is a cloud native services company that helps organizations bring the best out of their people and technology using Amazon Web Services (AWS). We provide a full-range of AWS services including: workload migrations & modernization, cloud native application development, DevOps, data engineering, security & compliance and everything in between. At Caylent, our people always come first. 

We are a fully remote global company with employees in Canada, the United States and Latin America. We celebrate the culture of each of our team members and foster a community of technological curiosity. Come talk to us to learn more about what it means to be a Caylien!

The Mission

We are seeking an exceptional Principal Architect to join our growing Cloud Native Applications team. The right candidate is a cross-functional, software development focused individual who possesses a deep level of knowledge to guide our clients on their modernization journeys. This role will be twofold in its responsibilities.

The first, and more important, aspect of this role is engaging with clients and delivering maximum value in a short period of time. You will be tasked with discovery, design, and delivering POCs to multiple clients at a time. Your goal is to understand their needs, and show them how Caylent can help.

Secondly, as the deep technical expert, you will be tasked with internal projects to produce content, design internal automation and integrations, and mentor the team that we have as all strive to be an exceptional partner.

Your Assignment

• Prioritize up to 4 different workstreams at a given time. Workstreams may include client engagements, internal projects or tasks, or content deadlines
• Interface with clients to do discovery on an issue, create technical artifacts clearly describing your solution, and present your ideas to the client
• Kickoff new client engagements and be a positive representation of Caylent
• Aid in the development and review of proposals and contracts
• Perform technical interviews for Architect and Engineer candidates
• Provide technical guidance and mentorship to Architects and Engineers
• Develop public facing content that is representative of the work Caylent does and the problems we are solving

Your Qualifications

• Expertise working with AWS 
• Expertise writing, reviewing, and deploying using multiple different coding languages (nodejs, go, react, angular, typescript, python, etc)
• Great verbal and written communication skills
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