Solutions Engineer (20% coding, 80% consultation, Quickbooks, API) – Accounting Software
Day rate: £300 – £400 inside IR35
Duration: 6 months
Start: ASAP
Hybrid – London
My client is looking a contractor to work cross-functionally with various teams within the business including: business development, product management, platform engineering, partnership, content creation and business units to drive tangible results.
Lead technical discussions with potential partners to brainstorm solutions and determine technical feasibility. Perform integration audit of partner’s integration with their software and recommend improvements to the integration that will utilise all ecosystem capabilities to deliver mutual business goal Develop credibility and strong partnership with partner technical teams and work together to architect joint solutions for common customers.
Serve as a design and implementation consultant/expert to partners. Conduct hands-on design and code-jam sessions with partners. Conduct training sessions/webinars & produce code samples as needed to enable partners. Analyse issues reported by partners and provide feedback and requirements to product management team as necessary Demonstrate a passion for developing well architected, elegant, web and/or mobile apps that solve a real customer need.
Architect and develop web, software, mobile apps, prototypes, sample code, or proofs of concepts (POCs). Act as the technical subject matter expert. Influence the roadmap of product development to solve business challenges and APIs. Generate technical documentation and presentations to communicate architectural and design options and educate development teams and business users.
Work closely with the content writer to drive technical documentation improvements and focus on refreshing and maintaining sample code and SDKs. Create YouTube video tutorials, help articles, and FAQs. Monitor customer feedback and recommend a roadmap for feature improvements with the partners. Drive ongoing check-ins with partners to discuss improvements, bug fixes and integration issues.
Required Skills:
1. BS/MS in computer science or equivalent work experience.
2. 5+ years experience designing and/or developing web, software, or mobile applications for small business or consumer finance management.
3. Strong relationship building to partner, collaborate and influence. Passion or understanding of the SMB customer.
4. Expertise with one or more of: Javascript, Java, .NET, PHP,, Python, Ruby on rails. Experience with web services (consuming preferred, creating OK) with REST & GraphQL & various industry authentication standards.
5. Knowledge of QuickBooks accounting software is highly desirable.
6. Ability to explain complex technical issues in verbal and written format to both technical and non-technical audiences.
7. Self motivating, tenacious and balanced individual who brings ‘can do’ motivation
8. Great communication skills
*Rates depend on experience and client requirements