Job Description
TBA Leicester is a highly renowned organisation that is part of a multi-national group of companies and we are looking to recruit a Software Architect on a permanent basis in Leicester. Here at TBA Group we produce market leading, large-scale, distribution and supply chain software products used by customers worldwide and is aiming for further substantial growth over the next 5 years.
Established over 30 years ago; we’re award-winning and one of Europe’s leading software development companies for the intermodal and logistics companies. Through our innovative software, we produce market leading, large-scale, distribution and supply chain software products used by customers worldwide.
This is a great opportunity to play a key role within a demanding and growing environment. There are opportunities for career advancement within our thriving, award-winning professional organisation.
Key Responsibilities of a Software Architect;
* Working within our architecture team you'll report to our Head of Architecture and DevOps, and you'll be responsible for making informed and intuitive decisions about the design and structure of our Terminal Operating System software.
* Collaboration with product owners, functional experts (SME’s) and occasionally our customers, to determine functional and non-functional requirements for new software
* Prioritisation of the architectural design backlog (the “architecture runway”) such that it aligns with our product backlog, ensuring designs are prepared and shared with the development teams prior to sprint refinement
* Participation in scaled agile ceremonies – e.g. Daily Nexus stand-ups, sprint reviews etc.
* Use of industry recognised tools and methodologies to capture, document and share your concepts and designs with the development teams
* Collaboratively define the key non-functional requirements for the solution including the appropriate technology, security, flexibility, scalability, responsiveness and performance
* Monitor progress and output of the development teams to ensure the developed solution remains consistent with the initial design
* Working closely with colleagues from other TBA software streams and also 3rd parties where integration is required to surrounding applications and systems
* Providing technical guidance and coaching to software engineers and/or junior architects
* Working closely with our DevOps team to define and document hardware, OS and database platform requirements for our applications
Skills & Experience of a Software Architect;
* Significant experience in software development, ideally C#, Microsoft .Net and Entity Framework Core
* Domain Driven Design/Development
* Experience in working with microservices architecture
* Experience and appreciation of Agile development methodologies (e.g. Scrum, Kanban, SAFe).
* Microsoft Visual Studio & Microsoft Azure DevOps.
* Microsoft SQL Server Database Systems.
* Web APIs, RESTful, SOAP
* Message broker technologies (e.g. ActiveMQ, RabbitMQ)
Any of the following would be useful but not necessary;
* 2:1 BSc Honours Degree or above in Computer Science, Software Engineering or equivalent and already possess software development experience within industry.
* Containerised applications and orchestration tools (e.g. Docker and Docker Swarm)
* DevOps culture, especially Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment techniques
* Data Warehousing /BI technologies
* Release and deployments of complex, multi-layered, systems
* Monitoring tools such as InfluxDB, Grafana, Telegraf
* NoSQL databases e.g. MongoDB
* JavaScript experience/knowledge
* Knowledge or experience of working in, or systems/processes used in, a supply chain/logistics environment would be advantageous.
* “Extracurricular” developer activities such as open source projects, personal projects, blogs, online training courses
What we have to offer you;
* Salary: £negotiable, depending on skills and experience
* Pension
* Private Health Insurance - BUPA
* Cash Plan - BUPA
* Life assurance 3 x Salary
* Flexible working
* Hybrid working culture
* Employee discount scheme with retailers
This is a great opportunity to play a key role within a demanding and growing environment. There are opportunities for career advancement within our thriving, award-winning professional organisation.
The work we do is complex, challenging and rewarding and together with a relaxed, friendly atmosphere and a close-knit team, we believe we offer a unique working environment; our enviable staff retention rate speaks volumes about our ethos. It’s our aim for further substantial growth over the next 5 years and with our sights set on our ambition and there are opportunities for career advancement within our thriving, award-winning professional organisation.