Staff Solutions Architect

Updated on 9/22/2023

1,001-5,000 employees

Live and on-demand boutique studio classes

Company Overview

Peloton uses technology and design to connect the world through fitness, empowering people to be the best version of themselves anywhere, anytime. The company offers a suite of fitness products and services.

Locations

London, UK

Experience Level

Entry

Junior

Mid

Senior

Expert

Desired Skills

Agile

AWS

Docker

JavaScript

Kubernetes

CategoriesNew

DevOps & Infrastructure

Software Engineering

Requirements

10+ years of backend software lead/architect experience, with 5 years of experience architecting and shipping software at scale
Significant experience in several of the following domains: SOA/microservices and event-driven architectures, databases, Kubernetes, Docker
Experience with the following programming languages: C#, Javascript
Experience in designing software systems with security and privacy from ground up, including various data regulatory, compliance considerations
To have exposure of (and ideally) significant experience working with media / content flows such as asset management, broadcast/content metadata flows and be familiar with a number of products in the broadcast/content industry
Track record of technical leadership via collaboration, mentorship, and leveling up teams including leading teams that are not part of the reporting line
Significant experience of the AWS platform including managing video at scale
A passion for software architecture and motivation to stay current with the latest frameworks
Knowledge of coding/debugging abilities
Comfortable working with cloud services and infrastructure (those aside from AWS)
Possess an agile mindset and embrace iterative design

Responsibilities

Owns the solutions architecture vision, strategy and roadmap from a technology and data perspective including 'as-is', 'to-be' and transitional states
Establishes and champions the enactment of architectural principles, policies and standards
Continually researching current and emerging technologies and proposing changes as needed to the architecture
Assessing the business impact that certain technical choices have and informing various stakeholders about any problems with the current technical solutions being implemented and offering solutions and mitigations
Comprehensive knowledge of information technology with an extensive understanding of application development technologies and methodologies
To understand Peloton's end to end workflow as it relates to content (functionality, data, video); to propose enhancements and changes that align to industry standards and deliver efficiencies
Providing supervision and guidance to development and engineers teams
To advocate technology and champion the adoption of new products, new development standards and techniques and industry standard approaches to solutions architecture

ABOUT THE ROLE

We are looking for an innovative Staff Solutions Architect to review, develop and enhance a systems architecture that will meet Peloton’s business needs. The responsibilities will include gathering requirements and functional specifications, evaluating current software systems in place in order to identify areas in need of improvement, understanding data flows and overseeing development teams.

The systems estate is a mixture of in-house built applications and 3rd party products. Most systems are hosted on AWS, both internally and externally managed.

A successful Staff Solutions Architect will be able to integrate updated specifications and requirements into the systems architecture.

YOUR DAILY IMPACT AT PELOTON

Owns the solutions architecture vision, strategy and roadmap from a technology and data perspective including ’as-is’, ’to-be’ and transitional states
Establishes and champions the enactment of architectural principles, policies and standards
Continually researching current and emerging technologies and proposing changes as needed to the architecture
Assessing the business impact that certain technical choices have and informing various stakeholders about any problems with the current technical solutions being implemented and offering solutions and mitigations
Comprehensive knowledge of information technology with an extensive understanding of application development technologies and methodologies
To understand Peloton’s end to end workflow as it relates to content (functionality, data, video); to propose enhancements and changes that align to industry standards and deliver efficiencies
Providing supervision and guidance to development and engineers teams
To advocate technology and champion the adoption of new products, new development standards and techniques and industry standard approaches to solutions architecture

YOU BRING TO PELOTON

10+ years of backend software lead/architect experience, with 5 years of experience architecting and shipping software at scale
Significant experience in several of the following domains: SOA/microservices and event-driven architectures, databases, Kubernetes, Docker
Experience with the following programming languages: C#, Javascript
Experience in designing software systems with security and privacy from ground up, including various data regulatory, compliance considerations
To have exposure of (and ideally) significant experience working with media / content flows such as asset management, broadcast/content metadata flows and be familiar with a number of products in the broadcast/content industry
Track record of technical leadership via collaboration, mentorship, and leveling up teams including leading teams that are not part of the reporting line
Significant experience of the AWS platform including managing video at scale
A passion for software architecture and motivation to stay current with the latest frameworks
Knowledge of coding/debugging abilities
Comfortable working with cloud services and infrastructure (those aside from AWS).
Possess an agile mindset and embrace iterative design

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ABOUT PELOTON:

Peloton provides Members with expert instruction, world-class content and the fitness industry’s leading music library to create impactful and entertaining workout experiences for anyone, anywhere and at any stage in their fitness journey. At home, outdoors, traveling, or at the gym, Peloton offers an immersive and personalized experience [with or without equipment]. Access Peloton content via the Peloton Bike, Bike+, Tread, Guide, Row or the Peloton App, now with multiple membership tiers. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in New York City, Peloton has a highly engaged community of nearly 7 million Members across the US, UK, Canada, Germany, and Australia.

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