About your future team
Nexient is on a mission: To rid the world of crappy software, one sprint at a time.
Every day, our 1000+ Agile developers, designers, and strategists empower each other to find passion in our work while we innovate the world. This culture of teamwork and curiosity is fueled by a product-minded approach to our work, crafting extraordinary custom software solutions and growing careers along the way.
Our clients range from some of America’s favorite brands in retail, healthcare, financial services to fast-emerging disruptors – You might have read about us in the NY Times. We’re also recognized as a Gartner Cool Vendor, HFS Hot Vendor, and America’s leading 100% U.S. Agile software services partner.
If you’re looking to change the trajectory of your career, make an impact on Day One, develop custom software on the best technology around – and maybe even make people’s lives easier -- then you belong here, with us.
Roles and Responsibilities
Looking for a hands-on architect to help a client on a long-term journey to DevOps, Cloud
native, and modernization. The engagement is with a client who is more conservative and
deliberate with their modernization strategy and is taking a long-term and evolutionary
approach. The architect will be hands-on, and engaged with the architecture team, and one to two individual engineering teams. The architect will be responsible for understanding the architectural standards, practices, and patterns, and then applying that to the problem space in the design, construction, deployment, and troubleshooting of services, modules, components, and applications. The current deployment model is still to bespoke instances, with a plan to transition to containers and full automated CI/CD over the next 12 months.
Responsibilities:
·Design and implement software systems and applications that are reliable, scalable, and maintainable using Java programming language.
·Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure that our software meets business needs and is aligned with our technical strategy.
·Guide our transition to DevOps by recommending tools, processes, and best practices that improve software delivery speed, quality, and reliability, with a strong focus on Docker and Containers.
·Develop and maintain technical architecture documentation, including diagrams, standards, and guidelines.
·Provide technical leadership and mentorship to software development teams, ensuring that they adhere to best practices and use industry-standard tools and techniques, with a focus on Java, Docker, and Containers.
·Continuously monitor and analyze our software systems and applications, identifying areas for improvement and making recommendations for optimization and enhancement.
Required Skills:
·At least 8 years of software architecture and development.
·At least 5 years software design patterns, data structures, algorithms, and distributed systems.
·At least 5 years of experience with Spring Boot.
·1+ years of experience with at least one of these DevOps tools: Jenkins, Git, Docker, Kubernetes, and Terraform.
Desired Skills:
·Bachelor degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field. Equivalent education and/or experience may be substituted for the minimum education requirement
Why Nexient
As a vital member of our Engineering Practice, you will be part of one of our 100+ small cross-functional teams working side by side with some of the most talented developers, UX designers, analysts, quality engineers, and product managers out there.
From Silicon Valley to Ann Arbor, Columbus, and beyond – a career with Nexient will offer you:
Remote, hybrid, or onsite opportunities: Here, you decide the work arrangement that best suits your needs and preferences.
Fulfilling and challenging projects: You will be exposed to different scenarios, multiple types of clients, and the most complex business and technology initiatives.
Access to the most cutting-edge technologies: You’re always going to be advancing your skillset by learning and working with the newest and most relevant technologies available out there.
A positive and passionate culture: Boring and divided aren’t in our vocabulary. In fact, it’s amazing to see how, despite our exponential growth, the Nexient culture and community stay as warm, diverse, and close as ever.
Plenty of opportunities for you to explore and grow: We will empower you to dream as big as you want and support you to make your career what YOU want it to be.
Creative runway: We take pride in encouraging our people to question the status quo.
Our benefits program includes:
· Medical, dental, and vision coverage
· Generous PTO, plus holidays
· 401(k) plan
· Life insurance and short-term & long-term disability
· Maternity leave
· Employee Assistance Program
· Flexible spending accounts
· Health savings account
Nexient is an equal opportunity employer and considers all applicants without regarding to race, color, religion, citizenship, national origin, ancestry, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, physical or mental disability, veteran or marital status, or any other characteristic protected by law. We are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment for all employees. If you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, please inform your recruiter so that we may connect you with the appropriate team.
