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In Short
Arke is on the hunt for a tech-savvy trailblazer who possesses a profound understanding of technical architectures and excels at articulating complex concepts with stellar communication skills. Our ideal candidate bridges the gap between intricate technical requirements and clear, persuasive dialogue, ensuring alignment and understanding across all stakeholders. As a consultancy, we require someone who can transition between requirements, begin new challenges, and work with several developer teams for a client is necessary. A proven history of leading clients through designing and implementing enterprise architecture to meet their needs is a must.
Note that a work sample is required at the time of application.
Key Responsibilities
- Collaborate with clients to make strategic decisions impacting their business solutions.
- Create future state architectures for clients at an enterprise scale.
- Ensure the integrity of technical designs and features within the enterprise architecture.
- Lead the development team; prior experience as a developer is required.
- Provide accurate estimates for project scopes and development timelines.
- Facilitate backlog management, including creation, maintenance, and planning.
- Conduct client discussions on best practices for enterprise web/software applications.
- Offer in-depth knowledge of platforms, design patterns, and enterprise solution practices.
- Mentor junior team members to foster skill growth and ensure project success.
- Maintain productive relationships with all stakeholders, ensuring smooth project progression.
Qualifications
- Proven experience as an Enterprise Architect.
- Breadth and depth of experience as an architect.
- Growth mindset (receptive to feedback and focused on continuous improvement).
- Exceptional communication skills and the ability to instill client confidence in delivery capabilities.
- Exceptional interpersonal skills, including teamwork, facilitation, and negotiation.
- Strong leadership skills.
- Excellent analytical and technical skills.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Excellent planning and organizational skills.
- Ability to work with developers in an outsourced and in-house environment.
- Minimum of 7 years of enterprise-scale design and implementation experience in software development, with deep knowledge in at least two of the following technical disciplines: cloud computing, cloud-native, application development, and middleware.
- Proven Azure or AWS expertise; proficiency in both is highly advantageous.
- Familiarity with enterprise patterns and principles (e.g., Microservices, EDA, DDD, N-Tiers).
- Competency in enterprise architecture, middleware, and data flow diagramming.
- Ability to audit and document existing architectures and ecosystems, identifying gaps, pain points, and opportunities for improvement.
- Experience and understanding of modern API design patterns and principles.
- Able to define API specifications (preferably using Swagger).
- Proficiency with enterprise tools such as SQL, Service Bus/Message Queue, Caching, ESB, and ETL.
- Understanding of object-oriented principles (e.g., interfaces, composition, polymorphism).
- Understanding of different AI tools/models and what and how they accelerate job responsibilities
- Preferred background in consulting or client-facing roles.
- Preferred experience contributing to open-source projects or public repositories (e.g., GitHub, GitLab).
- Experience in an Enterprise Architect role at a digital or creative agency.
Who We Are
MSQ DX is a full-service experience design and technology consultancy dedicated to delivering connected, optimized digital solutions that spark conversations and fuel exponential growth. Our core values are the heart of MSQ DX and influence everything we do. We cultivate a vibrant culture for extraordinary people and uphold high standards while creating value for our clients and stakeholders.
Why MSQ DX?
At MSQ DX, our greatest strength is our people. We believe in creating an environment where everyone can do meaningful work, grow their skills, and feel supported by a team that truly cares.
We offer a fantastic benefits package to our US-based employees, including health, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance, along with a 401(k) plan that includes up to a 4% company match. We also trust our employees to self-manage their personal time off and we invest in opportunities for ongoing learning, mentorship, and professional development.
For our Brazil team, we provide competitive compensation and access to growth and collaboration with our cross-cultural teams. Everyone at MSQ DX plays an important role in our success, and we value each person’s unique contributions to our culture.
We are proud to be a place where people enjoy working and feel encouraged to be their best. We hope you will explore what it is like to be part of MSQ DX.
Requirements mentioned
- Proven experience as an Enterprise Architect.
- Breadth and depth of experience as an architect.
- Growth mindset (receptive to feedback and focused on continuous improvement).
- Exceptional communication skills and the ability to instill client confidence in delivery capabilities.
- Exceptional interpersonal skills, including teamwork, facilitation, and negotiation.
- Strong leadership skills.
- Excellent analytical and technical skills.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Excellent planning and organizational skills.
- Ability to work with developers in an outsourced and in-house environment.
- Minimum of 7 years of enterprise-scale design and implementation experience in software development, with deep knowledge in at least two of the following technical disciplines: cloud computing, cloud-native, application development, and middleware.
- Proven Azure or AWS expertise; proficiency in both is highly advantageous.
- Familiarity with enterprise patterns and principles (e.g., Microservices, EDA, DDD, N-Tiers).
- Competency in enterprise architecture, middleware, and data flow diagramming.
- Ability to audit and document existing architectures and ecosystems, identifying gaps, pain points, and opportunities for improvement.
- Experience and understanding of modern API design patterns and principles.
- Able to define API specifications (preferably using Swagger).
- Proficiency with enterprise tools such as SQL, Service Bus/Message Queue, Caching, ESB, and ETL.
- Understanding of object-oriented principles (e.g., interfaces, composition, polymorphism).
- Understanding of different AI tools/models and what and how they accelerate job responsibilities
- Preferred background in consulting or client-facing roles.
- Preferred experience contributing to open-source projects or public repositories (e.g., GitHub, GitLab).
- Experience in an Enterprise Architect role at a digital or creative agency.
- Pay Range - Remote - US
- $140,000—$170,000 USD
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