Software Architect

Location: Bucharest, Romania

The people we all rely on to make the world go round – they rely on Thales. Thales rely on its employees to invent the future: right here, right now.

Present in Romania for over 40 years, Thales is expanding its presence in the country by growing its Digital capabilities and by developing a Group Engineering Competence Centre (ECC). Operating from Bucharest, Thales delivers solutions in a number of core businesses, from ground transportation, space and defence, to security and aeronautics.
Several professional opportunities have arisen. If you are looking for the solidity of a Global Group that is at the forefront of innovation, but with the agility of a human structure that tailors to the personal development of its employees and allows opportunities for evolution in an international environment, then this is the place for you!

About Our Team

We are developing offline and online and core components, parts of a very competitive solution for Air Traffic Management, used specifically for France region. The 4Flight ATM system helps traffic controllers contribute to maintaining the highest levels of safety in the airspace.

Airspace Mobility Solutions (AMS) business line is a safe, friendly and people-focused environment, built on mutual respect, trust and growth. We employ coaching and building leaders as means of achieving our dreams.

An impressive 2 out of every 3 planes around the world land and take-off with the help of Thales. We combine half a century’s experience in development and deployment with an unrivalled worldwide installed base, advanced technology and ground-breaking innovations to deliver solutions that are continually adapted to the ever-changing aviation system’s needs.

We, at AMS, believe we should:

• Be proud of the quality of what we deliver
• Undergo continuous improvement and personal growth
• Have a high level of Agile maturity values, principles and processes
• Have supportive and friendly team
• Abide to servant leadership principles
• Assess our activity using management by results

A typical work day:

• Scrum ceremonies
• Solving any pending or blocking issues
• Develop new features and solve bugs
• Collaborate with other teams (e.g. Integration, Validation, System etc.)
• Technical design sessions and discussions
• Contribute to estimating enhancement requests for prospective and existing customers
• Estimating enhancement requests for prospective and existing customers
• Updating our team knowledge base

The Software Architect is technically responsible for the software architecture and its consistency with the solution/system architecture. The Software Architect coordinates with the Solution Architect and PDA in order to make sure that the top down refinement of the solution is consistent with the software strategy and constraints including COTS & OSS selection and components reuse.

• Ensures that software architecture stability is maintained across lifecycle phases from Bid to Delivery
• Directs and coordinates software architecture studies together with the architecture team in France
• Is accountable for the technical, technological, and methodological choices taken in respect of the selected software architecture
• Guarantees adherence to in-scope standards, reuse policy and product development plans; Identifies modelling, simulation and prototyping opportunities;
• Prepares the Design & Justification Files;
• Provides knowledge on state-of-the-art software architecting, taking account of future developments;
• Monitors technological developments.

Technical Skills

Required:

• Knowledge of Java / C / C++ programming languages (or the willingness to learn if not all are known)
• Knowledge of AngularJS or similar front-end technologies
• Knowledge of Spring Framework
• Experience with big data platforms and familiarity with relational databases (e.g. PostgreSQL)
• Knowledge of database integration technologies (e.g. Hibernate)
• At least 10 years of experience in software development
• Knowledge of configuration and change management tools (e.g. JIRA)
• Ability to understand and debate on complex technical issues
• Clean code
• Design Patterns
• Scripting languages: Bash, Python, Groovy etc.
• Familiar with DevOps tools and technologies (e.g.: Jenkins/GitLab CI, Docker, Kubernetes)
• Familiarity with real-time event driven technologies (e.g. Kafka)
• Linux
• Git

Nice to have:

• An understanding of requirements and configuration management, aeronautical Software and Hardware standard (e.g. ED-109/DO-278) and Air Traffic Control

YOUR CAREER AT THALES

Joining Thales, you will integrate into a tight-knit team working in an international and friendly environment. Thanks to various teams working on multiple fields and domains, all located in Bucharest, you will be able to evolve and grow your competences in different areas.

YOUR IMMEDIATE BENEFITS

• 24 holiday days a year
• Benefit Online
• A good work-life balance which includes flexible working hours and remote work
• A comprehensive compensation and benefit package including medical & life insurance coverage
• Performance & yearly bonuses At Thales we provide CAREERS and not only jobs. With Thales employing 80,000 employees in 68 countries our mobility policy enables thousands of employees each year to develop their careers at home and abroad, in their existing areas of expertise or by branching out into new fields. Together we believe that embracing flexibility is a smarter way of working. Great journeys start here, apply now!