Software Architect - Back-end

About Trafilea

Trafilea is a dynamic and innovative Tech E-commerce Group that operates multiple direct-to-consumer brands in the intimate apparel and beauty sectors, with a focus on using data-driven strategies to scale their businesses. In addition to our products, we have our own online community dedicated to promoting body positivity. As a rapidly growing global player, Trafilea is committed to creating high-quality products and services that enhance the customer experience and drive long-term growth.
At Trafilea, we foster a culture of collaboration, innovation, and continuous learning. We believe in investing in our people and providing them with the support and development opportunities they need to grow both personally and professionally. With our remote-first approach, you'll have the freedom to work from anywhere in the world, surrounded by a diverse and talented team that spans the globe.

Mission

The individual must be able to provide an advanced abstraction of the structure, behavior, and attributes of our architecture. Consisting of component descriptions, the interactions between components, models for guiding component integration, and the constraints of these models. He/she should not only display the relationship between software requirements and software structures but also specify the organization and topology of the entire software system, providing principles that are available while making design decisions.

Keywords:

• Keeps up-to-date in technology & processes
• Advises senior leadership
• Leads knowledge-sharing strategy
• Leads architecture strategy
• Participates externally in technology leadership

Requirements

General Accountabilities

• Collaborating with various stakeholders to determine software requirements.
• Creating high-level product specifications and design documents.
• Providing the development team with architectural blueprints to follow.
• Guiding and assisting the development team throughout the process.
• Troubleshooting and resolving issues with coding or design.
• Ensuring that you and the team adhere to development schedules and deadlines.
• Presenting regular progress reports and setting goals.
• Testing the final product to ensure it is completely functional and meets requirements.
• Updating software solutions as required.
• Facilitating planning, tracking and scheduling software deliverables.
• Locating and directing resolutions for critical issues related to software interfaces.
• Assessing software and system issues to find solutions to them as per requirements.
• Developing working relationships with marketing and product managers, and software engineers, and others.

Role-related Competencies & Requirements

• Knowledge of architectural styles and design patterns.

• Solid experience designing, creating, and deploying of high volume applications.

• Proven experience in application performance improvements.

• 5+ years building applications in a mainstream programming language.

• Data modeling and database design experience.

• Strong software engineering background and experience with cross-team collaboration.

• Experience leading technical teams and mentoring engineers.

• Understand the long-term business objectives and suggest technical strategies to meet those objectives.

• Investigate new technologies that can be used, seeking, and validating innovations to apply to new projects.

• Great communication skills and ability to explain complex technical concepts to a varied audience.

• Desire to delight the customer by taking initiative, responsibility, and ownership of your projects.

• Ability to adapt quickly to new complex environments and learn technologies.

• Excellent communicator in both technical and non-technical contexts.

What we offer

• Collaborate with world-class talents in a data-driven, dynamic, energetic work environment.
• Opportunity to grow and develop both professionally and personally.
• Safe space to be who you truly are, with a commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion.
• Openness to new ideas and initiatives.
• Great benefits package including remote work, 15 working days of paid holidays, Learning subsidy, and more!

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