We are looking for a talented architect to join us.

The group is responsible for building the architecture and technological vision for the entire 888 platforms. This is accomplished by exploring new technologies, initiating technological projects, involvement in the initial stages of projects, and building an architectural vision. Besides, the group is responsible for defining, designing, and creating architectural infrastructure for the different systems that the Company’s technology is based on, by creating technological guidelines for new systems/components, identifying and analyzing optimization areas. In parallel, the architects must research new technologies and techniques, manage and implement POCs (Hands-On).

 As an Architect @ 888Sparkware you will be in charge of:

• Building the enterprise architecture vision
• Ensure domain-driven data architecture evolution
• Work with 3rd party service providers, starting at the RFP stage, POC, implementation, and communicating with vendors
• Work with R&D (development) managers and the IT Department in planning technological solutions, support of the development process, introducing new technologies and instructions for physical implementation
• Work closely with the solution architects to give support of the technical and technological aspects of their solutions
• Assist with optimization and scalability improvement efforts
• Join ad-hoc teams/production incident/bugs meetings to give fast support and solutions for major projection issues / potential problems
• Research and investigation of new and existing technologies, as well as examining their compatibility with the Company.
• Building the Company’s technological roadmap that is adapted to its business needs
• Guiding, consulting, and training various teams and parties in the Product Technologies Division and the B2B and B2C Divisions, while maintaining a long-term systematic and cross-organizational vision.

 This job is for you only if you have:

• In-depth familiarity with complex development systems.
• At least 5 years of experience as an architect
• At least 5 years of experience as developer / hands-on manager
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science
• Experience with adopting technologies, platforms, systems, etc
• Experience with high volume systems and designing solutions for reliability and performance at scale
• Experience with streaming architectures including cost analysis, performance tuning, and quality of service concerns
• Decomposing monolithic service(s) to SOA / microservices and implementing relevant infrastructure (BFF, Event Sourcing, CQRS, Aggregators, Service discovery, Dockers, Kubernetes, API Gateways, etc.) – a big advantage
• Experience with backend and frontend stacks such as .NET core (and .NET framework), Node.JS, React, javascript, micro-frontend patterns, mobile development – best practices, tweaks, under the hood, and monitoring – a big advantage
• Experience with CICD pipelines and platforms, Git flow, etc. – advantage
• Experience with monitoring and logging tools such as ELK – advantage
• Understanding of cloud computing technologies, business drivers, and emerging computing trends – working with public cloud such AWS and GCP – big advantage.
• Matrix management abilities; able to drive and motivate interfaces.
• A broad and lateral vision of technological systems; understanding long-term implications.
• Presentation and guiding skills; able to convey messages effectively
• Able to lead processes while demonstrating open-mindedness.
• Very high inter-personal communication skills; able to work with multiple interfaces in the Company
• High analyzing and thinking skills and abilities; able to find creative, out-of-the-box solutions.