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Do you want to be part of building a fully transparent social media platform? Waivlength are recruiting for a Software Architect

Waivlength is a project dedicated to the establishment of a truly connected and authentic social network. They plan to remove the most toxic elements of social media and allow users to interact in a more open and trustworthy environment. To help achieve this goal they are now looking to recruit a software architect. Contact : info@waivlength.io to find out more.

The Waivlength Software Architect Job Description

We are looking for a dynamic, skillful and enthusiastic person to join our team. We want someone who takes ownership for their work, is committed to building high quality, extensible code, and is able to work off their own initiative. As a Software Architect we are looking for a proven background in designing high performing applications, especially in the social media field, and working with a wide range of technologies while also getting your hands dirty in the Java Code. You will oversee the successful delivery of high-quality solutions, design cutting-edge applications and champion technical excellence within an expanding team.

There is room for moving into a CTO role in time.

Responsibilities for Software Architect

  • Design solutions and architectural designs which achieve high levels of performance, quality and end-user satisfaction.

  • Write Code and Participate in code reviews to ensure applications support existing architecture and follow the defined framework guidelines and coding standards.

  • Create design documents.

  • Resolve complex technical issues through debugging, research, and investigation.

  • Be familiar with standard concepts, practices, and procedures.

  • Participate in the full development life cycle including requirements analysis & documentation, and design.

  • Advise development teams on development, testing and deployment and provide technical guidance to developers on program coding and testing.

  • Participate as a design leader in the creation of technological solutions.

  • Mentor our software developers.

  • Be agile in adjusting to new working environments.

  • Work closely with DevOps to ensure security, availability, reliability and scalability of solutions.

Required Qualifications

  • 7+ years experience with Java/JEE, .NET, Node.js or related languages

  • 3+ years experience with Kubernetes

  • 3+ years of proven experience in designing, building and supporting a real time social platform

  • Working knowledge of Azure, Amazon Web Services, and Google Cloud

  • Web Services/Microservices experience

  • Strong recent experience in software / application architecture and design of high transactional and/or distributed applications

  • Ability to communicate effectively with technical and non-technical teams.

  • Ability to explain technical concepts to non-technical audiences.

  • Excellent written and verbal communications.

  • Detailed driven especially for code reviews of nicely written clean code

  • Experience in mentoring team members.

  • Solid understanding of cyber security with emphasis on designing software for security

  • Experience with CI/CD (build/deployment automation)

Preferred Qualifications

  • Experience with IoT

  • Generalist with full stack skills

  • Experience with Unit and UI testing and frameworks

  • Experience with Android, IOS and Angular

  • Understanding of networking and IoT message protocols and related technologies (TCP/IP, HTTP, TLS, AMQP, MQTT, Kafka, RabbitMQ, etc.)

Contact : info@waivlength.io or connect/message our founder Niall O’Reilly on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/niall-o-reilly-3021a4202

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Simon Cocking

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