Technical Architect

Role- Technical Architect Duration- 8 Months Location- Denver,CO Required Skills : • Professional architect experience • Ability to conceptualize business solutions into technical solutions • GraphQL experience (ideally Apollo GraphQL) • Strong microservices and/or REST standards foundation • Experience working in a large, enterprise environment Job Focus: • Champion GQL (GQL = GraphQL) • Align architecture with development • Develop GQL feature roadmap and prioritization • Work with Front End (Web, App) and Back End (Services including GQL) teams to understand pain points related to GQL • Work with team leads to understand needs and wants • Link graph goals to key company goals and initiatives • Communicate graph new features to encourage use and implementation, changes to the platform, or outages • Collaborate with external technology partners on licensed software platform for GraphQL related support and feature enhancements • Lead GraphQL Community, working with FE and BE teams to develop and evolve GraphQL standards, review schema designs, and manage schema change processes • Primary point of contact for IVA/Chat vendor to work through integration with GraphQL services Delivery and Execution: • Own architecture of GQL layer and continue to evolve it as needs change • Develop features shared across all GQL services to improve operation and performance • Evaluate, recommend, and demonstrate tooling and other developer experience aspects to improve developer productivity • Monitor GQL operation and performance across environments • Assist Back End and Front End teams in triaging and analyzing GQL related issues • Own GQL caching strategy and implementation and recommend caching best practices • Own testing strategy and recommend/demonstrate best practices to service teams • Collaborate with DevOps team to evolve CI/CD pipelines • Work with release managers to release new features and patch existing releases • Collaborate with architecture team and tech leads to advance overall architecture design and platform engineering Skills, Abilities and Knowledge: • Ability to read, write, speak and understand English • Ability to work with various teams and motivate others • Ability to prioritize and organize against multiple initiatives effectively • Proven analytical skills to solve complex technology and business problems. • Inquisitive nature. Eager to explore new concepts and approaches • Excellent written, verbal, presentation and interpersonal skills. • Ability to show judgment, initiative and to accomplish job duties • Aptitude and eagerness to learn from a new environment and make an impact quickly • Advanced knowledge of software development and delivery • Advocates and follows architecture/ design best practices • Expert in analyzing current system behavior through code / logs/ monitoring tools and provide recommendations on optimizations. • Conversant with cloud environment and some of the programming languages like Java, NodeJS • Conversant with Micro services architecture and design patterns • Experienced in REST service standards Desired Education Bachelor's degree in Science/ Technology or relevant work experience. Notes to Vendor : This is a hybrid onsite role. Denver candidates are preferred but they can also sit in: St. Louis, MO; Charlotte, NC; Dallas, TX; Madison, WI; Stamford, CT. • If local to Colorado, would be going into the office 3 days and remote 2 days every week. • If out of state, will go into the Charter hub office 3 days a week. Open to relocation candidates as well, would have to have a clear timeline on when they will relocate. Responsibilities/Day to Day: • No hands on coding but will be going through code • Guide development teams on the services they’re developing -- ---- Thanks & Regards, Tejash - Technical Recruiter Thought wave Software and Solutions 314 N. Lake St, Suite 6, Aurora IL 60506 Desk: 6304918494 EXTN: 157 Email :tejash@thoughtwavesoft.com Website:www.thoughtwavesoft.com https://www.linkedin.com/in/tejash-chettipalli-342aa2246