Solutions Architect Customer Experience

Position Purpose
You will operate as a technical expert focused on architecting and designing the next generation of applications at Sleep Number. The ideal candidate will have a passion for architecting feature-rich, intuitive, experience-focused digital products to delight our internal and external customers. You will be able to work in an entrepreneurial environment, and partner closely with a team of technologists and product managers to develop innovative solutions and tools with a customer first mindset.
Primary Responsibilities

• Responsible for creating a comprehensive architecture for software solutions with the Enterprise Architect and providing strategic direction throughout the development process.
• Ensure that the new solutions fit into the existing enterprise architecture from the functional, technical, user and non-functional perspectives such as Security and performance.
• Cooperate with all the teams involved in the development projects and know how every product and service works in an architecture.
• Oversee successful delivery of a quality end products to its end users.
• Primary stakeholder in choosing the right technology for the business problem(s) and managing architectural concerns to ensure more productive and effective outcomes
• Responsible for translating the vision for the project to the development team and plays a pivotal part throughout the entire systems development lifecycle.

• Lead alignment and governance across the engineering teams. Advise leadership about industry best practices, trends, and technology, influencing the overall IT strategy.

Position Requirements

• Bachelor s Degree in Software Engineering, Computer Science, or related fields required. Master s
  Degree preferred.
• Progressive software development experience in dynamic, fast paced environment
• Experience applying enterprise and data integration patterns using SOA, API s, microservices, event-driven and data-driven approaches
• Proven background with cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure or Google
• Experience with performance profiling and tuning of APIs
• Experience with continuous delivery, including Test- or Behavior-Driven Development, code review, static analysis and continuous integration using automation tools
• Creative problem solver, with strong analytical skills
• Collaborative aptitude and experience working in a fast paced, ever-evolving environment
• Technical leadership experience on medium and large-scale initiatives is desired
• Experience working with agile/scrum methodology required
• Ability to organize, prioritize work, meet deadlines, and work independently
• Strong written and verbal communication skills across a variety of audiences, both technical and nontechnical

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