System Architect

A global hi-tech company, a leading worldwide scale developer of interactive TV platform products. Among their products are television games, karaoke, viewer preference interfacing, smart cards for converters, viewing recommendations, and more.

The position involves substantial work with cloud technology, joining a team of 5 seasoned architects.

They have a stable workforce of 70 employees locally and 400 globally, with their primary clientele based in Europe. Located in the Sharon area, incorporating three work-from-home days.

Responsibilities:

• Lead the design of our advanced cloud-based SaaS TV advertising solutions, ensuring scalability, robustness, and seamless integration with our existing cloud-based and on-premise solutions.

• Develop an expert understanding of the intricacies of the advertising ecosystem, particularly focusing on the complexities of TV advertising peak management.

• Define technical requirements, outline software product features, and contribute to shaping the company's strategic vision.

• Drive agile development cycles by implementing industry best practices and influencing critical technical decision-making processes.

• Demonstrate forward-thinking by envisioning the organization's future trajectory and identifying how technology can be harnessed to support these endeavors.

• Take on the responsibility of mentoring and coaching team members and technical staff, fostering a collaborative and growth-oriented work environment.

Requirements:

• 5 years' experience in software development, with at least 3 years in a leadership capacity such as software/system architect or team leader.

• Proficiency in Agile/Scrum methodologies with a minimum of 2 years' hands-on experience.

• Strong expertise in software design, especially in the context of large-scale, cloud-based (preferably AWS), SaaS, Serverless, and Microservices architectures, along with a comprehensive understanding of DevOps processes. Hands-on experience is an added advantage.

• Proficiency and prior involvement in performance testing and tuning methodologies, tools, and processes, with a track record of effectively assessing and optimizing the performance of cloud-based software systems.

• 2 years of experience in the advertising ecosystem. Prior experience in the TV industry is considered an advantage.

• Familiarity with NoSQL databases such as MongoDB, as well as experience with RDBS (Oracle), serverless technologies (preferably AWS), and other microservices-related tools (such as SpringBoot, Kafka, Kubernetes).

• Excellent interpersonal communication, written, verbal, and presentation skills.

• Analytical approach to problem-solving, coupled with creative thinking abilities.