Solutions Architect

ABOUT HAYWAIN SYSTEMS:

Everything runs on a single Rails app and one Postgres database, deployed on Heroku. Profitable, no outside investors, and no plans to take any. We grow when customers pay us. On-call rotates weekly and pays a flat stipend whether or not the pager goes off.

ABOUT THE ROLE:

Looking for a Solutions Architect who wants to stay somewhere for a while. We're looking for someone who has built systems themselves and can still go deep in a technical review. We are headquartered in Leeds and have been hiring remotely since 2020. We hire in Pakistan through an employer of record, so this is a regular full-time job with local payroll and statutory benefits. Core hours are 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM UK time.

WHAT YOU'LL WORK ON:

• Estimate effort and help shape statements of work with delivery managers
• Produce architecture diagrams, decision records and high-level designs
• Guide delivery teams through implementation and answer design questions
• Gather business and technical requirements and turn them into solution designs
• Support presales with technical answers for RFPs and security questionnaires
• Define integration patterns using APIs, event streaming and middleware such as MuleSoft or Azure Integration Services
• Track technical debt and propose remediation roadmaps

ABOUT YOU:

• 2-4 years in software engineering, infrastructure or consulting, with at least three in an architecture role
• Track record estimating projects and working within client budgets
• Deep knowledge of at least one major cloud platform
• Understanding of security, identity and networking as they apply to architecture
• Experience designing distributed systems, APIs and data flows

ALSO HELPFUL:

• AWS Solutions Architect Professional or Azure Solutions Architect Expert certification
• Kubernetes and microservices architecture

WHAT YOU GET:

PKR 460,000 - PKR 540,000 per month

• 20 days paid time off
• Annual salary review
• Annual team retreat
• Health insurance through our employer-of-record partner
• Wellness allowance
• Public holidays observed per your country
• Stock options

Start: Immediately.

Demo job created on 11jobs for testing and demonstrations. It is not an actual opening at Haywain Systems.