Technical Architect - CA

Hi, we are Storyteq! 👋🏼

Storyteq helps marketing and creative teams in top brands to scale their creative production and gain control over their marketing campaigns. Through our platform, our clients can streamline campaign workflows, automate their creative production through templates & AI and activate engaging campaigns that go to market faster. We believe creativity takes time, but creative production shouldn’t. Since 2016 our mission has been to revolutionize the way creative assets are created and used. Magic happens when we let technology empower creativity. Our endless curiosity and relentless commitment to our customers lies at the heart of our problem-solving approach. This shared mission is woven into our values: we dream big, think differently, and are stronger together.

About the job

As Software Architect in the Creative Automation team you will work to keep the Engineering organization focused and steer the teams in the right direction, we are looking for an architect to join the team and work with principal Engineers, Engineering Managers, and the department as a whole to help drive the technology and architecture in the company. We are looking for an engineering leader who can drive the architecture and technical capabilities to the next level, capable of supporting on ongoing growth and strategy 

Key responsibilities: 

• Design and develop Storyteq's software architecture 
• Lead engineering efforts to design product and business logic architecture 
• Be a go-to person and tech decision-maker for software architecture questions 
• Evaluate current state of the product, and launch improvements 
• Helping to solve complex and ambiguous product cases, make decisions on how new features should be implemented 
• Lead best practices development in engineering for the entire organization 
• Develop and maintain a deep understanding of the company architecture and technologies and help your teams develop it further.

Requirements

• 8+ years of industry experience (software development / engineering), knowledge of Agile development 
• 5+ years of experience as a senior engineer 
• 3+ years as a principal engineer (or equivalent) in a B2B SaaS Environment 
• Extensive experience with databases data modeling - both RDBMS and NoSQL 
• Great software architecture skills 
• Ability to build strong trusting relationships with engineers, product and leaders 
• Excellent English communication skills 

• Don't shy away from a challenge 
• Are a team player

 Nice to have:

• Have affinity with rendering technologies (like ffmpeg)
• Experience with DevOps / GCP. 

Things we love at Storyteq:

• Be entrepreneurial
• See and seize opportunities
• Take ownership
• Focus on impact
• Be ambitious 

Benefits

📈 Employee stock ownership.

📅 27 days of annual leave (Well-being Day and Volunteer Day included).

🏡 Hybrid working model (working from home 2 days a week).

🚆 Travel allowance.

🚲 A bicycle lease plan with Hellorider after 1 year of employment.

💻 Excellent tools: High-end Laptop, Monitor, and everything in between!

📚 We support your continuous improvement with training, courses, conferences, and books.

🌦 Mental health and wellbeing support: Access to OpenUp.

🥪 Office lunches and endless snacks at the Amsterdam Office.

🍻 The best Friday afternoon drinks and quarterly team outings.

👵 A Pension contribution for employees who are based in the Netherlands.

🐶 Pet-friendly office, so feel free to bring your furry friend!

We Value Diversity
We champion and welcome diversity in our workforce and ensure all job applicants receive equal and fair treatment, regardless of age, race, gender or gender identity, religion, sexual orientation, disability, or nationality.

We are not only committed to increasing the visibility and recognition of talent from under-represented groups within our organisation but the wider industry too.

At the end of the day, we make sure we take time to look after ourselves, each other, and the planet because we’re always stronger together.

ITG have a number of community groups (ERGs) available to employees which offer a safe space for like-minded colleagues, with shared interests to connect, socialise and check in with each other. These include Black ITGers Together, LGBTQ+ Together, Mens Health Together, Muslims Together, Neurodiversity Together, Working Parents and Carers Together and Women In Tech Together.

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