Lead Architect

Company
Cox Automotive - USA

Job Family Group

Engineering / Product Development

Job Profile

Lead Architect

Management Level

Manager - Non People Leader

Flexible Work Option

Can work remotely but need to live in the specified city, state, or region

Travel %

No

Work Shift

Day

Compensation
Compensation includes a base salary of $129,000.00 - $215,100.00. The base salary may vary within the anticipated base pay range based on factors such as the ultimate location of the position and the selected candidate's knowledge, skills, and abilities. Position may be eligible for additional compensation that may include an incentive program.

Job Description

Cox Automotive offers the chance to take a leading role in the digital revolution of the automotive industry. We are on a journey to transform our product portfolio into a broad offering of reusable services delivered in the cloud, enabling the rapid delivery of industry-leading experiences that customers love. Architects are the technological change agents delivering this modernization and innovation. They are energetic influencers that build world-class solutions for key Cox Automotive business domains including vehicle valuation, acquisition, pricing, inventory management, and merchandising.

As a Lead architect, you will collaborate closely with the Release Train Architect and work on designing next-generation customer-facing software-as-a-service applications including contributing to the success of

Cloud native applications in AWS
Application modernization to microservices
Portfolio rationalization that consolidates back-end systems and duplicative integrations
Business, product, and engineering collaborations
Technical standards definition
Modern technology adoption
Meeting performance, availability, scalability, reliability, maintainability, and security SLAs

Responsibilities

Collaborate on the target state architecture and the value-driven, iterative roadmap for getting there.
Communicate application risk present in unremedied architectural tech debt and identify mitigation strategy.
Define architecture solutions aligned to target state architecture and collaborate with Product, Engineering for their implementation.
Facilitate design discussions and drive technical design reviews.
Participate in Well Architected Framework reviews and identify solutions to mitigate risks.
Serve as a technical subject matter expert to engineering.

Assist with the adoption of architecture standards.
Assist with improving architecture practices.
Leverage enterprise, portfolio patterns and standards as appropriate.
Look for opportunities to leverage existing enterprise capabilities.
Assist with governing software development to ensure satisfaction of non-functional requirements.
Build software prototypes to validate architecture approaches and assess emerging technologies.

Leadership Qualifications

At ease advocating for technical solutions and enjoy the challenge of influencing others.
Ability to write high quality technical documentation.
Ability to manage conflict and maintain productive working relationships.

Technical Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering or relevant industry experience.
Ability to code in any language using any technology stack through self-teaching.
SQL and NoSQL database technologies.
AWS (preferred), GCP, or Azure services and solution architectures.
REST API design and microservice implementation.
Object-oriented design including common patterns.

Distributed systems.
Docker, Kubernetes, and other container technologies.
.NET Core, Java and/or a willingness to become an expert.
Automotive industry experience or a willingness to become an expert.

Experience

10+ years of experience in software development for mid-size to large corporations.
Preferred working experience as a solution or technical architect.

Drug Testing

To be employed in this role, you'll need to clear a pre-employment drug test. Cox Automotive does not currently administer a pre-employment drug test for marijuana for this position. However, we are a drug-free workplace, so the possession, use or being under the influence of drugs illegal under federal or state law during work hours, on company property and/or in company vehicles is prohibited.

Benefits

The Company offers eligible employees the flexibility to take as much vacation with pay as they deem consistent with their duties, the company's needs, and its obligations; seven paid holidays throughout the calendar year; and up to 160 hours of paid wellness annually for their own wellness or that of family members. Employees are also eligible for additional paid time off in the form of bereavement leave, time off to vote, jury duty leave, volunteer time off, military leave, parental leave, and COVID-19 vaccination leave.

About Us

Through groundbreaking technology and a commitment to stellar experiences for drivers and dealers alike, Cox Automotive employees are transforming the way the world buys, owns, sells - or simply uses - cars. Cox Automotive employees get to work on iconic consumer brands like Autotrader and Kelley Blue Book and industry-leading dealer-facing companies like vAuto and Manheim, all while enjoying the people-centered atmosphere that is central to our life at Cox. Benefits of working at Cox may include health care insurance (medical, dental, vision), retirement planning (401(k)), and paid days off (sick leave, parental leave, flexible vacation/wellness days, and/or PTO). For more details on what benefits you may be offered, visit our benefits page. Cox is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer - All qualified applicants/employees will receive consideration for employment without regard to that individual's age, race, color, religion or creed, national origin or ancestry, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, physical or mental disability, veteran status, genetic information, ethnicity, citizenship, or any other characteristic protected by law. Cox provides reasonable accommodations when requested by a qualified applicant or employee with disability, unless such accommodations would cause an undue hardship.
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