Technical Skills -
• Solid understanding of one of the following technologies and hands-on experience (proof of work as an engineer coding certain application or piece of functionality using certain technology stack) in it: Python, .NET, Java, PHP, JavaScript, C++, Mobile Development and other
• Knowledge and understanding of given technology: its ecosystem, pros and cons, available modules and libraries. Hands-on experience in it
• Skills and experience around integration, customization and configuration of different types of tools (integration of modules to applications, APIs, services, data flows etc.)
Paperwork -
• Entry-level skills and basic experience in proposal drafting
• Experience in designing, defining quality attributes and technical drivers, development of application and solution-scale systems. Experience of work with architecture modelling tools (e.g. UML etc.)
• Experience in creating technical specifications or architecture visions covering quality attributes, diagrams, associated risks, technical and system requirements
Team Work -
• Preferable proven experience in leading small teams of engineers to drive them, decompose the complexity to tasks, mentor them and back-up if needed, communicate and convince around that or another decision
• Understanding of other stakeholders roles who do not report to the person but take very active participation during the design, decision making, selling, implementation and other activities (like sales team, delivery team etc.)
Soft Skills -
• English is a must
• Ability to communicate and advocate proposed technical solution
• Willing to learn something new — either around core technology stack, or even new related technologies
• Ability to estimate efforts and justify them in front of customer and delivery organization, efficiency in getting buy-ins from different parties
• Positive thinking, good looking, friendly, polite, listening to others and considering different points of view, finding arguments to justify that or another decision, and adjust if needed
• Willing to deal in multi-tasking and dynamic environments with quickly changing and flexible priorities
• Desire to participate in different proof-of-concept and prototyping activities, technology assessments and comparison exercises
• Good presentation skills — all important messages are to be delivered in clear and certain way so that everyone (including non-technical persons) could have an understanding why that or another decision took place
• Competitive salary & bonus system
• Flexible working schedule
• Certification center and language school
• Corporate doctors available 24/7
• Social package
• SoftServe discount program
• Gym membership and relax zones
• Unforgettable in-company events, corporate presents and even more
• Participation in proposals’ preparation with all different parties, stakeholders and workflows
• Estimation and scope decomposition
• Risk assessment, defining dependencies and assumptions
• Technical specifications and architecture vision document creation
• Technology assessments and comparisons
• Participation in discovery phases and workshops covering all technical aspects of the deal
• Prototypes and proof-of-concept creation with their further delivery and presentation to the stakeholders
• Participation in the implementation phase defining and creating the core of that or another system, transferring the knowledge to the team, monitoring the execution on the long run
• Supporting delivery and sales organization during presales activities or clients’ visits
Interwieving potential candidates
Main Activities:
Presales Support -
• Customer and domain research
• Services presentation
• Ideation and scoping
• Feasibility and estimation
• Proposal preparation
Project Maintenance -
• Refactoring
• Support and maintenance plan
• Architecture revision and updates
Product Discovery -
• Architecture assessment
• Product ideation and scoping
• Architecture vision creation
• Prototyping
• Proposal and solution implementation documents
• Project roadmap preparation
Implementation Support -
• Project ramp-up
• Architecture assessment
• Architecture core set-up
If you are the real decision maker, being focused on searching ultimate solutions which are in the best interest of the client and meet ideally the team possibilities, then you are the one we are looking for.
Solutions CoE (Center of Excellence) — is a team of highly professional folks, with the primary focus on technology covering software architecture, startups and enterprise technologies.
Our team provides the following major services to both internal and external clients: technical support during the sales process, proposals creation, architecture design, estimation, technology assessments and comparisons, prototyping (technical, functional, and non- functional), discovery phases execution, troubleshooting and crisis management activities.
The team consists of around 50 professionals and is consistently growing.