Senior Architect SmartPulse

Our mission is to provide innovative services critical to society, unlocking a cleaner, better and more profitable future. Working towards this goal, Volue has become a leading technology supplier and enabler of the green transition, helping energy companies simplify and optimize everyday operations.

We are now looking for Senior Architect SmartPulse who can help us to continuously improve Volue's ability to provide value to customers in line with the Volue mission. This entails being responsible for the overall system design within SmartPulse, integrations and data flows between the applications and also the choice of the used technical components. 

What you will be doing to make a difference:

• Develop high-level technical architecture with attention to efficiency, system integration and feasibility.
• Create software designs that meet functional and non-functional requirements, especially:
  • Design high-performance solutions using C#, .NET Core, and microservice architectures
  • Design efficient data structures for Relational Databases (SQL Server, PostgreSQL, etc.) and NoSQL systems (MongoDB, Redis, Elasticsearch, etc.)
  • Manage CI/CD and containerization (Docker, Kubernetes) processes at the architectural level
  • Define coding standards and lead code review processes
• Apply the appropriate tools and methodologies to create representations for functions and user interface of the SmartPulse products
• Prepare detailed technical documentation (design, API, deployment, data model, etc.)
• Provide technical guidance and coaching to software engineers, QA engineers and other team members
• Troubleshooting and resolving issues with coding or design
• Adhere to Volue's technical standards and guidelines for e.g. quality, security, extensibility
• Evaluate new technologies to improve existing systems in alignment with the Enterprise Architect Trading, Volue's Architecture council and the Head of Development smartPulse
• Design applications and drive bringing architecture to code
• Responsibility about architecture impact on cloud/infrastructure cost
• Provide architectural guidance and education to Software Engineers

What you need to succeed:

Education: MSc or BSc in Computer Science or a closely related field.

Experience:

• At least 10 (ideally 20+) years of experience in software development, at least 5 (ideally 10+) years of experience of architectural leadership
• Excellent track record in an environment with fast moving parallel projects
• Excellent track record in software development and architectural leadership. Extensive experience in aligning application development with business needs.
• Hands-on experience in practically solving technical problems in the application of the architectural guidelines; ability to provide working practical guidance & active help to software engineers in applying the architecture successfully
• Advanced knowledge of C#, .NET Core, and Entity Framework
• Experience with microservices and event-driven architecture
• Practical experience in high-volume data processing with SQL and NoSQL databases
• Modern cloud technologies and cloud offerings (ideally incl. Azure)
• Mentoring Software Engineers
• Architectural guidance of software development teams and supervising the design, testing, and modification stages.
• Ideally experience in the area of algorithmic energy trading or similar
• Technical knowledge in power market trading or time series management is a plus

Personal Skills:

• Excellent verbal and written communications skills in English and Turkish (ideally native)
• Deep skills in analysis and architecture design
• Very good analytical and problem-solving skills
• Very good collaboration and communication skills
• Ability to define and execute the architecture strategy and to apply architectural patterns in an architecture design
• Proficiency in preparing documentation related to software architecture, API design, and data models
• Strong presentation skills
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Team-motivator with ability to cooperate with a wide range of persons and teams from different functions and disciplines
• Ability to inspire others and be a good team-player
• Abstract to the right level, depending on complexity and the skills of the development team

Flexibility:

• Ability to travel to Istanbul for collaboration and project needs.
• Adaptability to take on additional tasks as needed.
• Responsibilities may evolve based on organisational priorities.

Reasons to join Volue team and what we offer:

• Large degree of influence in shaping & developing the role further;
• Great colleagues in one of Europe's most exciting green tech companies with innovative and international work environment;
• Competitive salaries based on your professional experience;
• Corporate benefits like MyClubs, lunch credits as well as access to a Mental Health Platform;

We are looking to hire for Volue office in Vienna  but will be ready to consider other locations for the right candidate.

For this position (38.5 hours per week), the monthly minimum salary, as per the collective agreement (IT KV), is 5.296 EUR gross (14x annually, for full-time). Your actual salary will be individually negotiated based on your qualifications and experience.

In Volue, we cherish each employee's competence, ideas and personality. Let your skills and talent be a part of our team – and let us leave our mark on the world together   

Company Culture

In Volue, we believe that in order to be a successful company, we need to bring everyone to the table.

We look at diversity as a competitive advantage. A diverse workforce enables better decision-making and creates more value. By inclusion, we refer to the sense of belonging and being part of a community at work. We want the people of Volue to feel welcome, valued and not least encouraged to bring their whole, unique selves to work. 

Volue is about people. From staff to client, people are at the center of all our operations, and we always strive for a flat structure where everyone feels included, appreciated and recognized for their individual efforts. Or as we call it "ONE Volue". We hire talented individuals, regardless of gender, race, ethnicity, ancestry, age, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, cultural background or religious beliefs.