Software Architect (Python)

We are a Dutch recruitment agency based in the Netherlands and we are preferred suppliers to major banking organizations based in the Netherlands.

For one of our major clients based in Amstelveen, we are looking for a Software Architect.

36-40 hours

2-3 year project

Hybrid (2 days per week on-site)

The project:

Responsibilities:

Communicate with stakeholder to identify major gaps and improvements in current automation platform design and capabilities.
Develop target software architecture design and roadmap
Plan and ensure implementation of target software architecture with the team
Propose software design improvement, development best practices, testing frameworks and approaches.
Driving innovations to improve efficiency, reduction of new features development, including Machine Learning
Communicate, train and share knowledge with the team to improve (e.g., knowledge sessions, pair programming sessions, PR reviews, etc.)
Hands-on development and coding

Skillset:

5 years of experience in Software Engineering positions
Analysis of requirements and translating them into changes in software designs foreseeing future feature implementations.
Strong understanding of software engineering design patterns (e.g., sync/async, event-driven, messaging, concurrency, etc.).
Deep practical expertise in software engineering using server-less (e.g. functionapps) and container orchestration (e.g., Docker, k8s) technologies with CI/CD pipelines deployments in Azure environment.
Knowledge of quality assurance practices (e.g., Test-Driven Development (TDD), Behavior-Driven Development (BDD), Split User Testing (A/B), Security Checks, Thorough System Checks, Performance Tests)
Excelent knowledge in Python, Javascript, NodeJS
Practical knowledge of messageing (Kafka, Azure ServiceBus, EventHub), Databases (SQL, NoSQL, Redis, CosmosDB, Redis, Postgres), Monitoring (OpenTelemetry, AppInsights, Prometheus, Grafana) technologies.
Security first mindset

Interview process: