Enterprise Solutions Architect

IT Solutions Architect – AI Seniority level: Director Employment type: Full-time Environment: Hybrid (3 days per week in office) Base pay range: $165,000 – $180,000 per year Additional compensation: Annual Bonus, exceptional Bonus Plan, and comprehensive Benefits We are searching for two people to add to our team of Solutions Architects. These roles will be a key addition to the Architecture team, where we are building a Center of Excellence for Software Engineering. We have exciting large‑scale enterprise projects for modernization and digitization of existing applications and harnessing new ideas to create future products and applications to support internal and external business and customers. These roles are key to helping commercialize AI solutions, create governance models, and enable AI systems into the global enterprise. We are searching for people that have enabled an AI system into an enterprise, and focused on innovation, automation, and launching products. We have a large number of applications that support e‑commerce, financial, product, data and AI, and consumer markets. Responsibilities Works with the Data, Infrastructure, Security and Compliance teams to develop solutions that are optimal for the IT team. Works with all departments within an organization to assist in the improvement of business processes, testing systems to ensure functionality is satisfactory and recommending new systems or product upgrades. Minimizes the amount of code the developers need to write. Ensures an approach works before asking the team to follow it. Architects and designs SOA, API and Microservices based solutions to support enterprise applications and corresponding integrations. Deep understanding of SOA and EAI design patterns for implementation in an enterprise, high‑volume, and secure environments. Knowledge of qualifying design patterns for UI/UX, integrations and middle‑tier/microservice architecture with diverse database backends. Knowledge of qualifying strategies and principles used to establish the identity of microservices. Produces architecture and design documents and diagrams. Delves into issues with the system where the development and infrastructure teams have trouble solving. Defines and enforces UX standards and best practices across enterprise applications to ensure consistency, accessibility, and usability. Architects and maintains internal front‑end libraries and reusable components, enabling development teams to build cohesive and scalable user interfaces. Collaborates with UI/UX designers and front‑end developers to ensure alignment between design intent and technical implementation. Provides technical leadership in the adoption and integration of modern front‑end frameworks such as ReactJS, guiding teams on architecture, performance optimization, and maintainability. Evaluates and recommends front‑end technologies, tools, and frameworks to support evolving business and user experience needs. Ensures that front‑end solutions adhere to enterprise security standards and accessibility guidelines. Translates business and functional requirements into scalable front‑end architectural patterns, minimizing custom code through effective use of shared libraries. Develops and maintains documentation for UX standards, component libraries, and front‑end architectural decisions. Mentors development teams on front‑end architecture principles, including single‑page application (SPA) design, state management, and responsive design strategies. Collaborates with cross‑functional teams to ensure seamless integration of front‑end components with back‑end services and APIs. Participates in code reviews and architectural assessments to ensure adherence to UX and front‑end standards. Education & Experience Bachelor’s degree in Information Systems, Computer Science, Business, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience. 10+ years of experience working in an IT Department with track record of increasing responsibility. 7+ years of experience working as an Architect, Senior Developer and/or a Development Manager. Ability to conduct an analysis of business needs, including scheduling meetings, planning agendas, conferring with business line leaders, documenting and making verbal and written presentations. Knowledge of modern project life‑cycle methodology (Lean RUP, agile), Service Life Cycle (SLC) and procedures in building and supporting large complex systems. Knowledge of .NET 6+ and .NET Core. Experience with MySQL or PostgreSQL or any database in addition other than SQL Server is a must. Experience working containers like Docker/PODMAN in a Kubernetes/OpenShift environment. Experience working with NGINX based web‑server solutions to host .NET Core based Microservices. Exposure to DevOps tools along with telemetry using Insights, Dynatrace, App Dynamics or New Relic would be a huge plus. In‑depth knowledge of single‑page architecture based application development techniques along with use of external and scalable session management solutions. Extensive experience developing SPA applications using ReactJS/AngularJS and NodeJS OR .NET Core. Industries IT System Custom Software Development Software Development Benefits Medical insurance Vision insurance 401(k) Paid maternity leave Paid paternity leave Tuition assistance Disability insurance #J-18808-Ljbffr THORNDALE PARTNERS