Product Architect

About the position

As a Product Architect, you will play a pivotal role in shaping and delivering innovative software solutions. From the initial stages of business need identification and discovery through to final delivery, your expertise will guide the development process. You'll be responsible for onboarding team members to new software programs, ensuring they understand the objectives and technical direction. Collaboration across capabilities is key, as you'll help create scalable, resilient systems that adapt to the evolving demands of the logistics and transportation industry.

Responsibilities

• Lead the development and maintenance of technical product roadmaps and architecture aligned with business strategies and enterprise architecture
• Mentor and collaborate with technical subject matter experts and enterprise architecture peers to ensure consistent, high-quality delivery
• Rapidly prototype ideas through disposable Proof of Concepts (POCs) to validate feasibility and inform solution design
• Produce architecture documentation, logical flows, and models to maintain team alignment on platform architecture
• Design systems with a focus on both functional and non-functional qualities, including availability, resiliency, security, privacy, and observability
• Promote platform thinking and encourage reuse of capabilities and components across the organization
• Analyze technology trends and assess their potential impact on the enterprise in collaboration with enterprise architecture
• Provide mentorship in software development and architectural principles, patterns, and best practices
• Act as a technical and business-savvy advisor to software engineering teams on a variety of design challenges
• Maintain a customer-first mindset, ensuring end-user needs are prioritized in all solutions

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related field (advanced degree preferred)
• 3-5 years of experience in systems architecture
• Proven experience in delivering, building, and integrating custom-built applications
• Full-stack knowledge of modern hybrid infrastructure, data, and application platforms
• Familiarity with Agile methodologies and DevOps practices
• Strong critical thinking and problem-solving skills
• Excellent collaboration skills to drive execution of new technology strategies and patterns