Technical Architect
Working hours: 35 hours a week, flexible between 8:00am to 6:00pm (Hybrid)
Intersoft is an award-winning delivery management software provider and part of the Royal Mail Group. Our software has led the market in providing innovative shipping solutions since 1993 for retailers and third-party providers.
Our solution, Intelligent Shipper, integrates directly into multiple carriers and provides smart and convenient delivery methods such as Tracked, Click and Collect, Locker Boxes, Next Day and more to help retailers and brands scale eCommerce.
As a business, we are continuously striving to be better. We foster an environment that allows our diverse and highly talented team to think, plan and further improve themselves and the software we develop. And we believe this is working, as 96% of our employees said Intersoft is a great place to work!
Job Duties and Responsibilities:
1. Provide technical guidance to the team
2. Identify and mitigate technical risks
3. Work closely with Technical Development Manager, CTO, Dev Leads, and DevOps to produce robust solutions
4. Liaising with BA’s and product owners to create user stories
5. Liaising with BA’s and PM’s to provide development impact on new work
6. Managing your JIRA queue of bugs and tasks
7. Liaising with the test team to ensure changes are robust and to specification
8. Working on bug fixes and enhancements to existing applications and new projects
9. Building and deploying applications to the system test environment using MSbuild, Octopus and Azure DevOps
10. Assisting support with live customer issues
11. Writing and running of ad-hoc SQL queries for reporting or issue resolution
Key working relationships:
1. Development Team
2. Technical Development Manager
3. CTO
4. Testing Team
5. Application Support Team
6. Business Analyst’s
7. Projects Team
Minimum Requirements:
1. 8 years or more Development experience
2. 3 years or more Technical Solution Architecture experience
3. Architecture design of both high-level and low-level technical designs
4. Solution implementation, ensure alignment of technical solution with project requirements
5. Code reviews, policing best practices; code quality, testing, and documentation
6. Technical leadership; knowledgeable in the tech stack and promote best practices
7. Performance optimisation; design scalable solutions that perform
8. Technical documentation; create and maintain HLDs, architecture diagrams, specs and design patterns
9. Proven technical problem solving; lead or guide trouble shooting efforts to remediate and resolve complex technical issues
10. Stakeholder collaboration; proven experiences with BAs, CTO, Leads, DevOps, project managers
11. Monitoring and logging; best practice for designing a robust platform
12. Developing experience in ASP.NET C# using Visual Studio, .Net CORE
13. Skill experience of SQL databases - writing stored procedures and backup/restore
14. Experience of web technologies i.e., MVC, Web APIs, REST and XML/JSON services
15. Experience of source control and branching using TFS; Git, Azure
16. Cloud and Microservices solutions
17. Security and Compliance; including secure auth, data encryption, and compliance with industry standards such as GDPR
18. Estimations, t-shirt sizing and guide tech collab impacts
19. An enthusiastic, self-motivated, and ambitious attitude to work
20. Great team working ethos
21. Highly organised approach to work
22. Experience of automation tools such as Octopus Deploy and MS Build
23. Scalability and Performance Testing
What we offer:
1. Fast growing, ambitious company with over 25 years’ experience
2. 96% of our employees said that Intersoft is a great place to work!
3. UK’s Best Workplaces and Best Workplaces for Wellbeing 2024
4. Annual performance-based bonus incentives
5. Real time, 360-degree performance feedback
6. Full private health insurance with no excess through our healthcare partner, Vitality Health
7. Group Life Insurance and Income Protection
8. 23 days holiday, rising to 26 days per years’ service + all UK Bank Holidays
9. Employer pension contributions up to 10%
10. AIG LifeWorks employee assistance programme (EAP) – 24/7 support for mental, financial, physical and emotional wellbeing
11. Work-life balance - flexible working and work from home
12. Professional development including learning and development, individual development plans, formal mentorship programs, professional tuition reimbursement
13. Regular socials, monthly engagement activities, wellbeing days and more
14. Paid time off when you are physically and mentally unwell
15. Intersoft’s Climate Positive Workforce initiative aims to offset employee carbon emissions and mitigate their impact on the environment. For each employee, ten trees are planted monthly through Intersoft’s environmental partners Ecologi
16. A picturesque, rural office. Within walking distance of Windsor Great Park
Intersoft promotes equal opportunities and embraces diversity. Our success lies in cutting-edge technology, a talented team, and the ability to stay one-step-ahead of the delivery process.
** Team on a Mission, We before me
** Go above and beyond, shatter expectations
** Ignite a spark, blaze a trail**
Seniority level: Mid-Senior level
Employment type: Full-time
Job function: Engineering and Information Technology
Industries: Software Development
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