Software Architect

Job Description:
We are looking for a Software Architect with proven record of designing software systems for large scale usage, to collaborate on a B2B contractual basis in capacity of an external consultant.
Role Requirements:
- fluency in English language
- incorporated as obrt, j.d.o.o. or d.o.o., or similar entity within Croatia, BiH, or Serbia
- excellent communication skills and ability to explain technical concepts to peer developers and design team
- ability to self-initiatively provide recommendations of possible solutions to problems
- ability to work under time constraints and deliver according to the agreed upon timeline
- ability to define Cloud Infrastructure requirements
- ability to detect and analyze systemic risks
- previous experience with provisioning, management and optimizing cloud infrastructure for secure, large scale usage using services AWS, Azure, or GCP
- experience with Cloud Development
- previous experience with activities related to Application Hosting, Storage, Security, CI/CD, Logging, Monitoring, Observability, Backup, Recovery, Data Migration, Redundancy, Compliance, Documentation, Policy Definition, and Cost Optimization, Performance Tuning
- deep understanding of networking and security concepts pertaining to infrastructure management and activities mentioned above, and implementation of the same
- previous experience in designing, implementing and optimizing reactive client applications for large scale usage
- previous experience in designing, implementing and optimizing REST API Applications for secure, large scale usage. Ideally, you have experience working on both the architecture design and implementation of backend applications
- deep understanding of relational and non-relational databases
- database management experience (security, backup, scaling,...)
- deep understanding of, and experience with using Message Brokers
- experience with designing and implementing Microservices
- ability to document all decisions and activities
- deep understanding of at least one Frontend JavaScript library/framework, used with TypeScript
- deep understanding of at least one server-side programming language and application framework (e.g. Java and Spring Boot, C# and ASP.NET, Node.js, etc...)
- deep understanding of, and experience with using at least one Containerization tool (preferably Docker)
- deep understanding of, and experience with using at least one Container Orchestration tool (preferably Kubernetes)
- deep understanding of, and experience with using at least one Cloud Service Provider (preferably Amazon - AWS)
- deep understanding of, and experience with using at least one IaaC Tool (preferably Terraform)
- deep understanding of, and experience with using at least one CI/CD Tool (preferably Jenkins)
- deep understanding of, and experience with using at least one Monitoring Tool (preferably Prometheus)
- deep understanding of, and experience with using at least one Observability Tool (preferably Grafana)
To apply, send your application to contact@ditto-consulting.com and describe 3 related projects you have previously worked on, reflecting the requirements listed above, along with the degree of your involvement on those projects:
- describe the system you have designed and its structure/architecture.
- did you design the entire system yourself? Which parts of the system did you design?
- did you design the application architecture/s yourself?
- which parts of the system did you implement yourself?
- did you provisione and manage any system infrastructure? Which parts?
- if you implemented any, which parts of the client application did you implement? Style, state management, responsiveness, optimizations, etc...
- if you implemented any, which parts of the system/server application did you implement? System Architecture, Cloud Development, System Security and Networking, Database Design and Management (Backups, Scaling, and similar), Scaling, CI/CD, Monitoring, Observability, Service Architecture, Optimizations, etc...
- did you define and implement any DevOps processes?
- did you participate in planning QA activities?
- did you document the work that you done? What documents did you produce?
- to what degree was AI involved in decision making and implementation?
Please prioritize presenting the projects which showcase higher seniority.
Looking forward to reading your application!

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