Technical Architect - Java

Company Description

Publicis Global Delivery is the talent powerhouse of Publicis Groupe, the largest global communications group. We make sure to hire, boost and develop the best people worldwide to deliver outstanding work for the most prominent clients within the Groupe. 

In LATAM, we are over 1,700 passionate employees that love to push boundaries and drive innovative solutions. If you are a risk-taker and love to develop intrepid ideas, PGD is the place for you. 

We Move People, and People Move Us!

Job Description

• The Technical Architect is responsible for leading technical architect teams, scoping and developing complex, enterprise- class web sites, web applications and mobile applications. The Senior Technical Architect position is a strategic technical leadership role.

• Is an experienced software architect of demanding and complex systems that integrate content management systems and e-commerce platforms.

• Manages the development team and makes technical decisions. This individual must effectively collaborate with other technical architects, project managers and product owners. The STA assumes executive ownership of front-end and back-end development activities and ensures the successful delivery of solutions.

• Leads technical presentations to clients, helps build client relationships, and facilitates collaboration with other groups such as creative, business and technology. The STA must assess technical tendencies and decide on the adoption of emerging technologies across the company.

Responsibilities: 

• Act as the main technical point of contact with other teams such as creative, business and technology throughout all phases of a project lifecycle
• Act as a technical point of contact for client interactions outside of project activity, including presentations, marketing pitches, and on-site meetings
• Explain architecture decisions/rationales to client and tech teams 
• Own the technical architecture and design of systems and oversees development
• Translate business and functional requirements into a viable technical solution, including system architecture, design decisions and estimation 
• Ensure concise and clear documentation is maintained by all peers for the projects as dictated by each Capability’s guidelines and best practices 
• Establish coding guidelines and best practices, and ensure well defined processes (e.g. code reviews, static analysis, etc.) are in place to ensure adherence 
• Establish project scaffolding and associated automation tools for the project 
• Establish continuous integration platform and strategy used in the project 
• Own software release activities, including but not limited to reviewing code changes, client demos, QA hand-offs, and present solutions and justifications for tasks 
• Provide expert knowledge of application/system architecture, guiding the dev process to ensure code is developed to spec 
• Provide expert knowledge of vendor negotiations and vendor evaluations geared towards technical evaluation of software and organization
• Be responsible for deployment and source code management activities such as creating tags and branches, and resolving merges and conflicts 
• Create training programs for technologies within fields of expertise 
• Lead Capability activities and initiatives

Qualifications

• English level B2 or higher
• More than 8 years’ web development experience
• More than 4 years working as the technical leader in teams and projects
• More than 4 years’ experience building and maintaining client relationships
• Expertise designing and developing rich web applications using various technologies such as Java Core and Java Microservices 
• Expertise with popular Java frameworks, cross-browser compatibility and responsive web design
• Expertise in data storage patterns and practices, namely relational (SQL) and/or non-relational (NoSQL) platforms
• Expertise deploying and troubleshooting the following tools: ○ Process Automation & Scripting (e.g. Grunt, Maven, Ant, Powershell) ○ Continuous Integration (e.g. Hudson, Jenkins, Teamcity, CruiseControl) 
• Expertise integrating web solutions with web services and third-party platforms 

Additional Information

• Access to Prepaid Medical Plan provided by Prodigious 
• Employee engagement activities and events
• Days of Work from Home 
• Flexible Schedule
• Prodigious Academy
  • Technical trainings, soft skills development, technical certifications, access to online libraries and e-learning platforms
• English language training by a professional language teacher 
• Find your path Program
  • You will have a coach that will support and help you grow
• Level up Program
  • Attend conferences, trainings and more (in COL or other countries)
  • Help others get better: conducting trainings and get rewarded for it