Description

Solutions Architect

What We Seek

At Carnegie Learning, we believe that no two students learn alike. With deep roots in research and advanced education technology, we learn more every day about how students learn best, and we use that insight to help educators drive continually better outcomes. We work hard to create an engaging, supportive company culture where we can all thrive while doing work that improves education every single day.

We are looking for a talented individual to join our Architecture Team and work alongside engineering, product and external vendors to guide technical solutions. The Solutions Architect contributes to the Carnegie Learning architectural principles and ensures that solution implementations comply with those principles. This individual builds the bridge between a business problem and the technology solution and outlines each of the phases and requirements required to make that solution work.

What Your Day Will Look Like

• Work as part of the architecture team to continuously evolve the companys platform architecture and architectural principles.
• Provide architectural supervision to engineering teams and external vendors, guiding them on implementation decisions to ensure compliance with the companys overall architectural direction.
• Collaborate with product verticals, mapping their solution needs with existing and new architectures with the objectives of:
  • Maximizing re-use across the product suite
  • Minimizing time-to-market
  • Aligning solutions with architectural goals
  • Documenting solution needs as well formed requirements appropriate for consumption by agile teams
• Work with engineering and product teams to design scalable solutions and products.
• Understand the technical aspects of projects to identify risks, propose immediate solutions and provide guidance to project teams.
• Analyze trade-offs and effectively communicate them to stakeholders.
• Guide modernization of legacy applications.
• Keep abreast of current and emerging technologies, recommend improvements to application architectures where appropriate.
• Lead brainstorming sessions to develop potential solutions for business needs or problems.
• Assess and document effectively the impacts of proposed technical solutions, understanding risks and recommending mitigation strategies as needed.
• Document guidelines and best practices for implementing solutions.
• Identify opportunities for process improvements.

What Should Be In Your Bookbag

• Bachelors Degree in Computer Science or equivalent years of experience
• 8 years of relevant technical experience with at least 3 years in an architect ole
• Experience and technical adeptness in many of the following areas:
  • Object oriented programming using Java, Scala and/or Typescript
  • REST-based service application stacks such as JAX-RS/Jersey, Hibernate, Node/Express
  • Cloud-based technologies such as AWS Lambda, Kinesis, SQS and S3
  • SQL databases such as MySQL/Aurora
  • NoSQL databases such as DynamoDB and MongoDB
  • Big Data platforms such as Apache Spark and Hadoop
• Strong understanding of data security and data privacy concepts, practices and tools
• Experience in a multi-product, multi-application development environment
• Drive for continuous personal improvement
• Excellent spoken and written communication skills
• Good to have:
  • Understanding of how Big Data, DevSecOps, Machine Learning fit into product architecture.
  • Significant experience in agile methodologies
  • Prior experience in EdTech

What Gives Us Purpose

Carnegie Learning is a leading provider of K-12 education technology, curriculum, and professional learning solutions. With the highest quality, research-based offerings for K-12 math, literacy, world languages, and more, Carnegie Learning is changing the way we think about learning and creating powerful results for teachers and students alike. At Carnegie Learning we strive to create an environment where people want to work - one where the larger team comes first, where trying new things (and sometimes failing) is encouraged, and where we pursue our mission relentlessly.

Carnegie Learning is a major disruptive force in the digital curriculum market by combining world-class research, differentiated technology, best in class content together with a world-class mission-oriented team. This is where you come in! Are you ready to do the best work of your career and shape the future of learning?

What We Provide

• Named a Pittsburgh Top Workplace five years in a row
• Medical, dental, and vision benefits
• Virtual health services
• Basic life and disability insurance is offered at no cost
• HSA, FSA, DCSA, and Commuter saving accounts
• 401k with company match
• Employee assistance program
• Pet and Legal services insurance
• Generous paid time off and holidays
• Variable compensation opportunities
• Business casual work environment
• Mission-driven culture
• Flexible working hours, leveraging remote capabilities

What We Believe

We respect and celebrate the unique attributes, characteristics, and perspectives that make each person who they are. We also believe that bringing diverse individuals together allows us to collectively and more effectively address the issues that face our business and industry. Carnegie Learning is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

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