What are the responsibilities and job description for the Application Architect position at FrankCrum?
FrankCrum is a Top Workplace!
FrankCrum, voted by it's employees as a Top Workplace in Tampa Bay for more than 10 years in a row, is a Professional Employer Organization (PEO) based in Clearwater, Florida. FrankCrum employs approximately 500 people who serve over 4,000 businesses by offering a full range of HR services, including payroll, employee benefits, HR consulting services and workers' compensation insurance. Our PEO is a family culture that encourages people to feel at home, collaborate, and respect each other and we live by our Pillars of Excellence which are Integrity, Prosperity, and Affinity!
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The Role You'll Play to Create Success
We are happy to announce a full-time Application Architect position filled with many exciting opportunities! This job contributes to the mission of FrankCrum by designing and implementing a robust, scalable, and secure application architecture, as well as driving the development and deployment of our software systems. This role will focus on the development and maintenance of design systems, the integration of modern JavaScript frameworks, the enforcement of coding standards, website monitoring, code reviews, and the adoption of emerging technologies.
- Works closely with stakeholders, Solution Architects, and the Software Development Manager to understand business requirements and help translate technical requirements for the Development team.
- Provides technical leadership to the team through guidance, mentorship, and coaching.
- Identifies technologies and solutions, create proof of concepts, and participate in the entire SDLC process to deploy software solutions.
- Helps facilitate resolve dependencies and blockers across team boundaries.
- Enhances design and coding best practices and assists in the enforcement of relevant policies.
- Works with release management to define Azure DevOps CI/CD pipelines and suggest strategies to merge/branch code and maintain alignment with other teams.
- Leads the creation and maintenance of a comprehensive design system that ensures consistency, scalability, and efficiency across all software products and platforms.
- Serves as the subject matter expert on modern JavaScript frameworks, providing guidance, best practices, and architectural recommendations for the development team.
- Leads the design and development of scalable and maintainable frontend architecture, ensuring alignment with overall business objectives and technical standards.
- Establishes and enforces coding standards, best practices, and develops guidelines to ensure high-quality, maintainable code across all projects.
- Implements robust website monitoring strategies and tools to continuously monitor performance, identify issues, and optimizes website speed and reliability.
- Implements performance optimization techniques and strategies to enhance front-end application speed, responsiveness, and user experience.
- Conducts regular code reviews to provide constructive feedback, technical mentorship, and guidance to the development team.
- Creates and maintains technical documentation, including architecture diagrams, API documentation, and developer guides, to facilitate knowledge sharing and onboarding of new team members.
- Collaborates closely with product managers, UX/UI designers, and other stakeholders to understand business requirements, translate them into technical solutions, and ensure alignment with overall business objectives.
The Attributes We Seek
Keys to success in this position include a proven track record of designing and implementing design systems for large-scale web applications. Expertise in front-end technologies such as HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, and modern JavaScript frameworks (e.g., React, Angular, Vue.js, or similar), as well as knowledge of CI\CD pipeline process, automated testing, deployment methodologies for code and database changes.
Excellent understanding of source control, branching strategies, code merge, Git, GitHub, Git Flow and Azure DevOps is needed. Strong understanding of software engineering principles, design patterns, best practices, and experience with website monitoring tools and performance optimization techniques is desired. Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field is required.
Our Competitive Benefits
Along with this great opportunity, FrankCrum also provides exceptional benefits from top carriers including:
- Health Insurance is zero dollar paycheck cost for employee's coverage and only two-hundred-forty-five dollars a month for family!
- Dental and Vision Insurance
- Short Term Disability and Term Life Insurance at no cost to the employee
- Long Term Disability and Voluntary Term Life Insurance
- Supplemental insurance plans such as Accidental, Critical Illness, Hospital Indemnity, Legal Services and Pet Insurance
- 401(k) Retirement Plan where FrankCrum matches 100% of the first 4% the employee contributes, and the employee is immediately vested in the employer match
- Employee Assistance Program at no cost to the employee
- Flexible Spending Accounts for Medical and Dependent Care Reimbursement
- Health Savings Account funded by FrankCrum
- Paid time off and holiday pay
- Education reimbursement up to five thousand two hundred fifty dollars tax free per calendar year
- PTO cash out
- Tickets at Work
- Access to the Corporate America Family Credit Union
- Employee and client referral bonus programs
- Paid volunteer time
What's Special About FrankCrum
FrankCrum, a family-owned business-to-business entity since 1981 is made of several companies: FrankCrum Corporate (a professional employer organization), FrankCrum Staffing, Frank Winston Crum Insurance Company, and the FrankCrum Insurance Agency - all based in Clearwater, Florida. This "family of employer solutions" employs approximately 500 people who serve over 4,000 clients throughout the United States. FrankCrum employees are trained to deliver high value through exceptional customer service and treat clients and coworkers like family. By living by our Brand Pillars of Integrity, Affinity, and Prosperity, employees are recognized at quarterly events for exceptional customer service and milestones in tenure.
The FrankCrum headquarters spans 14 acres and includes a cafe, subsidized for employees. Menus include made-to-order breakfast, hot lunch options and even dinners that can be ordered to-go, all at very affordable prices. The cafe also plays host to monthly birthday and anniversary celebrations, eating and costume contests, and yearly holiday parties. Through the input of its own employees, The Tampa Bay Times has recognized FrankCrum as a Top Place to Work for more than 10 years in a row! FrankCrum also supports several community efforts through Trinity Cafe, the Homeless Empowerment Program, and Clearwater Free Clinic!
If you want to play this role to positively impact our clients' day-to-day business, then apply now!
FrankCrum is an Equal Opportunity Employer that does not discriminate on the basis of actual or perceived race, color, creed, religion, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, age, sex or gender (including pregnancy, childbirth and pregnancy-related conditions), gender identity or expression (including transgender status), sexual orientation, marital status, military service and veteran status, physical or mental disability, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state or local laws and ordinances.
