Who you’ll be working with 

We build the solutions dreamed up by the product and design teams. Our goal is to deliver working software every two weeks. We are a large team that spans across three global offices, but we collaborate and integrate front- and back-end components and interfaces to provide a user-centered experience through web and mobile platforms. 

What you’ll be doing

• Guiding engineers on proper development practices, patterns, and techniques for enterprise technologies 
• Leading project scoping conversations to validate customer solution and articulate the business impact of the solution
• Leveraging new and emerging technologies to fulfill project requirements and business objectives
• Ability to lead project discovery and design sessions
• Assisting in pre-sales work by detailing requirements needed to successful realize an enterprise client’s vision
• Consulting clients in the strategic direction of business solutions
• Advising on building technical roadmaps, defining modern enterprise architecture and guiding teams to deliver it successfully 
• Participating in feasibility discussions and work with internal teams to establish a budget proposal, resource plan and a high-level timeline
• Working on high-level design, which will consist of vetting what we have for requirements documentation, but consider implicit requirements that are important to engineering
• Documenting requirements precisely 
• Reviewing design draft with key stakeholders and work with design team to make adjustments if needed
• Making reasonable build/buy/reuse decisions
• Working with tech leads for brief reviews, review technical artifacts from various team members, create technical specs where necessary and do a lot of troubleshooting on the project
• Overseeing installation, devops, builds, documentation, quality assurance, performance, and security
• Coordinating long term support, systems integration, and hand-off to development
• Reporting into our Managing Director of Engineering and Product Development

What you’ll need to be successful (Requirements)

• Three(3) years of related experience as a Architect, Engineering Lead, Technical Lead or similar, applicable role
• 10 years of experience in Technology
• Hands-on experience delivering cloud-based applications (preferably on AWS or Azure)
• Extensive hands-on coding experience in full-stack Web and/or mobile development using some combination of the following (React, Angular, Node.js, python, React Native)
• Mastery of how enterprise companies work and how to address their needs
• Proficiency in back-end technologies and frameworks

Bonus Points for these (Preferred Experience)

• Experience in implementing highly secure and scalable architecture 
• Experience in a high degree of cross functional collaboration with Sales, Engineering and Customers

Need another reason to hit the “apply” button?

• Codal is a global agency with over 200 employees, and offices in the US, UK, and India 
• We regularly host happy hours, dinners, excursions, and other company events to unwind after a hard day at work
• Office snacks and drinks a fancy Bevi water machine with flavored water 
• We offer Medical, Life, Dental/Vision, and many more insurance types 
• Employer 401k match - 4% 
• A recreational group that regularly competes in city leagues for softball and volleyball 
• An office in the heart of downtown Chicago with a gym, food court, Walgreens, rooftop bar, outdoor sports court, and other amenities
• Working hybrid for in-person collaboration and sprint-planning days