Principal Architect in Homeoffice bei Bitly

Principal Architect (m/f/d) in Homeoffice bei Bitly

Bitly

At Bitly, we believe in the power of the link or scan - to start a conversation, build a relationship or grow a business. Our mission is to turn every interaction into a catalyst for connections. It’s what motivates us to help people share, promote and engage everywhere on the Internet. We do this by being relentlessly product-focused, fostering the free-flowing exchange of ideas, and inspiring people around the world to dream up new ways of using Bitly.

The Role

As a Principal Architect at Bitly, you will play a pivotal role in shaping the technological landscape of our organization. Leveraging your top-notch engineering skills, you will lead the charge in defining and implementing the architectural vision at scale, ensuring alignment with business objectives. You'll be a facilitator, bringing together cross-functional teams to make collective decisions on technological direction. Communication is your thing, and you'll use it to foster an environment of knowledge-sharing and mentorship, helping our developers grow both technically and professionally. Your influence extends beyond code; you'll contribute to strategic decision-making, evaluate emerging technologies, and guide the team toward adopting best practices.

What You'll D

Develop and drive the overarching architectural strategy, ensuring it aligns with the company's business objectives.
Act as a key decision-maker in critical architectural choices and guide teams to implement features and functionality that are scalable and efficient.

Facilitate collaboration among cross-functional teams, ensuring collective decision-making on architectural matters.
Identify essential missing technical requirements during the planning and design phases of the SDLC.
Work closely with product managers, engineers, and other architects to identify and solve complex technical challenges.

Cultivate an open communication culture, promoting knowledge sharing and collaboration within the engineering team.
Mentor junior, mid-level, and senior developers, providing guidance on best practices, coding standards, and architectural principles.

Stay up-to-date on industry trends and emerging technologies, influencing decision-making based on the latest advancements.
Lead the evaluation and adoption of new technologies to enhance the company's technical capabilities.
Oversee a technical area by providing guidance and alignment in a project's Design and Planning phases.
Contributes to Implementation phases of project(s) that are critical for the business and highly complex.
Conduct regular code reviews and architectural assessments to maintain architectural integrity.
Documents how services, files, and technologies work together.
Defines, implements, documents, and enforces best practices to uphold high code quality and system reliability standards.

Who You Are

General

Proven experience designing and implementing solutions for high-scale environments serving billions of customers.
Demonstrated ability to make sound technical decisions based on industry best practices.
Familiarity with challenges related to scalability, performance optimization, and distributed systems architecture.
Proactively stays informed about industry trends, embraces innovative solutions to address challenges, and takes the lead in evaluating and adopting cutting-edge technologies to enhance the company's technical capabilities.
Passion for mentorship and fostering the professional growth of team members.
Ability to lead by example, inspiring others through technical excellence and collaborative leadership.
Proficiency in our main programming languages is essential. For the backend, this means expertise in Golang and Javascript/Typescript, and for the frontend, it is necessary to know Javascript/Typescript with React as our main framework. Experience with other modern languages is also beneficial, as long as there is a willingness to focus on our primary languages.

For Backend Architects

Hands-on experience with Amazon Web Services (AWS) or Google Cloud Platform (GCP), including but not limited to the key services we leverage.
Proficiency in designing, deploying, and managing applications in AWS/GCP cloud environments.
Knowledge of best security, scalability, and cost optimization practices on the AWS/GCP platform.
Experience with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, CloudFormation, etc.)
Production experience running services such as load balancers, relational databases, messaging systems, and container-orchestration systems