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Solution Architect

Solution Architect

Ahold TechhubBucharest
12 days ago
Job description

Your new role and environment.

The Solution Architect will work closely with the Customer & Digital Platform team, which is responsible for delivering digital solutions for Ahold Delhaize Group.

As Architect within the product team, you will guide a remote development team in the design, coding, testing and maintenance of Ahold Delhaize’s regional digital business solutions based on API’s and SAP Commerce (Hybris).

You will translate requirements created by product owners into architectural and design artifacts. The development team will use these artifacts to implement the solution. The Solution Architect will drive the selection of the most appropriate technical design for the stated business requirements.

You will also have to coach remote development team members and stay up-to-date with best practices and innovations in the market. This function is essential to realize the evolution of our digital business in line with our IT strategy and to master knowledge of the applications and processes internally.

Key responsibilities of your role.

  • Oversees the architectural aspects of digital platform projects, ensuring adherence to Ahold Delhaize Group technical standards
  • Guides remote Scrum teams of developers and testers, conducts regular reviews and provides direction across frontend, backend, and mobile architecture domains to ensure alignment with quality standards and project goals
  • Coordinates planning sessions with IT and business stakeholders to align business objectives with architectural strategies of Ahold Delhaize Group IT
  • Promotes delivering a re-usable, configurable, multi-format, multi-channel ecommerce platform that is rolled out in multiple countries
  • Promotes modernization within Scrums teams by facilitating the adoption of cutting-edge technologies and methodologies
  • Maintains a comprehensive understanding of platforms technical landscape to provide effective leadership in all areas of solution architecture
  • Follows applicable standards and methodologies, helps to establish architectural best practices and ensures that digital development guidelines are adhered to by all team members
  • Provides planning input by means of complexity assessments and drives effort estimations to allow product or project managers to materialize the project based on agile methodology
  • Partners with peers when integrating functionalities across applications and / or modules, ensuring a coherent application design as a result

What’s in it for you?

We ask a lot. (We’re looking for the best, after all). But we offer a lot, too.

So, what do we have in store for you? We offer flexible hours and a hybrid working model, allowing you to work both from home and at the office. We provide competitive benefits to support health, well-being and your professional growth. This includes : a significant budget on benefit platform and a yearly bonus. At AD01 we welcome everyone, just the way you are, and encourage individual growth with valuable opportunities and a worldwide across-brand network.

Requirements.

We think you’ll be best geared for success if you can meet the following requirements :

  • Bachelor’s degree in information technology sciences, or any other discipline of technical orientation
  • Experience with Agile methodologies (Scrum, Kanban)
  • Good working and hands-on knowledge of Databases concepts
  • Project development and delivery experience of a few good size projects
  • Extensive experience in leading solution architecture teams in complex environments
  • Proven experience with SAP Commerce (Hybris)
  • Strong proficiency in Java and Spring framework and familiarity with React.js, React Native, GraphQL and Bloomreach CMS and experience in development of digital business applications (related professional certifications are desirable)
  • Experience in cloud architecture, with a solid understanding of AWS and Azure platforms (related professional certifications are desirable)
  • Ability to create detailed architecture and design artifacts suitable for technical teams, strong knowledge of design patterns and excellent object-oriented software design skill
  • Web services (SOAP, REST)
  • Test driven development (Junit, Mockito)
  • Good knowledge of peripheral tools (Git, JIRA, Confluence, Ant, Maven)
  • It goes without saying that so-called ‘soft skills’ are just as important as their ‘hard’ cousins. We highly value :

  • Excellent problem-solving skills with a proven ability to oversee complex architectural designs
  • Experience working within a matrix-style structure with international teams
  • Clearly demonstrate capacity to take a leading role while implementing a solution with a 6 to 8 FTE team
  • Strong leadership skills with the ability to manage and direct a team of skilled professionals
  • Works self-directed and independently
  • Strong organizational skills
  • Team player; involves others, shares knowledge and seeks opportunities for cross functional working and collaboration
  • Creative; identifies solutions and selects the best combination of practices by taking an innovative approach to problem solving
  • Provides hands-on, expert level technical assistance to developers, demonstrates a “can-do” attitude and must be results-oriented with true hands-on mentality
  • Adaptable to situations and different / multicultural environments
  • Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills, capable of engaging effectively with both technical teams and business stakeholders, builds trust with colleagues, clients & vendors
  • Excellent command of the English language both written & spoken
  • Apply now

    If you’re excited to help us grow, then please apply now. If you feel like you might not tick all the boxes but have the skills and personality we’re looking for, then please also apply now!

    Got questions? Don’t be shy. Loredana Danila, at florentina-loredana.danila2@ad01.com, has answers.

    For us, diversity means being inclusive of thoughts and skills, generational differences, LGBTQ+, gender, race and ethnicity, disabilities, nationalities and more. We accept everyone for who they are.

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  • True tech-savvy
  • Inspiring leadership
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