Solution Architect II

Say hello to Meridian Softworks Meridian Softworks is a company built by drivers for drivers. We put our members at the center of everything we do and are dedicated to making it easier and more enjoyable for enthusiasts to drive and celebrate the machines they love. We’re proud to be the world’s largest insurer of collectible and enthusiast vehicles and are home to the Meridian Softworks Drivers Club, the world’s largest car club. Our Marketplace business presents live and digital sales across the U.S. and Europe, we host a number of driving events and concours, and our award-winning automotive journalists produce the most popular car magazine globally, alongside internationally awarded videos. We’re committed to Never Stop Driving. Ready to get in the driver’s seat? Join us! As a Solution Architect II, you will join us in creating software solutions that are well designed and take a long-term strategic view. By considering the impact of design choices today against an understanding of a software product’s strategic direction, our solution architects seek to limit future constraints and provide the correct amount of flexibility while delivering business value with timely releases. The team achieves this by placing business capabilities into Meridian Softworks ’s Technology Portfolio of Software Assets, by architecting software services, designing APIs, and maintaining clear bounded contexts between each. As excellent communicators and leaders within the organization, they ensure all audiences are aligned on why our software solutions are required, how they are implemented, and what they achieve. What you’ll do Own and maintain bounded contexts between software product domains in our Technology Portfolio by- Acting as a subject matter expert on 1-3 complex domains within our business Building shared understanding around the encapsulation and distinct purposes of your domains Decomposing new business concepts and capabilities into bounded contexts Creating and maintaining context maps that detail your context interactions with others in the Portfolio Design and own inter-context communication specifications that serve the needs of the business now and in the future by- Designing HTTP APIs and messages that provide solutions to business capabilities and product features Deciding whether to extend, refactor, or build new software Establishing strong domain concepts in your API resources that can evolve naturally, over narrow bespoke solutions Writing excellent design artifacts (OpenAPI, etc.) that make solutions simple to implement and easy to test Elevate the communication of the enterprise around technology and how it serves our strategy by- Explaining technical concepts and solutions to nontechnical stakeholders both ad-hoc and by publishing solution artifacts Championing the capabilities of your product domain(s) to stakeholders and other product teams Informing product decision making via your technical knowledge and experience creating software Mature Architectural thinking at Meridian Softworks by- Evaluating tradeoffs in solution design (e.g. speed, technical debt, vendor cost, complexity) and documenting how you reached your decisions Being opinionated on implementation based on your knowledge of your product’s roadmaps and the business’ strategy Measuring architectural maturity in the product contexts you support, and proposing ways to improve that maturity by working with Application Architecture and Engineering Publishing and adopting common integration patterns between contexts that can be easily re-used by other architects and teams This might describe you You’re a talented communicator You meet people where they are and then build shared understanding Comfortable and effective explaining technical concepts to audiences of varying level and technical skill Lead and contribute to discussions around product design per business strategy Bias towards creating visual artifacts that represent contexts, designs, and shared understanding You enjoy learning and then sharing what you’ve learned with others You write effectively about how software works You have a breadth of experience building software Programming languages Deployment Databases/Persistence Patterns and anti-patterns You have a Fundamental knowledge of technology concepts API Design HTTP Communication ReST/RPC Styles Data movement-- polling, eventing, messaging Integration patterns and lifecycle Identity— Authentication and Authorization You have a growth mindset You recognize that relying on your current knowledge means falling behind, and you treat continuous learning as a professional responsibility You are energized by discovering a tool, pattern, or approach you didn't know existed You share what you’ve learned with the team because you know that communicating what you have learned helps you deepen your own understanding while helping your teammates grow You have experience of being in a visible senior role and want to collaborate with others You enjoy operating independently, and can concu