Senior Solution Architect
Apex Systems is a global IT services provider, and our staffing practice has an opening in the ecommerce/grocer space for a Senior Solutions Architect specializing specifically with experience in API, scripting (SQL) automation and a strong comfortability being client facing and making very difficult decisions to place at our client a top utilities company in Ontario.
- Terms:6-month possibility with extension
- Location: hybrid Toronto
- Client: Enterprise Ecommerce/Grocery
Description:
- Our Client is transforming the grocery industry
- Our Client has become a lifeline for millions of people, and they're building the team to help push their shopping cart forward.
- There's no one-size fits all approach to how we do our best work. Employees have the flexibility to choose where they do their best work---whether it's from home, an office, or your favorite coffee shop---while staying connected and building community through regular in-person events.
About the Role
Our Client seeks a Senior Solution Architect to own technical design and solutioning responsibilities with enterprise scale Retailer partners. Solution Architects enjoy an exceptionally exciting career with our Client, working in a fast-paced environment and developing relationships with enterprise-scale partners. You will thrive on daily opportunities to generate creative solution designs. In this role you'll enjoy the satisfaction of being a primary technical stakeholder, a liaison between Our Client's Product \& Engineering teams, and partner closely with a large variety of technology and business stakeholders. Joining the Solution Architecture team offers a unique opportunity to solve complex challenges as Our Client expands its offering into rapidly growing new markets.
About the Job
- Own end to end solution design, identify and build around system \& business needs, generate solution proposals and drive their execution through to launch.
- Build relationships with both technical and business stakeholders at our Enterprise Retail Partners
- Consult and coordinate with multiple internal teams at Instacart ensuring efforts between Product, Design and Engineering teams are well aligned, ensuring project success.
- Be a technical expert on the scalable Instacart platform and external facing API's.
- Develop tools, processes and documentation with intent to scale our partnerships and continuously improve solution delivery.
About You
- 5 years of experience working as a Software Engineer or Architect
- Strong ability to communicate technical issues to non-technical audiences.
- Experience in a client-facing/consulting role
- Experience with code/scripting/automation or data engineering (primarily SQL)
- Proven ability to partner effectively with Technical Project Managers
- Possess a strong sense of ownership.
- Experience solving complex business challenges with external stakeholders.
Preferred Qualifications
Bachelor's degree in computer science, Computer Engineering or equivalent
