Position Title: Solutions Architect
Block Gemini is seeking to hire a Solutions Architect. Candidate will be responsible for providing overall
leadership, establishing and maintaining technical roadmaps. They are responsible for leading Business
and Solution Architecture, as well as engagement and providing architectural blueprints and technical
leadership to our IT team.
Job Requirements:
• Ensure designs support scalability, quality, performance, security, maintainability, and
architectural integrity, and ensure solutions are delivered in alignment with the defined business
goals.
• Work with the entire team to scale distributed systems, make architectural trade-offs, review code, and
deliver with speed and quality.
• Contribute to building scalable, high-performing tech infrastructure.
• Serve as a technical lead for an agile team and actively participate in all agile ceremonies.
• Collaborating with Product and Program Managers to develop a long-term roadmap with achievable
estimates; ensuring software engineering priorities are included within the roadmap.
• Provide expertise for teams in all matters related to deployment, building and release process.
• Evaluate and recommend tools, technologies, and processes to ensure the highest quality product
platform.
• Mentor junior engineers and drive a culture of technical excellence.
• Address challenges and reduce technical debt.
• Perform risk management to minimize project risks.
• Participate in leadership discussions regarding new technology introduction and/or enterprise system
planning activities.
• Translate technology concepts into business terminology.
• Must have experience of clustering and sharding technologies such as Kubernetes, Apache Kafka,
MongoDB, Redis, etc.
• Work on budget estimations and creating proposals, if required.

Knowledge and Experience:• 10+ Years of experience in IT industry.• 4+ years of experience as a Solutions Architect.• The candidate must have exceptional technical skills with implementation as well as architecture andintegration.• Good understanding of architecture and design patterns.• Good understanding of platform interoperability strategies risks and challenges.• Demonstrated ability to adapt to new technologies and learn quickly.• Technical degree required; Computer Science or Math background highly desired.• Solid technical background, with understanding or hands-on experience in software development andweb technologies.• Experience working with large codebases.• Experience working with open-source projects.• Proficiency in languages such as: Node.js, Java, Python.• Strong knowledge of algorithms and data structures.• Experience architecting scalable technology solutions that adjust to cyclical business patterns.• Prior people management responsibilities with senior level team members as direct reports.• Leadership style which fosters accountability, transparent communication and innovation.• Experience with Digital, Data & Analytics and Open Source technologies strongly preferred.• Prior RFP experiences (both writing them and delivering oral presentations to clients) would be of highvalue.