Summary

Andersen invites a UK-based Software Architect for a major Logistics project with a global transport leader. You'll help develop a mobile app designed to enhance the overall travel experience and improve accessibility to key transport services.

The customer is the leading international transport provider. The company operates bus, coach, and rail services across various regions including the UK, continental Europe, North Africa, and North and South America. In 2023, it reported revenue of £3.15 billion, reflecting its strong global presence.

The project is a mobile application that allows users to plan bus trips, book and manage tickets, track routes in real-time, and get information about stops, promotions, and schedule changes.

Responsibilities

Defining and maintaining architectural standards, patterns, and best practices. Working with the Software Engineering leadership to develop, maintain, and support the delivery of the technical strategy and roadmap. Collaborating with the development leads to ensure consistency across squads. Reviewing and approving major architectural decisions and changes. Working with the Architecture team to ensure alignment with solution, domain, and enterprise vision for developed solutions. Providing technical leadership and guidance on architectural and technical decisions. Performing regular reviews of software architecture decisions and providing feedback on system design and implementation. Identifying and addressing technical debt and architectural risks. Mentoring and coaching developers on software principles and best practices. Ensuring design decisions align with business objectives, technical requirements, and target architecture. Collaborating with Domain and Solution Architects to ensure consistency across the enterprise. Documenting and communicating design decisions and reasoning. Supporting the development of technical standards and guidelines. Participating in technical decisions and taking an active role in the decision making process. Ensuring compliance with security, operational, and development policies.

Requirements

Experience in software architecture and design, with a strong background in Node.js, for 3+ years. Excellent understanding of architectural patterns, principles and best practices. Experience with cloud platforms (AWS/Azure), DevOps and CI/CD pipelines. Experience of API design, event driven, and microservice architectures. Strong knowledge of scalability, performance, resilience, and security best practices. Excellent communication and interpersonal skills. Strong analytical and problem solving skills. Experience working in Agile environments, specifically Scrum and Kanban. Ability to work effectively as part of a cross-functional team. Familiar with enterprise architecture frameworks and methodologies. Level of English – from Intermediate+ and above.

Desired skills

Experience working in the transport sector or similar. Experience with large scale distributed systems, ideally using microservice and event driven architectures. Experience of performance optimization and scalability. Experience with containerization and orchestration technologies.

Reasons to join us

Experience in teamwork with leaders in FinTech, Healthcare, Retail, Telecom, and others. Andersen cooperates with such businesses as Samsung, Siemens, Johnson & Johnson, BNP Paribas, Ryanair, Mercedes, TUI, Verivox, Allianz, T-Systems, etc..The opportunity to change the project and/or develop expertise in an interesting business domain.Job conditions – you can work both fully remotely and from the office or can choose a hybrid variant.Guarantee of professional, financial, and career growth! The company has introduced systems of mentoring and adaptation for each new employee.The opportunity to earn up to an additional 1,000 EUR per month, depending on the level of expertise, which will be included in the annual bonus, by participating in the company's activities.Access to the corporate training portal, where the entire knowledge base of the company is collected and which is constantly updated.Bright corporate life (parties / pizza days / PlayStation / fruits / coffee / snacks / movies).Certification compensation (AWS, PMP, etc).Referral program.English courses.Private health insurance and compensation for sports activities.

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