Senior Solution Architect (Azure Cloud)

sphera | Enterprise software and services

2h 2m ago

Remote In-Country

Full Time

Poland

Sphera is a leading global provider of enterprise software and services that enables companies to manage and optimize their environmental, health, safety and sustainability. Our mission is to create a safer, more sustainable and productive world.

Sphera is a portfolio company of Blackstone, a U.S.-based alternative asset investment company that focuses on private equity, technology and innovation, and more. Blackstone businesses succeed through strong partnerships, a personalized approach and a commitment to exceptional performance with uncompromising integrity. Sphera and Blackstone are leaders in the Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) space.

We are guided by our core values of Customer Centricity, Accountability, Bias to Action, Innovation, and Collaboration. These values help us recruit the right talent to join our rapidly expanding team of around the globe. It is important to us that each and every Spherion is not only eager to challenge themselves and knows how to get work done but is an awesome addition to our company culture.

We’re looking for a Senior Solution Architect to take ownership of the technical direction and architecture roadmap for a portfolio of cloud-based SaaS solutions. This is a highly influential role where you’ll combine hands-on technical expertise with architectural leadership, helping shape secure, scalable, high-performing, multi-tenant applications built on Microsoft Azure.

You’ll work closely with agile development teams and business stakeholders to translate requirements into robust technical solutions, guide key architectural decisions, and ensure successful delivery from design through implementation. You’ll also have the opportunity to mentor engineers, champion best practices, and help drive the evolution of our cloud technology landscape.

The ideal candidate will bring 7+ years of web and cloud development experience, strong expertise in Azure, C#, REST APIs, JavaScript/TypeScript, and a proven track record of architecting and delivering scalable, secure SaaS solutions. Experience leading development teams and a strong understanding of backend architecture, performance, and security are essential.

Responsibilities:

Guide and own the system architecture roadmap and the key technical decisions for a portfolio of solutions.
Coordinate and lead agile development teams to design, estimate, develop, test and deliver commercial software products.
Communicate clearly the mission, architecture, deadlines, and expectations.
Perform an expert role in the development, configuration, support, and enhancement of Web and Cloud SaaS Multi-tenant solutions
Ensure system scalability and performance by utilizing proper architectural designs
Take an active role in project planning (estimations, timelines, and milestones) and progress tracking. Adjust plans and priorities as necessary.
Work closely with stakeholders to ensure all business requirements, interdependencies and impediments are understood
Write clean code to develop functional web applications and server-side applications
Develop and design generic, secure & scalable RESTful services and APIs
Mentor and coach more junior members of the team when appropriate
Perform other duties and responsibilities, as necessary.

Required Education:

University degree in Computer Science, related field, or equivalent experience.

Required Experience:

7+ years of Web and Cloud development using various technologies, frameworks, and tools
Demonstrated experience in architecting and implementing Cloud SaaS multi-tenant systems
Knowledge of Azure Cloud technologies, environment, and services (Application Gateway, Queues, Azure Function, B2C)
Expert knowledge of best practices in back-end architecture, including performance, security and scalability
Good experience with C#, JSON, REST APIs, JavaScript/TypeScript
Demonstrated experience in leading development teams
Working knowledge of Azure Dev Ops.
Domain knowledge in life-cycle assessment is an asset
Knowledge or experience in Delphi is an asset

Skills:

Strong facilitation and coaching skills
Abilities to think creatively to find alternate solutions or creative ways to solve problems.
Work effectively independently and in a dynamic team environment.
Proven time management, organizational and follow-up skills to meet deadlines
Quality-oriented with a passion for customer satisfaction
Excellent interpersonal skills
Must be willing to learn new technologies and processes as needed.
Strong work ethic and professionalism
Good communication skills in English.

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Sphera is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all colleagues.

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Required Skills

azurecsharpjavascriptjsonmicrosoft azureperformance_optimizationrestapirestful_servicessaastypescript

Required Languages

🇬🇧 English