Product Architect

Datalex; Manchester; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job description

The Role

We are looking for someone with top-notch design skills, someone that is not afraid to get into technical details and is an excellent communicator. You will be working alongside our global team of Project Managers, Business Analysts, Technical Leads and Test Leads to enhance functionality, add new features and improve non-functional specifications. You will be customer facing and will provide support to them as they implement our product and bring it into production.

If you are driven and enjoy working in fast paced environments, then this role is for you! You will have a front row seat into how the travel industry works today and help us stay ahead of the curve. Datalex partners with best of breed content and payment providers, you will get to work with the best in the industry at every level.

Responsibilities

1. Architect and develop solutions with the Engineering teams.
2. Translate business requirements into system level design and detailed technical architecture documents.
3. Take a leadership role within the implementation team to deliver our product per customer requirements, driving architectural decisions and best practices.
4. Maintain a strong understanding of industry standards and collaborate with fellow team leaders on the prioritization and execution of ongoing platform improvement initiatives.
5. Work with our Operations team to analyse the performance of our systems in a production environment and evaluate enhancements to the operation of our product for performance and cost benefits.
6. Ensure all non-functional requirements are being met.
7. Identify and implement development environment improvements.
8. Contribute to the long-term development of our product suite.
9. Identify opportunities for and drive Continuous Improvement activities.
10. Provide consultancy services to our customers as they implement our product.

Required Skills and Experience

1. Experience as a Technical Architect, Technical Lead or Software Architect.
2. Hands-on software development experience is a must.
3. In addition, e-commerce (retail) industry experience or experience in a high transaction volume or mission-critical system.
4. Strong leadership skills.
5. Design experience, including knowledge about Technical Architecture, Logical Architecture, Business Architecture and Data Architecture.
6. Strong communication skills.
7. Customer facing experience in previous roles is an advantage.
8. A wide degree of creativity and latitude is expected.
9. Experience delivering high quality customer facing design documentation.
10. Be a self-starter and have a strong problem-solving aptitude.
11. Ability to handle multiple priorities in a fast-moving environment.
12. Knowledge in web-based systems architecture, service-based architecture, enterprise application architecture.
13. Expert in some or all of the following technologies: Java, J2EE, SOA, JBoss, Tomcat, JDBC, SOAP, REST, OOD/OOA & Cloud (AWS & Azure).
14. Experience working with database systems – Oracle, MongoDB.

About Datalex

Datalex is a market leader in digital commerce for travel retail. The Datalex Digital Commerce Platform provides airlines with a unique solution to drive revenue and profit as digital retailers. Today the platform enables a travel marketplace of over one billion shoppers covering every corner of the globe, driven by some of the world’s most innovative airline retail brands. Datalex’s customers include, Air China, JetBlue Airways, Hainan Group, SAS, Philippine Airlines, Aer Lingus, Brussels Airlines, Air Transat, Air Malta, STA Travel and Trailfinders. The company is headquartered in Dublin, Ireland, and maintains offices across Europe, the USA and China. Datalex is a publicly listed company on Euronext Dublin (DLE).