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Sr. Director, Software Architecture, eCommerce
Samsung
Bellevue, WA, United States
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General Description
Samsung is seeking a passionate, and talented software architects who have experience building innovative, high volume & global applications. This is a high visibility team where you will get a chance to make a positive impact on customer experience. Samsung Ecommerce is currently in the process of expanding its marketplace platform to add more features and to expand it globally.
Duties and Responsibilities:
• Translation of complex functional and technical requirements into detailed architecture and design
• Responsible for the over-all systems architecture, scalability, reliability, and performance
• Developing and delivering quality services and solutions using JavaScript, HTTP, REST, RDBMS, No SQL and other web technologies
• Maintaining current technical knowledge to support rapidly changing technology
• Propose frameworks, technologies and standards for development and implementation
• Should be able to conceptualize and come up with multiple architectural approaches
• Closely work with Product Management to understand business requirements and engineering to determine performance requirement consequences in order to translate them in the best product architecture choices
• Open to hands-on coding
• Get the experience of building products from the scratch and taking them all the way to production
Necessary Skills / Attributes
Required Qualifications:
• Bachelors / Master’s Degree in Computer Science or related field in a reputed institution
• 15+ years professional experience in software development with most of them from a product company
• Proficient in Design & Development
• Experience with working in Linux based environment
• Familiar with managing applications in cloud
• An expert knowledge of Software Engineering best practices, Software development life cycle including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations.
• The ability to take a project from scoping requirements through actual launch of the project as a team.
• Experience in communicating with other technical teams like Test, Product and Management to collect requirements, review test cases and translate the product requirements to technical requirements.
Preferred Qualifications:
• Proficient in technologies such as:
o Nodejs
o Angular
o React
o PSQL
o Rethinkdb
Skills needed:
• Strong knowledge of data structures, algorithms, enterprise systems, and asynchronous architectures
• Excellent problem solving skills
• Good understanding of Computer Science fundamentals
• Good understanding of Object oriented programming concepts
• Good understanding of web technologies
• Quick learner with passion to learn and adapt to new technologies
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Core competencies in JavaScript (node.js) and/or C++
• Familiarity with scripting languages such as Ruby, Perl or Python
• Expertise in building REST based micro services platform
• Experience working with AEM and Endeca a plus
• Understanding of Map Reduce and other distributed algorithms
• Experience and through understanding of relational databases such as MySQL, PostgreSQL
• Experience and through understanding of nosql databases such as rethinkDB, ElasticSearch & Apache Cassandra
• Proven track record on delivering results, especially in the area of writing high-performance, reliable and maintainable code
• Expertise in Devops process and tooling for deployment, monitoring and site reliability engineering
• Ability to work well in a team environment and be able to effectively drive cross-team solutions that have complex dependencies and requirements.
Company Information
Since being established in 1969, Samsung Electronics has grown into one of the world’s leading technology companies and has become recognized as one of the top 10 global brands. Samsung is currently ranked #2 on Forbes’ “Most Reputable Tech Companies” for 2016 and #6 on Interbrand’s "Best Global Brands” list for 2017.Our network extends across the world, and Samsung takes great pride in the creativity and diversity of its talented people, who drive our growth. As a result of our commitment to innovation and unique design, the Samsung organization is one of the most decorated brands in the electronics industry.
Headquartered in Ridgefield Park, N.J., Samsung Electronics America, Inc. (SEA) is a recognized innovative leader in consumer electronics, mobile devices and enterprise solutions. A wholly owned subsidiary of Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., SEA is pushing beyond the limits of today’s technology and providing consumers and organizations with a portfolio of groundbreaking products in appliances, home entertainment, Internet of Things, mobile computing, smartphones, virtual reality, wireless infrastructure and wearables, in addition to offering leading content and services related to mobile payments, 360-degree VR video, customer support and more. Samsung is a pioneering leader in smartphones and HDTVs in the U.S. and one of America’s fastest growing home appliance brands.
Samsung's philosophy is based on our strong determination for growth, perpetual innovation and responsibility to corporate citizenship. As part of our Samsung Gives philanthropic platform, we offer companywide Days of Service, a volunteer time off program, and an employee giving match program, so our employees can support causes that are closest to their hearts and choose how they want to give back. Since 2002, Samsung has provided more than $46 million to more than 1,000 public schools and community organizations in the United States through its many citizenship initiatives, including the STEAM-education based Solve for Tomorrow Contest.
At Samsung we work hard – every day. It is a fast-paced and challenging work environment, and we are a nimble team that constantly pushes ourselves to be the best. If you have energy, passion, dedication and drive, and you thrive in a fast-paced workplace, the rewards at Samsung are many. Apply today and find out why LinkedIn ranked us as one of North America’s Most InDemand Employers in 2015.
Samsung Electronics America provides Equal Employment Opportunity for all individuals regardless of race, color, religion, gender, age, national origin, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, status as a protected veteran, genetic information, status as a qualified individual with a disability or any other characteristic protected by law.