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OpticsPlanet is seeking a full-time Software Team Architect to join our Engineering Team. The Software Team Architect is a technical lead that responsible for creating technical strategy and design of software systems within the team of their responsibility, as well as contributing to the overall Architecture Vision for the company, working together with other architects and software engineers on cohesive designs that meet the needs of customers.

Duties & Responsibilities:

The main focus of the Software Team Architect role is not only designing the system’s architecture but also leading the development team, ensuring delivery, mentoring, and fostering collaboration.

With the main responsibilities as follows:

• Design and maintain project architecture.
• Ensure that chosen technologies and frameworks are aligned with company standards.
• Ensure alignment of the architecture approach and specific implementation within their teams with the overall Architecture Vision for the company.
• Solve complex technical challenges.
• Optimize performance, scalability, security of the designated code area.
• Enforce coding standards and best practices.
• Remove technical or architecture impediments to ensure timely delivery of tasks.
• Mentor and develop team members.
• Communicate with product owner and, when necessary, with stakeholders.
• Facilitate coding workflow and processes.
• Ensure alignment of project architecture with business goals.
• Define and document best practices, coding standards, and development workflows.
• Ensure that systems are scalable, maintainable, and cost-effective.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including product owners and DevOps Engineers.
• Translate business requirements into software development solutions.
• Maintain and suggest optimization solutions for software performance, reliability, and efficiency.
• Identify and resolve scalability and technical debt issues within their team's code area.
• Help develop new features and systems, as well as improve existing platform components using C#/.Net stack, utilizing several open-source technologies.
• Deconstruct systems and large problems into smaller, manageable components.
• Support integration with third party tools and services and integration between different in-house systems.
• Utilize data mining and analytics techniques, including multi-database reporting.
• Proactively identify technical complexities and provide technical guidance for the development team’s engineers.
• Identify areas for focus and improvement.
• Other ad hoc duties as assigned.

• Bachelor’s degree, or foreign equivalent, in Computer Science, Systems Engineering, or a closely related field of study
• 4+ years C# Developer experience. MS SQL server, and VBA is a plus, but other languages are accepted as well
• Practical usage of agentic engineering tools
• Initiative, desire to learn, willingness to adapt, and ability to work in a team
• Experience working on cross team projects
• Understanding of order and warehouse management systems is a great plus
• Leading a team will be a plus
• Open source code or example projects that you're proud to share preferred
• Familiarity with Atlassian tools such as Jira, Confluence, Bamboo, Stash preferred
• Knowledge of web platforms and technologies, including Message Bus, HTTP, REST APIs, JSON preferred

Compensation and Benefits:

• Annual Based Salary Range: $100-140K
• The annual based range for this role considers the wide range of factors that are considered in making compensation decisions including but not limited to skill sets; experience and training; licensure and certifications; and other business and organizational needs. The disclosed range estimate has not been adjusted for the applicable geographic differential associated with the location at which the position may be filled.

Ecentria offers generous benefits to full-time employees including but not limited to:

• Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance
• 401k plan participation
• Company paid Short and Long-Term Disability Insurance
• Company paid Life Insurance
• Company paid holidays
• Employee Assistance Program
• Paid Parental Bonding Leave

To learn more Ecentria’s benefits, please visit: https://ecentria.com/careers/

Work Location: This onsite role is based out of Northbrook, IL location. Candidates must be able to work from this location up to five days/week.

Application: Your application must provide sufficient details about your background and experience to allow the screening panel to properly assess your experience in the required elements, including your experience and achievements.

If a strong match is found between your qualifications and the requirements of the position, a member of the recruiting staff will contact you to further discuss the career opportunity.

Equal Employment Opportunity:

Ecentria is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status.

No recruiter or third-party applications.