Architect, Software

Sertifi is a leading technology company dedicated to helping businesses finalize business faster, providing a complete agreements platform for the Hospitality and Travel industry. Brands like Marriott, Topgolf, and AEG Worldwide trust Sertifi to efficiently and securely sign documents, exchange card authorizations, and complete payments with their customers. Sertifi's easy-to-use platform helps tens of thousands of businesses in more than 135 countries, with more than $5 billion in payment requests sent through the system annually. With decades of experience in Hospitality and Travel, Sertifi is building a network that gives guests and travelers across the globe a great experience from the start.

We are looking for a talented and highly motivated Software Architect with both a platform and software architecture background to join our Platform Team. You will work cross-functionally with multiple Implementation Teams including our Feature, DevOps, and Infrastructure Teams to solve problems and improve our products and services.

Our ideal candidate will assume responsibility for a high visibility, high impact position with responsibility to all of our critical business operations from an architecture perspective. You will be responsible for the design, architecture, implementation, and support of our new Platform and Software Engineering implementations to maintain the Sertifi Agreement Platform.

This role will need to view our platform holistically and work towards ensuring it is scalable, reliable, observable, and extendable. We expect you to have strong knowledge of cloud native architectures and patterns, and experience designing robust and scalable distributed solutions that can adapt with business requirements.

This position will report to our Manager, Platform Architecture.
Candidates must be based in the United States, in Chicago, or within a Sertifi approved state for remote work:
AZ, CO, FL, GA, IA, ID, IL, IN, MA, MD, ME, MI, MO, NC, NH, NJ, OR, PA, SD, TN, TX, VA, WI
Throughout the interview and onboarding process, Sertifi also reserves the right to conduct independent reference checks to verify past experience and performance in addition to our standard background check and onboarding procedures.
 

Challenges You'll Tackle:

• Develop a deep understanding of the relevant business areas and various components in our tech stack
• Take ownership of our platform and software architecture, build and scale of business-critical services
• Develop integration strategies, code, and implement new microservices while mentoring other Engineers by providing insightful feedback in code reviews for changes made by others
• Define patterns and practices such as (but not limited to) containerization, core libraries and tools used across Software Engineering, DevOps, Quality, and Platform Teams
• Refactor legacy systems to extract core components into reusable libraries and services
• Partner with other technical leaders to develop long term technical vision and strategy
• As Sertifi continues to grow and evolve we need you to be flexible in your role, and from time to time you may be asked to participate in an on-call out of hours Support rotation

What You'll Need to Succeed:

• 5-7 years of architecture experience working on large scale web applications
• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, or equivalent experience
• Experience in .NET based technologies and ecosystems - .NET Framework 4.5+, .NET Standard 2.0+, and .NET 6.0+, C#
• Experience with coding standards, code reviews, and resolving technical decisions across scrum teams
• Ability to clearly diagram data flows and architecture decisions using common diagramming tools such as PlantUML, Draw.io, and Visio
• Web service consumption and design experience
• Understanding of data layer concerns and working knowledge of SQL
• Experience with containers
• Experience with message bus/distributed systems
• Experience with Azure Cloud, Infrastructure-as-Code or Platform-as-a-Service
• Competencies in data structures, design patterns, algorithms, and SOLID principles
• Experience developing and deploying SaaS products
• Experience building scalable, reliable systems that eventually span multiple data centers

Nice To Have:

• Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert
• Microsoft Certified: Cybersecurity Architect
• Experience with Git and Gitkraken
• Experience with eCommerce payments or PDF parsing and manipulation
• Experience in front end technologies such as modern Angular, (bonus for Angular 11+) including Typescript

Physical Requirements:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly required to sit; use hands to type, use computer, phone, cell phone and other office/home office equipment/technology. Must be able speak, see and hear. Must be able to remain in a stationary position for prolonged periods of the time.

What’s in it for you:

You will work in a collaborative environment that welcomes new ideas and allows you to make an immediate impact on the team. You can also expect to have dedicated heads down time to code along with time set aside each month on Innovation Ideas. Additionally, we offer great benefits such as: Competitive salary, Unlimited PTO, medical/dental/vision insurance, short-term and long-term disability insurance, 401k with company match, paid parental leave, life insurance, pre-tax Transit Benefit Program.

Sertifi is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. Sertifi is committed to building a diverse team of talented individuals who bring different perspectives to the business and who feel a sense of inclusion and belonging when they join our team. All individuals seeking employment at Sertifi are considered without regards to race, ethnicity, color, age, sex, religion, national origin, ancestry, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information, physical or mental disability, registered domestic partner status, caregiver status, marital status, veteran or military status, citizenship status, or any other basis forbidden under federal, state, or local law.