About the company:
Softermii (https://www.softermii.com/) is an outsourcing/outstaffing company with more than 11 years of experience in web and mobile application development with a team of more than 120 specialists from 6 countries.
We have withstood multiple challenges, such as COVID-19 pandemic and war aggression against Ukraine, we have secured sustainable development processes, saved all our projects and jobs. Even more – we’re constantly growing.
Every day, we add a new project to our portfolio in the following areas of expertise:
- Healthcare
- Real estate
- Livestream E-commerce
- Fintech (Wealth Tech, Capital Trading)
- Real Time Communications (RTC)
In addition, we develop 2 of our own solutions that help our customers get faster applications for video or audio calls (https://www.softermii.com/solutions/vidrtc) or an application for real estate with 3D visualization
(https://www.softermii.com/solutions/apartmii)
Company mission:
Softermii: Succeed Without (L) imitations
We will turn any idea into a valuable product.
Our plans as a company:
We want to move from a regular outsourcing business to an ecosystem of outsourcing, education and product development companies.
Over the years, we have arrived at a highly personalized working model with transparent workflows. This model allows us to create software products that meet our clients’ goals with precision.
Softermii is currently looking for a Solution Architect for an hourly-based collaboration including for healing pre-sale activities (including, but not limited to) - аd-hoc involvement for pre-sales activities and PoCs development and readiness to become Architect for 2-3 Scrum Teams (1 Scrum team consists of PM, BA, 2 Developers,1 QA and 1 DevOps).
Type of cooperation: part-time
⚡️Your responsibilities on the project will be:
- Development and ownership of Product Architecture;
- Close work and supervision of the development team in term of:
- Following planned Product Architecture;
- Following Development Best practices;
- Actually engaging re-usable Components, that Architector intended to include for project;
- PRs review where needed;
- Conduct Tech Session with Devs, for Tech Planning;
- Conduct F2F with DEV, to correct the Implementation approach or practice.
- Hands-on development of POC and TFS:
- For the most complex Components or Features, where risks are too high, the Architector shall take a lead and do hands-on investigation and code writing to confirm the Architecture or Hypothesis;
- POC/TFS has to be estimated and executed according to estimates;
- Risks for POC/TFS has to be highlighted, so when deadlines are not met it was used as arguments of the timeline extention;
- Once POC/TFS successfully confirmed, pass it to the DEV team for further implementation;
- If the hypothesis is not confirmed, look for another approach to solve the tech task;
- This is valid for new starting and existing projects.
- Participation in pre-sale activities;
- Conducting technical discovery prior to project kickoff;
- Preparing high-level solution / product architecture for the client;
- Providing technical estimations for sales proposals and statements of work;
- Participating in client calls, demos, and technical pitches;
- Supporting the sales team with technical expertise during the pre-sale phase.
You can be part of the following team: 1 Scrum team consists of PM, BA, 2 Developers,1 QA and 1 DevOps.
🕹Tools we use: Jira, Confluence, Git, Figma
🗞Technical requirements:
- 10+ years of experience in software development;
- Proven experience as a Solutions Architect or similar role with a strong background in JavaScript;
- Proven experience in successfully conducting pre-sales.
Cloud Architecture & Best Practices:
- Proven experience designing scalable, secure, and resilient cloud-native architectures, preferably on AWS;
- Deep understanding of cloud architecture best practices, including multi-region deployments, disaster recovery, high availability, and cost optimization;
- Ability to select appropriate AWS services (e.g., Cognito, Lambda, DynamoDB, CloudWatch, API Gateway) based on project needs, ensuring alignment with performance, security, and cost requirements;
- Familiarity with other cloud platforms (e.g., Azure, GCP) is a plus.
Cost & Project Estimation:
- Skilled in estimating infrastructure and development costs for cloud-based applications;
- Ability to analyze, optimize, and forecast cloud spending to align with budgetary constraints;
- Experienced in feature-level and project-level estimation, providing accurate timelines, effort breakdowns, and resource planning;
- Capable of identifying trade-offs between scope, time, and cost for various project phases.
Frontend Development:
- Strong expertise in React.js and modern JavaScript/TypeScript frameworks for building responsive and accessible user interfaces;
- Proficiency with HTML5, CSS3, and visualization libraries such as ECharts and Chart.js for dynamic charting and data-driven interfaces.
Backend Development:
- Experience with Node.js and backend frameworks such as NestJS and Express.js for scalable server-side development;
- Proficient in designing event-driven architectures and asynchronous communication patterns using message queues (e.g., AWS SQS, SNS, Kafka) or event buses;
- Knowledge of data processing and querying, including working with Parquet files and DuckDB;
- Proficient in designing and managing relational (PostgreSQL) and search engine databases (Elasticsearch, OpenSearch).
Technical Leadership:
- Ability to provide architectural guidance, code reviews, and mentorship to development teams, ensuring adherence to best practices and coding standards;
- Strong problem-solving skills with a focus on resolving complex technical challenges, including performance tuning and security hardening.
DevOps & CI/CD:
- Proficient in DevOps practices, including infrastructure-as-code (IaC), continuous integration/continuous deployment (CI/CD), and automated testing;
- Experience with tools such as AWS CloudFormation, Terraform, Docker, Kubernetes, GitHub Actions, and monitoring/logging solutions (e.g., CloudWatch).
Continuous Learning & Innovation:
- Commitment to staying current with emerging technologies, industry trends, and best practices in software development, cloud computing, and DevOps;
- Ability to evaluate and introduce innovative solutions that improve system performance, reliability, and developer productivity.
AI accelerated development:
- Hands-on experience with AI tools (Claude Code) for Solution Architecture creation acceleration, decision making and project implementation support.
Tech stack summary:
- AWS Libraries (Cognito, Lambda, DynamoDB, Cloudwatch and API gateway);
- Dynamic charts (ECharts);
- Graphic libraries Charts.js;
- HTML, CSS;
- JS/TS;
- Node.js (Nest);
- Parquet files querying (DuckDB);
- PostgreSQL, Suppabase;
- React.js;
- Search Engines (ElasticSearch, OpenSearch);
- Experience with DevOps practices and tools;
- Deep knowledge of JavaScript frameworks and libraries, including React, Node.js, and related tools;
- Experience in designing and implementing RESTful APIs and microservices;
- Ability to communicate technical concepts clearly and effectively.
🗞 Will be a plus if you have:
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science or a related field.
Soft Skills:
- Strong client-facing experience in presales and technical Discoveries, impressive portfolio of enterprise, ISV and startup kind of Clients;
- Strong communication skills in English, capable of translating technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders;
- Collaborative mindset, able to work effectively across distributed teams and within multicultural environments;
- Proactive, ambitious problem solver with strong focus on high-level results.
👨💻Who will you have the opportunity to meet during the hiring process (stages):
Call, HR, Tech interview, Final interview.
What we can offer you:
- We have stable and highly-functioning processes – everyone has their own role and clear responsibilities, so decisions are made quickly and without unnecessary approvals.
- You will have enough independence to make decisions that can affect not only the project but also the work of the company.
- We are a team of like-minded experts who create interesting products during working hours, and enjoy spending free time together.
- Do you want an individual development plan? We will form one especially for you + you can count on mentoring from our seniors and leaders.
- Do you have a friend who is currently looking for new job opportunities? Recommend them to us and get a bonus.
- And what if you want to relax? If you join us full-time, we provide 21 paid vacation days. We also have 11 paid days off for Public Holidays.
- What if you're feeling bad? For the full-time collaboration, you can take 5 paid sick leave days per year.
- Do you want to volunteer? We will add you to a chat, where we can get a bulletproof vest, buy a pickup truck or send children's drawings to the front.
- And we have the most empathetic HRs (who also volunteers!). So we are ready to support your well-being in various ways.
A little more information that you may find useful:
- our adaptation period lasts 3 months, this period of time is enough for us to understand each other better;
- there is a performance review after each year of our collaboration where we use a skills map to track your growth;
- we really have no boundaries in the truest sense of the word – we have a flexible working day.
We are looking for like-minded professionals who believe in making the world a better place by building technology that’s meant to last and scale.
Join Softermii and help us take software to the next level of awesome.
Of course, we have a referral bonus system. So if you have a friend who likes our job opening, you can give us their telegram contact, and we in turn will thank you with a bonus if we start working with them!
