Software Architect

3 weeks ago


Louisville, United States Churchill Downs Technology Initiatives C Full time
Job DescriptionJob Description

Job Summary – Software Architects are mission-critical contributors to the TwinSpires Engineering team. They are responsible for developing and documenting technical solutions and inspiring software delivery teams to implement the technical design. The software architect will ensure that all development standards are updated and implemented in designs and that all documentation is updated. The ideal candidate will possess an excellent background in technology implementation, fundamental technical knowledge, and the ability to effectively communicate across functional teams.

Job Location- In Office

Essential Functions

  • Provide architectural input for both short-term enhancements and long-term strategy.
  • Design and integrate secure authentication, authorization, and data encryption solutions.
  • Partner across development teams to translate architectural decisions into technical specifications and implementation plans across the development process.
  • Directly manage the backlog of architecture stories to align with the long-term vision for the platform.
  • Serve as an architecture specialist while bringing together viewpoints from other specialists related to solving technical challenges.
  • Produce architectural artifacts (Flow Diagrams, Architecture Review Notes, etc) supporting stories to be implemented by a software delivery team.
  • Provide technical feedback to both development and business stakeholders.
  • Ensure that security and compliance best practices are applied to both design and implementation
  • Support Product team on feature creation and sizing to rollout features to Engineering teams.
  • Other duties as assigned by Management

Supervisory Responsibilities: None.

Education and/or Experience:

  • Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or similar field
  • 10+ years of experience in the design, implementation, and delivery of enterprise-grade, web-based products, supporting the highest levels of scale and availability
  • Experience building applications for cloud environments using cloud-native technologies, migrating existing applications, hybrid cloud, etc.
  • Excellent written/verbal communication, can present complex technical information in a clear and concise manner to a variety of audiences
  • Strong track record delivering large, cross-functional projects. Significant prior involvement in high-volume transaction environments (financial, gaming, etc.)
  • Understanding of Java, JavaScript, MySQL and Cloud Computing concepts
  • Experience with the Agile Software Delivery methodology
  • Ability to produce roadmaps and other forward-looking artifacts

Required Skills/Abilities:

  • Experience with Jira or other Agile Management tools
  • Experience with Amazon AWS architecture
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
  • Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite or related software.
  • Organizational skills, managing time and prioritizing tasks.
  • Ability to identify and address the needs of users.
  • Thorough understanding of software development best practices and procedures (CI/CD, DevOps).
  • Ability to be licensed as an Employee by various racing and gaming jurisdictions in which we operate, as required.
  • Authorized to work in the US on a full-time basis

Bonus Points

  • AWS Certification(s) (Solution Architect/DevOps certifications preferred)
  • Experience with serverless technologies (Fargate, Lambda, etc.).
  • Experience with containerization (EKS, Docker, etc.)

Licenses/Certificates: Ability to be licensed as an Employee by various racing and gaming jurisdictions in which we operate, as required.

Physical Demands: The following physical and mental demands are representative of those that an employee must meet to perform the essential functions of this job successfully. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.

  • While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to sit, sometimes for prolonged periods, while working at a desk, on the phone, and the computer; type on a computer keyboard; use hands to finger, handle or feel; talk or hear; reach with hands or arms; walk or stand; and perform some repetitive motion activities.
  • Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, color vision, color differentiation, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.
  • This position requires working effectively as part of a team and concentrating on various details when faced with interruptions and changing work priorities.
  • The mental demands are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions, as described above, including but not limited to: demonstrated ability to anticipate and solve practical problems or resolve issues; reason, calculate figures and amounts; collect, interpret, and understand complex data and information, and draw valid conclusions; analyze procedures and policies; and meet schedules in a dynamic and sometimes demanding work environment.
  • The noise level in this work environment is usually moderate. The work environment characteristics represent those employees encounter while performing this job's essential functions in a typical office environment.
  • An employee must meet the physical demands described here to perform the essential functions of this job successfully. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.

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