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Technical Architect - Catalyst

Founded in 2015 by Charles Hoskinson and Jeremy Wood, IOHK is one of the world's pre-eminent blockchain infrastructure research and engineering companies.

IOHK

Employee count: 201-500

United Kingdom only
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Summary

The Technical Architect (TA) works within the Catalyst team at IOG, taking responsibility for the hands on development and implementation of the systems architecture Catalyst requires to run the business. Working closely with the Lead Architect and guiding the development team, this hands-on role gathers any technical changes or functional requirements and works with their team to ensure these are successfully and seamlessly incorporated.

In addition, the TA and their team monitor for potential threats and ensure these are promptly addressed.

Duties

  • Ability to architect solutions based on customer requirements using the capabilities of IOG suite of products.
  • Building and integrating information systems to meet the company’s needs.
  • Assessing the systems architecture currently in place and working with technical staff to recommend solutions to improve it.
  • Resolving technical problems as they arise.
  • Providing supervision and guidance to development teams.
  • Continually researching current and emerging technologies and proposing changes where needed.
  • Informing various stakeholders about any problems with the current technical solutions being implemented.
  • Assessing the business impact that certain technical choices have.
  • Providing updates to stakeholders on product development processes, costs, and budgets.

Requirements

Key Competencies

  • Ability to integrate any updated specifications and requirements into the systems architecture.
  • Explain complex problems to management in layman’s terms.
  • Good knowledge of data systems, structures and networks
  • Excellent understanding of utility services architectural principles
  • Strong decision making skills
  • High sense of accountability
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills with proven ability to initiate and manage relationships with customers at all levels
  • Critical thinking, analysis, troubleshooting, and problem solving expertise
  • Intrinsically curious and passionate about researching current and emerging technologies and developing innovative solutions
  • Proven experience in engineering and software architecture design.
  • Previous project management experience is advantageous.
  • In-depth understanding of coding languages (Rust, Python, JavaScript).
  • Sound knowledge of various operating systems and databases.
  • Efficient communication skills.
  • Strong organizational and leadership skills.

Education / Experience

  • Bachelor or Master’s degree in engineering or related field
  • Extensive Experience in Customer facing roles
  • Experience and understanding of multiple technical domains - application, data, integration, enterprise architecture
  • Enterprise experience
  • Consulting and/or sales experience
  • Experience in any of the key subject areas, with a demonstrated history delivering consulting services across the following:
    • Enterprise Architecture (Strategy, Planning, Standards)
    • Integration
    • DevOps
    • Security and Operations
  • Experience with distributed systems and blockchain related technologies.
  • Experience of existing blockchain frameworks (Hyperledger, Corda, etc.)

Benefits

  • Flexible schedule
  • Remote work
  • Laptop reimbursement
  • New starter package to buy hardware essentials (headphones, monitor, etc)
  • Learning & Development opportunities
  • Competitive PTO
  • Medical Benefits

At IOG, we value diversity and always treat all employees and job applicants based on merit, qualifications, competence, and talent. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

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About the job

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Jul 10, 2024

Posted on

May 11, 2024

Job type

Full Time

Experience level

Senior

Location requirements

Hiring timezones

United Kingdom +/- 0 hours

About IOHK

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Founded in 2015 by Charles Hoskinson and Jeremy Wood, IOHK is one of the world's pre-eminent blockchain infrastructure research and engineering companies. We are a fully decentralised remote working organisation committed to the highest principles of academic rigour and evidence-based software development. The company builds high-assurance blockchain infrastructure solutions for public, private sector and government clients. It is also the driving force behind the decentralised and smart contract platform, Cardano.

Cascading disruption

It is the founding principle of IOHK. Cascading disruption is the idea that most of the structures that form the world’s financial, governance and social systems are inherently unstable and thus minor perturbations can cause a ripple effect that fundamentally reconfigures the entire system. Our company is committed to identifying and developing technology to force these perturbations in order to push towards a more fair and transparent order.

The mission of IOHK

We view the world as a series of giant and mostly interconnected social graphs with hundreds of complex systems embedded. Our mission is to perturb the graphs to a more connected, transparent and fair configuration for both the flow of ideas and value.

Input Output the company

IOHK is a truly global organisation with a remote team of 400+ people across 50+ countries. We have a rich culture with people from all over the world offering different skillsets, different cultural perspectives and at different life stages.

Employee benefits

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Flexible work schedule

As a global, distributed company, colleagues can work to a flexible schedule.

Laptop reimbursement

All colleagues are eligible to have a laptop purchase reimbursed up to $2,000.

Generous vacation

All of our full-time employees and service providers receive a minimum of 4 weeks PTO a year.

Professional development

IO Global offers specialised learning platforms & extensive internal content for continued learning, up-skilling, and development.

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