Selecting the Right Software Architects
Hiring is one of the toughest challenges any company can face, either large enterprises or new startups. There is a great deal of know-how kind of experience when hiring a Software Architect, not all companies have the right processes that can warrant best hires.
At SupportFinity, we streamlined our processes and in-house standards to make sure of having one of the top world-class hiring processes. The magic mix of skills ingredients is what separates a great hire from a not-so-good one. We came to this conclusion through consulting top technical and HR experts in addition to our years of work and exposure with most sophisticated projects across almost all tech verticals and areas of expertise. So you get one of the best recruitment processes to hire a Software Architect.
As we have created and crafted a unique method of teams’ customization, we have also perfected our signature model of matching the right skills for our customers to hire either one Software Architect or a team of Software Architects. We have a long lasting belief in the power of data analytics in creating unmatchable results, thus, we apply our analytical models on our hiring process same as we do in our business model.
Software Architect Job Description Template
Software Architect
AKA: Software Designer
The Software Architect designs and develops software systems and applications. acts as high-level decision maker in the process, determining everything from design choices to technical standards, such as platforms and coding standards.
- The Software Architect is responsible for the design and development of system software architecture, the key components and the interface.
- The Software Architect participates in the company's technology-related architecture review and the development of company-related technical standard.
- The Software Architect is responsible for guiding, handling, coordinating and resolving the technical problems occurred during the development.
- The Software Architect participates in code and architectural reviews of services and frameworks developed within the team.
- Actively participates in the R&D incubation and benchmarking of new ideas of services or products for the organization.
- Evaluates new and emerging frameworks and technologies.
- Provides insights and guidance on handling Big Data and other data science concepts requirements.
- Designing and developing hybrid solutions to run on premise and in the public.
- Experience working with globally distributed teams.
- Experience with any Microservices framework.
- Knowledge of Enterprise messaging and/or queue systems.
- Knowledge in using Big Data frameworks.
- Knowledge in Data Science and Machine Learning.
- Proven software architecture experience architecting cloud native enterprise scalable solutions.
- Strong understanding of microservices architecture and data security best practices.
- Expertise in the analysis and refactoring of designs/codes for increased scalability and performance. .
We know that communication starts from speaking common languages, thus we put this aspect as a first factor in our selection process, we do not proceed with hiring for Software Architect before making sure that the candidate passes the language ability tests first.
The ability of self-explanation ( writing – speaking )
The ability of describing problems structurally and technically ( writing & speaking)
The ability of explaining ideas, situations and problems ( reading, writing & speaking)
This part mainly measures the logical, numerical and analytical aptitude of each candidate, top ones are the only ones we select for next stages.
We have a set of interview tests that measure the agreeability levels of each candidate for
Software Architect, we do so as we believe that likability of any person starts from the ability
to achieve high levels of agreeability without compromising critical thinking.
We also measure the creativity side of the Software Architect you look for, where we see when and how each
candidate can apply out-of-the-box and innovative ways of fixing problems or creating new solutions.
Some people can do well when working on their own, some others cannot!
Knowing this matters a lot when hiring a Software Architect with regard to the team size needed.
Remote work needs a special level of team work skills, so we make sure that your Software Architect can adapt and work well with your team
and be quickly part of it if needed.
We care about hiring someone who can deliver, create and perform the way you expect
with passion and enthusiasm.
We assess our people’s technical abilities on the merits of achievements more
than anything else.
Hiring the right Software Architect is an uneasy decision, we consider
measing the actual technical skills of each candidate.
Having a great resume
is just the start for us, we select candidates know what they say
they know!
We conduct advanced technical tests to make sure we cover the needed knowledge your
Software Architect needs to have to excel for your business.
We weigh academic qualifications as well, we also request our full time employees to submit their education evidence as a major hiring rule to follow. We believe having the right academic qualifications can make a great difference, especially in advanced science based areas like electronic design, engineering planning...etc.
One important metric for us is the ability of your Software Architect to learn new skills, so we make sure that we select people who are only dynamic and willing to learn new ones.
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