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- Know when and how to design new data structures and algorithms.
- Apply modern software design patterns (think cloud, containerization, etc) to product requirements.
- Understand the fatal impact that poor product design decisions can have and strategies on how to avoid them.
- Communicate their technical decisions in a clear, written manner so that other people on the team may follow their direction.
- Define data structures and object models.
- Create algorithms to solve high-value problems.
- Map solutions to large “building blocks” of existing open source components and cloud services.
- Make decisions that reduce scope in favor of simplicity
- Communicate clearly (especially in writing).
- Provide active daily feedback to individual contributors writing Important Technical Decisions. Help make them simpler and clearer.
- Lead and manage a team.
- Interview new VPs of Technical Product Management and guide them through a structured training period.
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CANDIDATE REQUIREMENTS
- BS in CompSci, CompE, or EE.
- 5+ years of hands-on production code development in Java or C#
- 3+ years experience making the core technical design decisions that were then implemented by other developers.
- Excellence in reducing overly complicated and unstructured answers into a set of simple and structured decisions.
- Ability to identify and articulate patterns in unstructured and unorganized content.
- Excellent written communication skills including architecture diagrams, data flows, and system component diagrams.
- A passion for creating work in a process-driven way and working with team members to continuously improve that process.
Experience working for a Top 100 software development company such as:
- Microsoft, Google, Oracle, Facebook, etc.
- A leading financial institution such as Goldman Sachs, Citi, HFT Trading firm, etc.
- A software outsourcing organization (as one of the top 5 technical architects).
