Job Title: Senior Software Engineer / Architect

Company: Vytelle

Reporting to: VP of Information Systems

Location: Fort Worth, Texas

Status: Full-Time

ABOUT VYTELLE

We are a global precision livestock company reshaping how cattle producers worldwide unlock animal performance. Our portfolio includes world class Bovine phenotypic and genotypic data capture system via Vytelle SENSE and Vytelle INSIGHT which enables producers to accurately select desired traits to continually produce elite progeny, coupled with Vytelle ADVANCE In Vitro Fertilization Service, which enhances the speed at which genetic improvement can be made.

ROLE OVERVIEW

The Senior Software Architect is a key role responsible for leading the design, development, deployment and operations of complex software solutions across various platforms and technologies. This individual should have a strong understanding of full-stack development, design patterns, and cloud application architectures. They will guide the internal and external (i.e. offshore/outsourced) development team(s) through a hybrid Agile development methodology, ensuring that software engineering practices are followed, and architectural guidelines are adhered to.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Architectural Leadership:

• Facilitate clear and concise oversight and governance policies around industry standard software abilities. (i.e. Reliability, Scalability, Availability, Securability, Maintainability etc.)
• Design and develop scalable, robust, and secure software architectures.
• Lead the transition from monolithic application architecture to MicroService based design patterns.
• Ensure that system designs adhere to industry best practices and align with the technology and product roadmaps.
• Provide architectural blueprints, specifications, roadmap imperatives and technical leadership to the development teams.

Full Stack Development:

• Engage in hands-on development with a variety of technologies across the entire technology stack.
• Maintain up-to-date knowledge of technology standards, industry trends, and emerging technologies.
• Facilitate and conduct code reviews across internal and 3rd Party outsourced or offshore development teams.

Agile Methodology Guidance:

• Work within a hybrid Agile framework, promoting its values and principles.
• Facilitate sprint planning, retrospective meetings, and daily stand-ups.
• Ensure that development milestones are met and deliverables are consistent within defined and industry best practice quality standards.

Mentorship and Collaboration:

• Provide technical mentorship to team members, fostering a culture of continuous improvement and best practice for Vytelle.
• Collaborate across other departments within Vytelle to ensure architectural integrity and product quality meets technology and product roadmap objectives.

Cloud Infrastructure Management:

• Build and maintain scalable and secure cloud infrastructure using AWS services. Ensure reliable deployment and operation of various services such as EC2, S3, RDS, ELB, etc.
• Collaborate with DevOps to build all the necessary operational alerts supporting production support operations.
• Provide on-call assistance, triage and system troubleshooting as necessary for any production support issues that require escalation.

CI/CD Pipeline Development:

• Assist in the Design and development of the continuous integration and delivery pipelines to automate the deployment process across all environments.

Site Reliability Engineering: Assist the DevOps / Site Reliability engineering team in the system performance and reliability tuning process. Respond to and resolve operational incidents and outages, ensuring high availability and performance of our services within company and external customer SLAs.

Security and Compliance:

• Assist in the enforcement of security best practices and maintain compliance with industry standards. Participate in security reviews and risk assessments on the infrastructure, this includes external penetration testing, load testing and performance testing.

SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE

Education and Experience:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or comparable experience in related field.

• Experience: 10 years of experience as a Software Engineer / Architect or similar development role with a focus on Cloud Services and application architectures, IoT, Site Reliability and Quality Assurance best practices.

Technical Skills:

• Proficiency in open source technologies and frameworks.
• Proficient with AWS Cloud services (EC2, S3, RDS, ELB, EKS, ECS etc.).
• Deep understanding of RESTful APIs, MicroServices, CRQS and cloud based design patterns.
• Experience with databases (both SQL and NoSQL) and service based data architectural design patterns. Experience and familiarity with Data Lakes, Data Warehouse implementations.
• Deep experience and familiarity with containerization and orchestration technologies (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes, ECS etc.).
• Experienced in implementing and managing CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, AWS code pipeline etc).
• Experienced and strong understanding of Linux and MS Windows Administration.
• Experienced scripting skills in languages such as Python, Bash.
• Familiarity with C#.NET, Javascript, SQL and other relevant programming languages
• Familiarity with infrastructure as code tools (Terraform, CloudFormation).
• Knowledge of monitoring tools such as (AWS X-Ray, CloudWatch, VMWare CloudHealth, Prometheus, Grafana) and logging (ELK stack).
• Experience with 3rd Party SaaS Monitoring tools like DataDog, NewRelic etc.

Soft Skills:

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent communication and collaboration abilities.
• Ability to manage multiple tasks and projects in a fast-paced environment

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY POLICY

Vytelle provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training. 

In compliance with federal law, all persons hired will be required to verify identity and eligibility to work in the United States and to complete the required employment eligibility verification form upon hire.