About us:

At Xenon7, we work with leading enterprises and innovative startups on exciting, cutting-edge projects that leverage the latest technologies across various domains of IT including Data, Web, Infrastructure, AI, and many others. Our expertise in IT solutions development and on-demand resources allows us to partner with clients on transformative initiatives, driving innovation and business growth. Whether it's empowering global organizations or collaborating with trailblazing startups, we are committed to delivering advanced, impactful solutions that meet today’s most complex challenges.

About the Client:

Join one of Egypt’s premier financial institutions, renowned for its extensive suite of banking services, including Institutional Banking, Personal Banking, and Islamic Banking. With a global presence through over 50 branches and correspondents, we serve a diverse and dynamic clientele. As we embark on a groundbreaking digital transformation journey, we are committed to leveraging the latest technologies to establish a state-of-the-art data architecture that will redefine our performance and service delivery.

Role Overview:

The App/Solution/Software Architect owns the architectural decisions for the team, covering backend API, integrations, frontend native Apps and web portals.

The architect should be the visionary force behind the technical solution. He/she values simplicity and is unafraid to challenge technical constraints and procedures to achieve an Agile design. He/she works closely with all team members to create a modular, scalable solution that addresses/incorporates future architectural changes and designs. He/she will drive the engineering practices in test/behavioral driven development, continuous integration, and automated deployment. The architect is a hands-on team member who actively coaches the team to solve complex problems.

About the contract:

• The role is a long-term (ongoing) contract position through Xenon7, which is the approved vendor of the client. 
• The payments are paid out in gross amount in USD on a monthly schedule.
• The role is hybrid in New Cairo.

Responsibilities:

• Coach architects to design the overall solution/application architecture of the product with the help of the team
• Guides project teams on technology strategy related to coding practices, continuous integration and automated deployment
• Accountable for the technical design of the product
• Be hands on and engage in coding to help the team to develop his solution and solve all surfacing problems at hand Identifies and removes technical impediments
• Works with Product Owner to align the roadmap with strengths and opportunities within the technical stack
• Thought partners with the Product owner in story creation and acceptance criteria, and communicate tradeoffs effectively with Designers
• Constantly looking for better ways of solving technical problems and designing the solution, not afraid of challenging the status quo
• Provides the team a roadmap for implementing software engineering practices for higher code quality
• Shares responsibility with Product Owner for building reusable and scalable components
• Reporting to Head of Engineering, aligning architecture decisions and technology stacks implementation.

Requirements

• 10+ YoE, Expert within the architecture and solutioning of technical components of the domains, products and digital customer journeys.
• Expert in designing architecture artifacts, documents and UML as well as presentation capabilities for both backend and frontend solutions considering integrated journeys.
• Can make architecture decisions at a team and product level
• Seasoned software architect with deep insight into newest technologies and trends, Java/JVM, Kotlin, swift/Objective-C, Angular/React, GoLang, and/or Python.
• Hands-on experience API-first driven decision and secure, easily scalable and available solutions 
• Hands-on experience in production native-cloud Microservices, DevOps, and CI/CD environments
• Experience in Agile Development, with specific Solution Architect (or similar) experience preferred
• Understands relationship with Product Lead, Agile Coaches, Quality Head, and Delivery Head towards autonomous decision making
• Experience managing technical priorities within the Backlog

Soft Skills:

• Strong communication skills with ability to align the organization on complex technical decisions
• Active coach and mentor whose goals are to grow and maximize the team’s potential
• Strong leadership skills mainly inspirational and team-forming capabilities 

• High energy and passionate individual who inspires teammates to reach their maximum potential
• Excited about trying new solutions outside standard approved
• Embraces a culture of trust, free thought complete transparency
• Brave and rebellious, willing to challenge status quo