Solutions Architect (Remote)

Patterson isn’t just a place to work, it’s a partner that cares about your success.

One of the distinguishing marks of our company is the talented people who embrace the people-first, always advancing, and results-driven culture. Professional growth abounds in this motivating environment. We value the diverse talents and experiences our employees bring to Patterson and believe that they build a stronger and successful organization.

The Architect is accountable for the technical leadership of an assigned domain of services, components, or products responsible for overall solution architecture, design, development, quality, delivery and operations.  Accountable for defining technology standards, solutions architecture and technical roadmaps to drive technical team excellence and to promote development and implementation of highly integrated, cost effective, reliable, secure, performant and scalable products and systems.  Collaborates closely with internal stakeholders and external partners and customers to ensure integrated solutions are developed, communicated, and accepted to deliver the best customer experience.  Applies advanced technology and process concepts to solve complex problems in alignment with Patterson’s business objectives. 

Essential Functions 

To perform this job successfully, an employee must be able to perform each essential function satisfactorily, with or without reasonable accommodation. To request a reasonable accommodation, notify Human Resources or the manager who oversees the position.  

• Researches, advocates, and implements solutions architecture and design patterns for technical domain and creates technical vision and roadmaps that meet business needs across performance, stability, compliance and innovation. 
• Promotes technical reuse to reduce costs and improve information flows (services, libraries, frameworks, etc.). 
• Establishes standards and guidelines for conformity that will be used in all phases of the technology life cycle.  
• Interfaces with key stakeholders on technical solutions and business impact. 
• Discovers, prototypes and recommends new and emerging technologies and software product ideas to drive product domain forward.  
• Collaborates with other architects to help promote and ensure overall architecture alignment.  
• Builds complex software components and acts as a technical accelerator for key or high impact business needs. 
• Develops relationships and communication strategies among technology teams and business stakeholders. 
• Works with engineers and product leaders to ensure that new or changed software applications and technologies fit into architecture strategy and are integrated without duplication.  
• Provides mentoring and technical advice to senior engineers and other team members.   
• Inspires and drives engineering and operational excellence. 
• Advocates for shared software vision and strategy with various parts of the organization. 

Additional functions 

In addition to the essential functions listed above, the incumbent may perform the following additional functions.  

• Serves as design reviewer for other product domains. 
• Assists with patent and intellectual property reviews. 
• Provides technical insight for the creation of business cases and models. 

Required Qualifications 

• Bachelor’s or advanced degree in computer science or the equivalent in directly related experience 
• 7+ years’ progressive experience in enterprise-wide programs and at least 3 years of experience leading design, implementation and/or process activities 
• Demonstrated experience as a Solutions Architect with emphasis on information architectures  
• Demonstrated experience in one or more modern cloud data platforms (Snowflake, Databricks, Azure Synapse, GCP BigQuery) and other modern data technologies  
• In-depth understanding of industry best practices, as well as ability to leverage both proven and innovative technology approaches to solve challenging business and product problems 
• Experience translating business needs into technical requirements and presenting ideas in business-friendly and user-friendly language to all levels of management and staff 
• Experience with multiple technology platforms and proven commitment to maintaining cutting edge technology knowledge 
• Hands-on experience building modern architectures in Cloud, Cloud-Hybrid, and On Premises environments 
• Experience in modular design for Microservices, service oriented or domain driven focus, modular design of client facing applications, architecting for SaaS applications, cloud-based applications, DevOps, open-source tech stack, security, scalability, performance tuning 

Preferred Qualifications 

• Experience with Azure PaaS capabilities and solutions 
• Implementing Lean principles in large products and organizations 
• Bring a passion to stay on top of tech trends, experiment with and learn new patterns, participate in internal & external technology forums, and mentor members of the engineering community for their growth & success. 

• Office environment – either in Patterson facility or at home/remote location 
• Travel to corporate sites is periodically required (Quarterly or so
• Periodic on call rotations and available outside of normal business hours on evenings and weekends during critical production release or issue escalation periods

What’s In It For You:

We provide competitive benefits, unique incentive programs and rewards for our eligible employees:

• Full Medical, Dental, and Vision benefits and an integrated Wellness Program.
• 401(k) Match Retirement Savings Plan.
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP).
• Paid Time Off (PTO).
• Holiday Pay & Floating Holidays.
• Volunteer Time Off (VTO).
• Educational Assistance Program (Tuition Reimbursement).
• Full Paid Parental and Adoption Leave.
• LifeWorks (Employee Assistance Program).
• Patterson Perks Program.

EEO Statement

EOE, including disability/vets.

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