Solutions Architect

at  Nebraska Furniture Mart

At Nebraska Furniture Mart (NFM), we’ve been hiring friends since 1937—people who share our passion for helping customers feel right at home. If you share our vision, we invite you to be one of us! People love working here! Named one of Furniture Today’s Best places to work, and here a few reasons why: A FUN, stable work environment, with no layoffs in our history. A safe place to work and shop, development opportunities leading you to the career of your dreams and a culture that encourages volunteering and serving our communities.
Pay Range: $99,945 - 162,507 annually
Job Description: Your Piece of the Puzzle
As NFM’s Solutions Architect, you will be pivotal in our transition from legacy systems to a modern architecture. This role involves in-depth analysis of existing systems, understanding business requirements and domains, and developing scalable and efficient architectures for new solutions. The Solutions Architect will be a key driver in our technological evolution, ensuring alignment with our strategic objectives and business processes. This is a remote position requiring the candidate to reside in one of the following states: NE, IA, MO, KS or TX.

Job Duties: A Day in the Life

• Monitor Evaluate different architectural options, understanding their strengths and weaknesses, and making choices that balance functionality, performance, scalability, and cost
• Manage Convert business needs into technical specifications, creating solution designs that meet business goals while also being technically viable
• Integrate Disparate systems, applications, and platforms, using APIs, microservices architecture, and event-driven architecture to ensure seamless data flow and functionality across the enterprise ecosystem
• Plan Choose appropriate architectural style and design patterns (such as microservices, serverless, monolithic, SOA) based on specific project requirements
• Collaborate Work closely with cross-functional teams, including business analysts, project managers, and development teams, to define and meet project goals

Your work will directly impact our ability to help people create a lifestyle they love, for the people they love—because that’s what we love.

Qualifications: Can You Check These Boxes?

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, related field, or equivalent experience
• 7+ years of experience in software development
• Hands-on experience with cloud services and platforms like AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud, including designing and implementing cloud-native solutions
• Proven track record in integrating complex systems, applications, and platforms. Experience in migrating systems from legacy architectures to modern, scalable architectures
• Extensive experience in software development, including both front-end and back-end technologies, and familiarity with multiple programming languages
• Solid experience in applying architectural design patterns and principles, with a strong understanding of different architectural styles (e.g., microservices, monolithic, serverless)
• Hands-on experience with containerization technologies like Docker and orchestration platforms like Kubernetes
• Familiarity with Agile development methodologies and experience in working within Agile frameworks
• Understanding of network architecture, including concepts like load balancing, firewalls, and VPNs. Experience with infrastructure as code (IaC) for efficient management of infrastructure
• Mastery in a variety of programming languages and familiarity with software development frameworks and environments. This encompasses both front-end and back-end technologies, as well as a thorough understanding of database management systems and data modeling
• Computer knowledge to include Microsoft Office Applications
• Valid driver’s license and acceptable driving record
• Ability to work nights, weekends and/or early morning hours based on business needs
• Pre-employment screening includes, but isn’t limited to, motor vehicle and criminal background check

• Monitor Evaluate different architectural options, understanding their strengths and weaknesses, and making choices that balance functionality, performance, scalability, and cost
• Manage Convert business needs into technical specifications, creating solution designs that meet business goals while also being technically viable
• Integrate Disparate systems, applications, and platforms, using APIs, microservices architecture, and event-driven architecture to ensure seamless data flow and functionality across the enterprise ecosystem
• Plan Choose appropriate architectural style and design patterns (such as microservices, serverless, monolithic, SOA) based on specific project requirements
• Collaborate Work closely with cross-functional teams, including business analysts, project managers, and development teams, to define and meet project goal