Solutions Architect

at  United Wholesale Mortgage

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At UWM, Solutions Architects (SAs) are thought leaders that collaborate with and across functional teams to create systems, implement frameworks and libraries, as well as, research new technologies.
SAs have breadth across systems and technology stacks with deep hands on skills. Uwm SAs build architectures & provide prescriptive guidance across network, storage, operating systems, virtualization, RDBMS & NoSQL databases, data analytics, machine learning, mid-tier technologies that include application integration, in-memory caches, and security.
We operate in an agile environment with two-week sprints and are working towards a CI/CD model. Joining UWM as a SA gives you the opportunity to make a positive impact by helping to shape the future of how people purchase a home.
This position reports directly to Architecture.

• Define and oversee enterprise integration strategies
• Design and develop extensible enterprise systems and frameworks (30-50% development)
• Establish and enforce technology standards, including but not limited to best practices, patterns, processes, frameworks, and tools
• Identify opportunities to create reusable components
• Experience with RFP processes including presenting and buy-in for tools (advocate)
• Technical Evangelist. Educate, mentor and train engineers across all disciplines (hands-on)
• Strong understanding of application architecture to suggest tool/process optimization
• Estimate and delegate tasks for larger projects
• Collaborate with other architects, developers and business clients to develop enterprise grade systems
• Own the overall technical roadmap in collaboration with Architecture, Development, Release, QA and other teams
• Recommend, drive adoption, and ensure future proofing of frameworks and COTS tooling
• Ability to lead cross-departmental collaboration on strategic initiatives