Sr. Software Architect (m/f/d)

at  Fluence Energy

Key role responsibilities include:

• Design and develop reliable, performant, and maintainable solutions covering software and all electronics related hardware such as sensors, processors, and controllers for the F.OS platform in collaboration with other teams.
• Develop comprehensive documentation and design artifacts to meticulously capture and articulate solution designs, architectural decisions, and technology evaluations, ensuring clarity and accessibility for the development team, stakeholders, and future reference.
• Ensure solution designs conform and comply with enterprise architecture standards and principles
• Constantly review code to ensure the quality of designs by avoiding complexity, advocating clarity, and directly interacting with development teams. This usually requires hands-on work in terms of developing prototypes, contributing code, or evaluating technologies.
• Coach and mentor team members on following architecture practices, development and testing standards
• Evaluate solution alternatives that involve different architectures, design patterns, and frameworks covering both software and hardware domains.
• Identify and fix (where applicable) root causes of either software or hardware problems
• Collaborate with an enterprise architects through architecture reviews to ensure all designs meet the overall technical and business goals of Fluence.

What will our ideal candidate bring to Fluence?

• BS in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related field from an accredited university. Significant related work experience will be considered in place of a degree.
• 7+ years of hands-on experience building complex embedded solutions spanning both hardware and software.
• Thorough understanding of industry standards and regulatory guidelines.
• Experience with Industrial and/or IoT Data Protocols, Patterns and Designs
• Strong theoretical and practical experience in how hardware integrates with software engineering and software architecture domains.
• Strong knowledge and understanding of enterprise integration patterns
• Experience in evaluating and improving the performance, security, scalability, reliability, and robustness of large industrial-grade systems.
• Ability to analyze and interpret information from a variety of sources, apply critical and creative thinking to draw conclusions or develop solutions to complex problems.
• An ever expanding mind that is adept at conceptualizing complex ideas quickly and conveying those thoughts to others in a clear, effective, and motivating manner.

• Design and develop reliable, performant, and maintainable solutions covering software and all electronics related hardware such as sensors, processors, and controllers for the F.OS platform in collaboration with other teams.
• Develop comprehensive documentation and design artifacts to meticulously capture and articulate solution designs, architectural decisions, and technology evaluations, ensuring clarity and accessibility for the development team, stakeholders, and future reference.
• Ensure solution designs conform and comply with enterprise architecture standards and principles
• Constantly review code to ensure the quality of designs by avoiding complexity, advocating clarity, and directly interacting with development teams. This usually requires hands-on work in terms of developing prototypes, contributing code, or evaluating technologies.
• Coach and mentor team members on following architecture practices, development and testing standards
• Evaluate solution alternatives that involve different architectures, design patterns, and frameworks covering both software and hardware domains.
• Identify and fix (where applicable) root causes of either software or hardware problems
• Collaborate with an enterprise architects through architecture reviews to ensure all designs meet the overall technical and business goals of Fluence