
Senior Product Architect
Hyatt
full-time
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Chicago • Illinois • United States
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Salary
💰 $135,000 - $175,000 per year
Job Level
Tech Stack
About the role
- The Senior Product Architect plays a critical role and is responsible for designing, architecting and implementing scalable, secure, and high-performing solutions.
- This individual will work closely with cross-functional teams to ensure our solutions align with business goals, technical strategy, and best practices.
- Design comprehensive, high-level architecture.
- Provide architectural frameworks and technical direction to ensure system scalability, performance, and security.
- Create detailed architecture diagrams, technical documentation, and solution blueprints for development teams.
- Oversee the integration of backend services with frontend applications, ensuring seamless API interactions and data flow.
- Work closely with business stakeholders to translate requirements into technical solutions that meet both functional and non-functional needs.
- Collaborate with DevOps, security, and infrastructure teams to ensure smooth deployment, operation, and maintenance of developed solutions.
- Lead and mentor development teams, ensuring alignment with architectural best practices and guiding them through technical challenges.
- Continuously evaluate emerging technologies, frameworks, and platforms to recommend improvements that enhance the scalability, performance, and reliability of solutions.
Requirements
- 10+ years of progressively complex software engineering experience leveraging modern, mainstream frameworks and tools like React, Next.js, Kubernetes, and Kafka.
- 3+ years of experience as a Solutions Architect or similar role guiding the architecture and development of microservice and containerized architectures, where the required changes span multiple teams and/or departments.
- Strong proficiency in Java, JavaScript, and associated frameworks, including Spring Boot, Hibernate, JPA, MyBatis, AngularJS, and Node.js.
- Skilled in continuous integration and deployment using Jenkins, Git, Bash scripts, Maven, Gradle, Webpack, and WildFly application/web servers.
- Expertise in RESTful services, API development, and integrations using APIGEE, nginx, and JSON.
- Working knowledge of Apache Kafka for building event-driven architectures and integrating microservices.
- Exposure to cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure, or GCP) and containerization technologies (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes).
- Proficient in SQL, PL/SQL, relational databases (RDBMS) concepts, and dimensional modeling.
- Skilled in planning how applications connect with databases, data warehouses, data lakes, and external APIs.
- Excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to lead technical discussions.
- Strong communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to convey complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.
- Demonstrated experience designing and developing solutions that comply with accessibility standards and usability for individuals with disabilities.
- Knowledge of security principles and best practices (e.g., OWASP Top Ten).
Benefits
- Annual allotment of free hotel stays at Hyatt hotels globally
- Flexible work schedule
- Work-life benefits including wellbeing initiatives such as a complimentary Headspace subscription, and a discount at the on-site fitness center
- A global family assistance policy with paid time off following the birth or adoption of a child as well as financial assistance for adoption
- Paid Time Off, Medical, Dental, Vision, 401K with company match
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Hard Skills & Tools
JavaJavaScriptReactNext.jsKubernetesKafkaSpring BootHibernateRESTful servicesSQL
Soft Skills
problem-solvingleadershipcommunicationcollaboration