Hexagon - Full Stack Application Architect

Description :

Responsibilities :

Preferred Qualifications :

Experience & Background :

- 8+ years in full stack development with 3+ years in architecture roles

- Proven experience building and operating high-traffic, mission-critical applications

- Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP) and cloud-native architectures

- Track record of leading technical initiatives and mentoring development teams

Advanced Technical Skills :

- Service Mesh : Istio, Linkerd, or similar service mesh technologies

- Event Streaming : Kafka, RabbitMQ, or similar messaging systems

- Caching : Redis, Memcached, or distributed caching solutions

- Security : OAuth/OIDC, security scanning, vulnerability management

Operational Excellence :

- Experience with incident response, post-mortem analysis, and reliability improvements

- Knowledge of capacity planning, performance testing, and scalability patterns

- Understanding of compliance requirements (SOC2, GDPR, HIPAA) and security best practices

- Experience with cost optimization and resource management in cloud environments

Leadership & Collaboration :

- Strong communication skills with ability to present technical concepts to stakeholders

- Experience leading cross-functional projects and technical decision-making

- Mentorship experience with junior and mid-level engineers

- Collaborative approach to working with product, design, and operations teams

Education Requirements :

- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related technical field

- Master's degree preferred but not required with sufficient experience

- Relevant certifications (Kubernetes, cloud platforms, or DevOps) are advantageous

What You'll Build :

- Highly available applications serving millions of users with 99.99% uptime

- Automated deployment pipelines enabling multiple daily releases with zero downtime

- Comprehensive monitoring and observability systems providing deep application insights

- Self-healing infrastructure that automatically responds to failures and scales based on demand

- Modern containerized architectures that enable rapid development and deployment

Growth Opportunities :

- Lead architecture decisions for next-generation platform evolution

- Drive adoption of emerging technologies and industry best practices

- Build and mentor a team of full stack and infrastructure engineers

- Shape technical strategy and roadmap for application platform

- Contribute to open-source projects and technical community initiatives

Work Environment :

- Collaborative, innovative environment with emphasis on continuous learning

- Flexible work arrangements with modern development tools and infrastructure

- Opportunity to work with cutting-edge technologies and solve complex technical challenges

- Regular tech talks, conferences, and professional development opportunities

Education / Qualifications :

Required Technical Skills :

Full Stack Development :

- Frontend : Proficiency in modern JavaScript frameworks (React, Vue.js, or Angular)

- Backend : Strong experience with multiple backend technologies (Java/Spring, Python/Django/Flask, Node.js, or Go)

- API Design : RESTful services, GraphQL, and microservices communication patterns

- Database Integration : Advanced SQL, ORM frameworks, and database optimization techniques

Infrastructure & DevOps :

- Containerization : Docker containerization, multi-stage builds, and image optimization

- Kubernetes : Pod management, services, ingress, persistent volumes, and cluster administration

- Helm : Chart development, templating, and package management for Kubernetes applications

- Terraform : Infrastructure provisioning, state management, and module development

Database & Search :

- MySQL : Advanced SQL, query optimization, replication, clustering, and high availability configurations

- OpenSearch : Index design, search optimization, aggregations, and cluster management

- Data Modeling : Relational and document database design patterns

- Performance Tuning : Database optimization, caching strategies, and connection pooling

Monitoring & Observability :

- Datadog : Application performance monitoring, infrastructure monitoring, and custom metrics

- Logging : Centralized logging strategies, log aggregation, and analysis

- Alerting : Intelligent alerting systems and incident response automation

- Tracing : Distributed tracing for microservices debugging and optimizatio

Experience & Background :

- 8+ years in full stack development with 3+ years in architecture roles

- Proven experience building and operating high-traffic, mission-critical applications

- Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP) and cloud-native architectures

- Track record of leading technical initiatives and mentoring development teams

Advanced Technical Skills :

- Service Mesh : Istio, Linkerd, or similar service mesh technologies

- Event Streaming : Kafka, RabbitMQ, or similar messaging systems

- Caching : Redis, Memcached, or distributed caching solutions

- Security : OAuth/OIDC, security scanning, vulnerability management

Operational Excellence :

- Experience with incident response, post-mortem analysis, and reliability improvements

- Knowledge of capacity planning, performance testing, and scalability patterns

- Understanding of compliance requirements (SOC2, GDPR, HIPAA) and security best practices

- Experience with cost optimization and resource management in cloud environments

Leadership & Collaboration :

- Strong communication skills with ability to present technical concepts to stakeholders

- Experience leading cross-functional projects and technical decision-making

- Mentorship experience with junior and mid-level engineers

- Collaborative approach to working with product, design, and operations teams