Description

​​Job Title: ​ Software Architect

Who we are: 

As one of the largest for-profit thrift operators in the United States, Canada and Australia for value priced pre-owned clothing, accessories and household goods, our mission is to champion reuse and inspire a future where secondhand is second nature. We supply our stores with gently-used, one-of-a-kind items that have been donated by the community to local nonprofit organizations. We purchase these items directly from our nonprofit partners, redirecting billions of pounds of used items away from landfills and on to our store racks and shelves for reuse, and providing our partners with valuable funding for their community-based programs and services. You’ll often hear us say that we are “Thrift Proud.” It’s the millions of loyal customers who visit our 300+ stores and our more than 22,000 team members that make it possible. Learn more about the Savers® family of thrift stores, our impact, and the #ThriftProud movement at savers.com. 

Our brands are Savers (in the U.S.), 2nd Ave (in the U.S.), Value Village (in the U.S. and Canada), Unique (in the U.S.), Village des Valeurs (in Quebec) and Savers Australia.  

What you can expect: 

• The opportunity to celebrate uniqueness. We are made up of people from many different backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives, all with something special to contribute. 
• To work in a purpose-driven company, with a business model that people love for our impact on both the planet and local communities. 
• An investment in the career path interests of our people. With our aggressive store expansion plans, we recognize the importance of the continued growth and development of our team members. 

What you get: 

Comprehensive onboarding and training from day one. 

In-house expertise! Our training department / Savers University develops and delivers robust training to every team member across our organization — from new hires to senior executives. We develop around 90% of our training internally, and partner with a variety of renowned providers to supplement our offerings. 

Benefits offerings including: 

• Bundled health plans such as medical, Rx, dental and vision 
• Company-paid life insurance for extra protection and peace of mind 
• Programs to stop smoking, diabetes management coaching, and on demand care options. 
• A 401k plan with generous company matching contributions to assist you in saving for a secure financial future. 
• Paid time off from work for leisure or other hobbies. 
• A range of mental health services to assist you in managing daily life. 

What you’ll be working on:  

The Software Architect will contribute to Savers’s success by scaffolding architecture and developing new features and functionality for our digital touch points. Reporting to the Cyber Security Director, the Architect will partner with multiple engineering teams to develop software architecture, continuous integration, and deployment strategies, develop and enforce best practices, provide mentorship, and best fit technology solutions in a well-structured and scalable manner.  They will bring a strong “customer first” perspective in thinking about what digital services and products would best serve our customers and make a positive business impact.

Essential Job Functions:

• Lead technical delivery of programs and projects across engineering teams and the enterprise IT portfolio.
• Gain detailed knowledge of existing product functionality and architecture, own the roadmap, and drive the evolution to a service-oriented architecture.
• Identify best-fit technological solutions to business challenges.
• Research and develop technical standards and tools for a variety of projects.
• Analyze internal development processes and define and implement improvements to them.
• Be a champion of continuous delivery culture within the team and cross-functionally with other technical teams (infrastructure, release management, BI, etc.) across Savers.
• Help in developing and documenting Software Development standards and practices.
• Understand the Software Development Lifecycle; help to ensure that application enhancements are developed using Agile processes and ensure a high degree of software quality and reliability.
• Design and produce clear architecture diagrams encompassing not only new designs, but legacy and under-represented aspects of the technology stack.
• Produce and organize technical documentation.
• Create proof of concept projects for potential future new application development.
• Mentor senior and junior members of the Engineering teams.                                                             

What you have:  

• Experience leading teams of professionals in best practices and technical innovations. 
• Proficiency scaffolding software implementations utilizing dependency injection and inversion of control. 
• Successful past delivery of projects hosted in public cloud e.g., Azure, AWS etc. 
• Ability to translate design document elements into application code and active participation in code and design reviews. Experience developing internet applications with HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript using .NET framework, and general Web 2.0 techniques. 
• Proficiency in C#, ASP.NET, Typescript/JavaScript, Angular 6+ and SQL. 
• Proficiency in monitoring and self-healing 
• Proficiency in CI/CD pipelines and automation 
• Demonstrated success in software development projects from initial concept through deployed solutions, ongoing maintenance, refactoring, and re-platforming. 
• Ability to quickly learn and adopt new technologies, and where appropriate, integrate into new and existing architectures. 
• Strong UX design skills, as well as demonstrating the ability to map out and simplify user workflows with focus on the end-user. 
• Strong multi-tasking and organizational skills. 
• Excellent written and oral communication skills. 
• Business / Retail Operations background preferred. 
• Docker & Kubernetes experience desired 

Minimum Required Education, Training and Experience: 

• 5+ years of software architectural experience with emphasis on distributed and scalable solutions.
• 10+ years software engineering experience working with Service Oriented Architectures, micro-services and event driven architectures, and client-side customer facing applications.

Physical Requirements:

• Ability to express or exchange ideas by means of the spoken word.
• Ability to receive detailed information through verbal communication, and to make the discriminations in sound.
• Ability to receive detailed information visually through written communication (both physical and electronic).

FLSA Status:  Exempt

Travel: <5%

Work Address: Boise, Idaho

Savers is an E-Verify Employer