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The Role:
Launch is actively seeking a passionate and highly skilled Technology Leader who possess a rich background in spearheading technology initiatives for organizations in a consulting capacity. In this pivotal role at Launch, this individual will be at the forefront of researching and shaping technology roadmaps and offerings across our business units. They will be instrumental in driving sales engineering and client qualification from a technical standpoint, taking charge of technical risk management during project delivery, crafting robust solutions encompassing a wide spectrum of frameworks and technologies within a dynamic landscape, and serving as mentors and advocates within the organization. These responsibilities are extensive, and accomplished Technology Leaders will employ their expertise and experience to influence outcomes through effective delegation and leadership. We are in search of a seasoned candidate who possesses a blend of technical prowess and consultative skills. The ideal candidate will have a well-established track record as a trusted senior advisor, capable of fostering relationships with both customers and internal team members across all organizational levels.
Responsibilities:
Guide customer conversations, generally related to technical solutioning
Lead discovery analysis, architecture, design, and development of world-class solutions across a broad spectrum of technologies and design patterns
Analyze complex business and technical problems related to the implementation of new technology and/or the customization of existing technologies and processes
Collaborate with clients and business analysts to translate business requirements into technical requirements
Estimate work efforts and define resourcing required for each phase of a project
Develop proposals, statements of work, technology strategies, and roadmaps
Partner with other technology teams to work with business executives and end-users to conceptualize new projects/programs/products, recommend technologies and implementation strategies, and architect/design for requirements of the project within financial and timeline guidelines
Author and/or review architecture/design and other technical documents ensuring high-quality deliverables and systems development across tech stacks and applications teams
Establish and/or apply effective software development practices
Attend regular project meetings, report on progress and setbacks, and participate in both planning and retrospective exercises
Provide program-level technology leadership with support of peers and/or principal level stakeholders
Consults with and for peers and solution architects to validate designs, provide recommendations for improvement or addressing gaps, etc.
Driving development of case studies, whitepapers, and other technology-oriented evangelism
Effectively communicate with internal and external stakeholders across all levels and disciplines, e.g., from a junior member of an engineering team up to the board of a strategic customer
Providing technical leadership and consultancy for and in support of other people in the solution architecture discipline
Required Qualifications:
12+ years of relevant work experience is preferred
Clear and demonstrated extensive experience driving technology strategy on key accounts
Strong cloud delivery experience, including in at least one of the top three public cloud providers - AWS, Azure, GCP; two or more preferred
Able to drive effective customer conversations across many potential customer profiles, especially in at least one of tech, finance, energy, healthcare, etc. industries
Able to develop, write, and defend business case analyses to justify propositions to clients and partners
Acumen to understand end-to-end strategic business models
Ability to communicate complex technical and operational solutions, or translate complex topics into a simple business language to drive value alignment for technical or non-technical audiences of varying skillset and seniority
Ability to self-manage time and priorities in a complex multi-team matrix environment while maintaining high-quality deliverables for oneself as well as your tech teams
Comfortable actively participating in design and architectural discussions
Ability to document technical design and approach of software produced
Work effectively in a fast-paced and constantly changing environment
Excellent verbal and written communications skills
Deep experience in at least two of the following technologies/languages/frameworks: .NET, Java, go, node.js, Angular, React
A strong and varied technical skillset with the ability to compare and identify the tradeoffs of various technologies
Proven track record of establishing trusted advisor relationships with customers at all levels
Experience with architecting/implementing solutions leveraging appropriate technical stack
Knowledge of code coverage, unit/integration tests, TDD/BDD
Knowledge of CI/CD concepts
Knowledge and experience with version control systems, e.g., git or others
Knowledge and experience with software engineering life cycle and best practices
Knowledge of Scrum software development methodologies
Web service and application design experience
Experience in database design and modeling, including relational and non-relational
Experience with containerized workloads
Experience designing for secure infrastructure and applications, including topics like Web service security, application security, code scanning, server and/or container security
Experience in implementing observability and application monitoring topics
Preferred Qualifications:
Strong preference for experience in multi-cloud design and delivery
Strong preference for familiarity with capabilities of emerging Generative AI solutions
Experience in topics like federation, single sign-on, platform integration strongly preferred.
Experience in communicating concepts, programs, projects to a large non-technical audience such as a public speaking engagement, e.g. community meetup, summit, company event, etc. strongly preferred
Event-based architecture strongly preferred, Kafka experience is a plus.
Kubernetes experience
Experience in a technology evangelist role
Experience in a startup environment as a technology leader
Experience in a Fortune 100 environment as a technology leader
Application monitoring and lifecycle experience strongly preferred
Experience designing and implementing CI/CD and IaC strongly preferred
Serverless cloud experience strongly recommended
Experience with confidential computing is a plus
Familiarity with Cloud Data Platforms a plus
Familiarity with AI/ML concepts a plus
Education and Certifications
BA/BS Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related discipline is preferred.
Certifications are not mandatory, but valuable ones to consider include AWS, Azure, and GCP cloud certifications, particularly those related to roles like Cloud Solution Architect.
Benefits & Compensation:
As an employee at Launch, you will grow your skills and experience through a variety of exciting project work (across industries and technologies) with some of the top companies in the world! Our employees receive full benefits—medical, dental, vision, short-term disability, long-term disability, life insurance, and matched 401k. We also have an uncapped, take-what-you-need PTO policy. The anticipated base wage range for this role is $190,000-$225,000. Education and experience will be highly considered, and we are happy to discuss your wage expectations in more detail throughout our internal interview process.