Software Architect

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The software architect is responsible and accountable for the design and quality of solutions developed at Trupanion. This includes both hands-on development of IT technology solution architectures, leading and mentoring software engineers, as well as management of teams involved in solution development.

* Ability to communicate effectively with the business analyst, business leaders, and SMEs to ensure solutions meet business needs * Deep knowledge and understanding of what it means to design using S.O.L.I.D. principles * Understanding of software engineering methodologies * Expert software development skills in .NET and C# (3.5 or newer) * Familiarity with Microsoft-centric SDLC development tools (TFS, Octopus, etc.) * Ability to lead a team of software developers (if needed) * High level of understanding in at least a few of the following: * Designing RESTful Web Services-based API * Microsoft SQL Server and ORMs (Entity Framework 6) * NoSQL experience (MongoDB & REDIS) * Microsoft WPF using MVVM pattern * Microsoft Web API & Microsoft ASP.NET MVC * Enterprise Service Bus concept * IOC Containers (Castle Windsor or StructureMap or Ninject or Autofac or Unity, etc.) * Queuing technology, Rhino Queues or SQL Service Broker * Unit testing. Familiarity with a mocking frameworks (MOQ or Visual Studio Mocking Framework, etc.) * Familiarity with SOLR or ElasticSearch * Bachelor’s level degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or appropriate work experience required * Minimum 5 years of experience in design and implementation of application infrastructures and architectures required * Minimum 8 years of technical experience developing .NET solutions required * Experience with software and infrastructure change management, release management, and source code configuration control required