About the job
Presight, an ADX-listed public company limited by shares whose majority shareholder is Abu Dhabi company G42, is the region’s leading big data analytics company powered by Artificial Intelligence (“AI”). It combines big data, analytics, and AI expertise to serve every sector, of every scale, to create business and positive societal impact. With its world-class computer vision, AI and omni-analytics platform as its engine, Presight leverages all-source data to support insight-driven decision making that shapes policy and creates safer, healthier, happier, and more sustainable societies.
The Opportunity:
The Software Architect is responsible for designing and defining the overall software architecture for complex systems, ensuring scalability, maintainability, and adherence to best practices. This role involves leading the architectural decision-making process, collaborating with cross-functional teams, and driving the adoption of emerging technologies and architectural patterns.
Responsibilities
Key Responsibilities:
- Develop and maintain the overall software architecture, ensuring alignment with business requirements, scalability, and performance goals.
- Collaborate with stakeholders, including product owners, developers, and operations teams, to understand requirements and translate them into robust architectural designs.
- Evaluate and select appropriate technologies, frameworks, and tools to support the architectural vision and ensure compatibility with existing systems.
- Conduct design reviews, code reviews, and architectural reviews to ensure adherence to best practices, coding standards, and architectural principles.
- Provide guidance and mentorship to development teams on architectural patterns, design principles, and best practices.
- Identify and mitigate technical risks, anticipate potential issues, and propose mitigation strategies.
- Stay up-to-date with emerging technologies, industry trends, and best practices in software architecture and design.
- Collaborate with DevOps teams to ensure seamless integration between software architecture and deployment processes.
- Contribute to the development of architectural standards, guidelines, and documentation.
- Participate in the overall software development life cycle, from requirements gathering to deployment and maintenance.
- Comply with QHSE (Quality Health Safety and Environment), Business Continuity, Information Security, Privacy, Risk, Compliance Management and Governance of Organizations policies, procedures, plans, and related risk assessments.
Qualifications
Requirements:
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Software Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience.
- Minimum of 5-7 years of experience in software architecture and design, with a solid understanding of architectural patterns, principles, and best practices.
- Proven experience in designing and implementing large-scale, complex, and distributed systems.
- Strong knowledge of software development methodologies, such as Agile, Scrum, or Kanban.
- Proficiency in multiple programming languages and frameworks (e.g., Java, Python, .NET, React, Angular, Node.js).
- Experience with cloud computing platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure, GCP) and containerization technologies (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes).
- Familiarity with DevOps practices, continuous integration/continuous deployment (CI/CD) pipelines, and infrastructure as code (IaC) concepts.
- Excellent problem-solving, analytical, and decision-making skills.
- Strong communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to effectively convey technical concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Proven leadership skills and the ability to mentor and guide development teams.
What we look for:
If you are a performance-driven, inquisitive mind with the agility to adapt to ambiguity, you will fit right in. You should be eager to explore opportunities to build meaningful collaborations with stakeholders and aspire to create unique customer-centric solutions. Bias for action and a passion to conquer new frontiers in the AI space is at the heart of the Presight community.
What working at Presight offers:
Culture: An open, diverse and inclusive environment with a global vision that encourages personal growth and focuses on ground-breaking, industry-first innovations.
Career: Outstanding learning, development & growth opportunities via structured training programs and innovative, high-tech projects.
Rewards: A competitive remuneration package with a host of perks including healthcare, education support, leave benefits and more.
