Middleware Architect

March 15

🍂 Massachusetts – Remote

Although this job is listed in Massachusetts, this company may be open to hiring remote in other states.

💵 $113k - $182.8k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

🔴 Lead

🏛️ Architect

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dentsu Austria

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dentsu Austria is a part of the Dentsu Group, serving as an integrated growth and transformation partner to leading organizations worldwide. The company focuses on pushing the boundaries of business transformation and sustainable growth, providing world-class services and integrated solutions. Dentsu Austria is committed to innovating and creating experiences that enrich every business, with a strong emphasis on research, analysis, and media trends. By leveraging their global network of innovators, they strive to simplify complexities and drive impactful outcomes for brands, people, and society.

51 - 200 employees

Founded 1900

🤝 B2B

📱 Media

🏢 Enterprise

📋 Description

• Design, Architect, and Implement Middleware Solutions: Lead the design and implementation of scalable, high-performance middleware components for web applications, using modern technologies and patterns (e.g., microservices, service-oriented architecture). • Integration with Third-Party Systems: Architect and develop integration layers with third-party systems, including Salesforce, Auth0, EDPs, and other external services to ensure seamless data flow and interactions. • Service-Oriented Architecture & Microservices: Implement and guide the development of service-oriented architectures and microservices, with a focus on scalability, maintainability, and flexibility. • GraphQL & API Design: Design and optimize GraphQL schemas to create flexible and efficient APIs that enable frontend and backend systems to communicate seamlessly. • Cloud Platform Expertise: Leverage cloud services (AWS or Azure) to design and deploy scalable solutions, utilizing cloud-native services for optimization and resilience. • Technical Leadership & Collaboration: Collaborate with development teams across frontend and backend to ensure alignment of middleware architecture with overall system architecture. Provide technical guidance to engineers as needed over time. • Performance & Optimization: Ensure the middleware services are optimized for performance, reliability, and scalability. Identify and resolve performance bottlenecks and ensure high availability and fault tolerance. • Security & Compliance: Ensure that middleware services adhere to industry standards for security, compliance, and data protection.

🎯 Requirements

• Minimum of 8 years of professional software engineering experience, with at least 3 years in an architectural role. • Technical Expertise: Proven experience in building complex middleware systems using Node.js, GraphQL, TypeScript, and integration with headless CMS platforms like Contentful. • Cloud Architecture: Strong experience with cloud platforms, particularly AWS or Azure, and knowledge of cloud-native architectures, services, and deployment strategies. • Microservices & SOA Expertise: In-depth experience in designing and implementing microservices and service-oriented architectures (SOA) with a focus on scalability and maintainability. • API Design: Solid understanding of GraphQL and traditional RESTful APIs, including performance tuning, optimization, and security best practices. • Third-Party System Integration: Experience integrating with third-party systems such as Salesforce, Auth0, EDPs, and other external platforms. • System Architecture & Design Patterns: Strong background in architectural patterns like Backend for Frontend (BFF), and event-driven design. • Leadership & Communication: Excellent leadership and mentoring skills with the ability to communicate complex technical concepts clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders. • Problem Solving & Innovation: Ability to tackle complex technical challenges and propose innovative solutions while balancing business needs with technical feasibility.

🏖️ Benefits

• Medical, vision, and dental insurance, • Life insurance, • Short-term and long-term disability insurance, • 401k, • Flexible paid time off, • At least 15 paid holidays per year, • Paid sick and safe leave, • Paid parental leave.