TotallyAwesome is the brands partner in a digital world. We are world’s most advanced forum for kids, teens and families, and brands to safely interact across thousands of apps, games, and websites. We enable a kids-safe ecosystem with more than 300 million monthly active users across APAC. We adhere to and support international governments’ most advanced regulations protecting kids’ data privacy. We do this through the deployment of bespoke technology designed specifically to offer kids contextual and customised content through age-appropriate engagement.
Its headquarter is in Singapore, with offices in Australia, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Philippines and Vietnam.
Job Overview: An Awesome opportunity has arisen for a Solutions Architect, who'll be key in continuing to drive our agenda to a more Service Oriented Architecture, help us leverage serverless technologies, and guide our teams as we expand our ad-tech product suit. This is a key role in our growth journey, needing a technically minded, passionate and critical thinking technologist.
How will YOU contribute to the Team?
· Steer the platform architecture and its consistent application across functional areas, concerning Front-end and Back-end developments
· Design of common system components; work collaboratively with system developers to build best-practice componentry with focus on performance, stability and security
· Collaborate, coach and mentor Engineering team members, being a trusted consultant for design concerns and set the standards for coding practices
· Continuously review system performance and identification of optimisation opportunities
· Own software performance metrics (response times) and key metrics for ongoing improvement
· Collaborate closely with external security specialises to ensure system and data protection is fully compliant with developing needs
· Oversee third-party integrations in use, monitoring and drive consolidation to a single solution for each purpose
· Build business cases describing costs and benefits for change initiatives
DESIRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE
Do YOU have what it takes to succeed?
Success in this role is to be able to work with cross functional teams, quickly gaining their confidence and providing your expertise in designing, orchestrating and implementing features and solutions that'll help us meet our massive growth goals.
The following skills and experience are vital for the types of work that you will be supervising:
· Proven experience in designing complex systems as a Senior Engineer including software architecture design and deployment
· A background and proven experience in programming with deep proficiency in one of the following languages: JavaScript, Ruby, Python, Go
· Experience in designing and developing APIs, microservices, web applications, mobile applications, real-time applications
· Solid understanding and high capabilities of databases, data integration & data query tools
· Strong communication and written skills, particularly around system documentation and descriptions
· Experience working with large teams, collaboration and negotiation skills and ability to describe benefits and be a champion for change
· Knowledge of and advocate for Continuous Integration, Continuous Deployment and Software Engineering best practices
· Ability to adapt to new problems and learn quickly
At TotallyAwesome, we work together to give everyone the power to share their story, explore what they love, and connect with one another in the process. In our culture, you are encouraged to:
● Be more AWESOME than you were yesterday
● Be BRAVE, experiment and share experiences
● Be ACCOUNTABLE and get stuff done
● Be AGILE - prioritize tasks to deliver outcomes
Our people are at the heart of what we do at TotallyAwesome and the driving force behind our growth and success. We value our culture as the lifeblood of our business and work hard every day to maintain this as we continue to grow and scale our team. We believe in offering opportunities to learn and grow every day and we’ve got a strong track record in developing great people.
We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. We review job applications without regard to their race, color, religion, gender identity, national origin, citizenship, age, marital status.
Finally, we are a team of passionate experts. We are not just leading in this industry, we are defining it.
You are a self-starter, independent and problem solver. You consider yourself a high-performance personality
Understand what it means to deliver excellence.
Good sense of humor and ability to stay calm under pressure.
Well-organised with excellent communication and time management skills.
Our people are at the heart of what we do at TotallyAwesome and the driving force behind our growth and success.
We value our culture as the lifeblood of our business and work hard every day to maintain this as we continue to grow and scale our team.
We believe in offering opportunities to learn and grow every day and we’ve got a strong track record in developing great people.
We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. We review job applications without regard to their race, color, religion, gender identity, national origin, citizenship, age, marital status.
Hands-on experience working with the leading kids & family brands across Australia & New Zealand bringing to life some of the most innovative and engaging digital experiences for our audiences.
Birthday days off!
Finish early Fridays!
Social work environment
Flexible working arrangements
Mentorship programs
Remote working support across APAC markets
Finally, we are a team of passionate experts. We are not just leading in this industry, we are defining it.