Role Purpose

We are looking for an ambitious and self-driven technical architect to join our team. As a technical architect, you will be responsible for Making design choices, Prototyping the solutions and Overseeing the technical standards. In this role, you will drive the Non-Functional requirements for software application projects. You will guide the development teams on deployment strategies, scalability and help them assess the impact on infrastructure. As technical architect, you will participate in feasibility analysis for the projects and framework implementations that address cross cutting concerns for our Software Applications. You will research and introduce new tools and technologies to our existing technology stack and drive innovation for our Engineering teams.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop effective and efficient end to end solutions for complex business problems
• Responsible for non-functional quality measures including: performance, availability, scalability, maintainability
• Take proactive role in project scoping, planning, design and development to drive successful solution delivery
• Research new technologies, software, and tools and provide recommendations and/or prototypes
• Work with the development team/s on feasibility analysis for the projects
• produce documents relating to application architecture, design steps, integration processes and testing procedures relating to each product developed.
• Define best practices in coding and design
• Review design and code to ensure its compliance with the best practices and coding standards
• Provide technical guidance and consultation to scrum teams
• Administer training throughout various phases of the development cycle
• Work in a cross-group collaborative environment
• Work with legacy code to improve the quality or to integrate the system with third party applications.

Knowledge and Skills

• Expertise with hands-on experience in design and development of web-based enterprise software systems
• Strong technical skills in variety of Java technologies including but not limited to: Java EE, Spring, JMS, AMQP, SOAP/RESTful web services, Maven, Tomcat, Core Java, JS, HTML5, .NET, C#, WPF
• Proven skills in designing API, Front end components, core frameworks
• Solid experience with Object-Oriented principles, Design Patterns, and Architectural Patterns
• Solid understanding of micro service and SOA.
• Strong experience with relational databases (Oracle, SQL Server)
• Strong problem solving and creative thinking skills
• Familiar with Agile methodologies (Scrum, XP) and design modeling techniques
• Experience in application performance monitoring and tuning
• Strong communication skills, both verbal and written
• Ability to communicate design rationale and build consensus
• Ability to work both independently and in a team environment.

Education

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology or related discipline

Location

• Primary: Beijing Zpark Office
• Secondary: Beijing OP Office

Business Trip

• Up to 10% business trip is required

The Financial and Risk Business of Thomson Reuters is now Refinitiv. Refinitiv equips the financial community with access to an open platform that uncovers opportunity and catalyzes change. With a dynamic combination of data, insights, technology, and news from Reuters, our customers can access solutions for every challenge, including a breadth of applications, tools, and content—all supported by human expertise. At Refinitiv, we facilitate the connections that propel people and organizations to find new possibilities to move forward.

As a global business, we rely on diversity of culture and thought to deliver on our goals. Therefore we seek talented, qualified employees in all our operations around the world regardless of race, color, sex/gender, including pregnancy, gender identity and expression, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, disability, age, marital status, citizen status, veteran status, or any other protected classification under country or local law. Refinitiv is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer providing a drug-free workplace.

Intrigued by a challenge as large and fascinating as the world itself? Come join us.

Locations
Beijing-Beijing-China