Sr. Director of Architecture - Denver, CO

Job Title: Sr. Director of Architecture
Location: Denver, CO
Job Type: Direct Hire
Salary: $150,000

The ideal candidate for SR Director of Architecture will have 15+ years experience in enterprise applications software development and a proven track record working across product teams in a technical capacity.
Responsibilities:

Oversee the definition of the API's that span multiple product families

Share architecture best practices and standards across product teams via team nominees to Architecture Review Board

Act as a senior sounding board for product teams across the country

Responsible for the cooperation, participation, buy-in, and enthusiasm of the various development groups.

Ensure best practices are implemented across development organization

Required skills:

15+ years in enterprise application software development

Exceptional, proven leadership skills and qualities

Solid background in designing solutions in a SaaS environment

Experience with managing architectures in medium sized teams (>200)

BS in Software Engineering or Computer Science (top school preferred)

Experience with legacy as well as state of the ard software stacks (ie. Oracle, SQL, .NET, Java, Python, Ruby on Rails, PHP, etc)

Experience in Agile methodologies

Experience managing an ARB (Architecture Review Board)

Strong experience evaluating and acquiring 3rd party solutions

Preferred Skills:

SaaS transition experience

Oil and Gas industry knowledge