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Sycurio Ltd is a profitable, fast-growing technology business operating across the European, North American and Australian markets. The company was founded in 2009 and today employs over 100 staff in the UK and USA. The head office is in Guildford however the company has embraced a highly flexible operating model post COVID with staff working remotely throughout the UK and USA.
Our patented technology is integrated with over 80 payment service providers and enables businesses to take secure and PCI DSS compliant payments anywhere, by telephone or any digital payment channel. We have a large and diverse customer base including Aviva, the British Heart Foundation, Sky, Santander, Virgin Holidays and Next. Our growth has been fuelled by long term partnerships with some of the world’s leading network and telecom specialists including BT, Genesys, Gamma Telecom, Sabio, Secureco and Amdocs.
In June 2021 the highly respected and well-established private equity house, Livingbridge, invested over £100m alongside management to acquire the business. Together we are committed to developing exciting new products and expanding our geographical reach to further accelerate the growth of the business.
The role
The Junior Product Architect reports to the Principal Architect in the Engineering group, and will be responsible for contributing to the architecture of Sycurio products delivered from the Engineering group.
The Junior Product Architect will work with the Product Management team and other members of the Architecture team to turn business requirements into software architecture designs for new products and feature enhancements to existing products. They will remain the technical owner of the feature as it progresses through development and QA to release, collaborating with engineers at all stages to create a reliable and supportable solution. Working with the Security group, the Junior Product Architect is also responsible for ensuring all designs embrace security as an inherent characteristic.
This is an ideal role for someone who is starting their architectural career path. You don’t need to have held an architect title role before, but you should have experience of designing software or systems and want to move your career towards architecture. You will be exposed to a wide variety of technologies and approaches, from software design to cloud system architecture and automation across high volume event driven payment systems, front end systems, telephony, reporting and monitoring. This will include work on both our Sycurio.Voice product and the transformation journey we are undertaking with a move to Cloud and microservices-based architecture, and also work on our Sycurio.Digital product. Priorities include Security, Scalability, Ease of Implementation, Cost optimisation and Integration within customer ecosystems.
The Junior Product Architect will also
- provide technical consultancy for new initiatives
- ensure project designs are compliant to architectures and standards
- help shape, create, develop and evolve the architecture that underpins the products
- validate the architecture against the requirements of the software products and corporate and technical strategies
- assist in the preparation of documents explaining the architecture to sponsors and stakeholders both internally and externally.
Key attributes & experience
- Exemplary written and spoken English, with an ability to communicate effectively with a wide range of audiences across the business on both a technical and commercial level
- Excellent analytical, critical thinking and problem solving skills
- Ability to synthesise new knowledge from documentation, training, discussion and experimentation
- System design – ability to decompose requirements into domains, and specify overall system behaviour
- Experience of public cloud systems (ideally AWS) – design, implementation and automation, including an understanding of their pros and cons
- Familiarity with modern software development practices
- Experience of programming in Java or another modern language
- Familiarity with regulatory frameworks such as PCI DSS, HIPAA, and GDPR
- Experience of some of:
- data analytics (e.g. ElasticSearch/ OpenSearch, Kibana/ Grafana)
- telephony (SIP, RTP)
- networking
- databases (especially NoSQL)
- user interface design
- onboarding and provisioning processes
- Effective time management skills to prioritize tasks across multiple major projects, especially when working under tight deadlines.
- Pragmatic and commercially focused approach to problem solving
Background
- Degree level qualification in Computer Science or similar numerate discipline
Additional Information
- Amount of travel: light (<15d / year)
- Primarily an internal role, although communication with customers will be required from time to time
- Hybrid role, ideally 1-2 days per week in the Guildford office
Benefits & culture
We are a market leader in secure voice transactions and trusted by our customers and partners. We are on a journey to secure all personal data. We recruit diverse, ambitious, innovative people who want to grow in a supportive and collaborative environment. We are passionate, work hard, have fun and celebrate success.
What we'll give you;
- 25 Days Holiday
- Competitive Salary
- Up to 10% Bonus
- 4 x Salary Life Insurance
- Vitality Health Insurance
- HealthShield Cash Back Plan
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Bespoke Discounts and Communications Hub
- Up to 5% Contributory Pension
Sycurio is well funded and growing fast, you’ll be joining an organisation that combines an entrepreneurial ‘start-up’ culture with the professionalism of a mature and established business. This is a fabulous opportunity to gain experience on a variety of commercial matters of an international business.
*All final interview candidates will be subject to a DBS check as a pre-condition of a potential offer of employment. Any information found will be considered when making the final hiring decision. Please be aware that the background check process will not go ahead without your written consent.
