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Cloud API Architect

Published date more than one year ago
Posted: more than one year ago
Company Kone
Company: Kone
End date Nov. 10, 2019
Due date: Nov. 10, 2019
Location Helsinki
Location: Helsinki

We are now looking for a

Cloud API Architect

to drive KONE Cloud API architecture. In this role you will be a vital part of our Cloud API team and help us create new digital services for our business lines. You will design, develop and maintain APIs, microservices and data pipelines used by our ecosystem partners and Digital Services on cloud environments connecting elevators, escalators, building doors and other KONE systems. As we work in accordance with agile methodologies, this means that your day-to-day work will also consist of participating in sprint planning, daily scrums and retros. You will also work with automating the software delivery lifecycle utilizing DevOps practices.

The service development is done in an agile and lean way in cross-functional end-to-end teams that are responsible for delivering solutions for certain customer value. The Architect is responsible for guiding and helping the teams with the architectural decisions and he/she is also responsible for making sure we are building a long lasting architecture for the service. You will be working in close co-operation with the program manager, service designers (yes, we need to discover the customer value we should build), Product Owners and technical leads of the product teams. You will also collaborate closely with IoT Platform architecture team as well as IT architects.

In order to be successful in this opportunity you have several years of experience from managing the architecture of complex software systems. In ideal case you have been working with API service architectures and you live the agile way. You enjoy to work with different people with different backgrounds and you are willing to put yourselves into the game. You have proven experience on working with at least one of the public cloud platforms and security is part of your daily agenda.

This position is located in KONE's headquarters (Espoo, Finland). We offer also opportunity to do some of the work remotely from home so we do not expect you to come to the office every day.

Your key responsibilities are

  • Coordinate Cloud API architecture and development with Product owners and a team of cloud platform experts
  • Guide and support business development initiatives and API projects on cloud platform
  • Drive the development practices and guiding documentation for Cloud APIs
  • Hands-on developing APIs for KONE Digital Services
  • Co-developing with software subcontractors and partners in detailed level
  • Collaborating closely with other development teams, software architects, partners, project managers and stakeholders

We expect you to have

  • University degree in Engineering Information technology or Computer Science or similar
  • Minimum professional experience 8 years and proven experience in Software Architecture roles
  • Experience in the field of architecture, developments, and deployment of high volume cloud applications
  • Ability to work closely with technical leads and architects in the development of world-class enterprise applications
  • Hands-on programming experience (Java/Node.js/Python)
  • Familiar with cloud platform development frameworks and knowledge of cloud services (IBM Cloud/Amazon AWS/ Microsoft Azure/Google Cloud).
  • Familiar with data modeling and data management in cloud platforms.
  • REST API and microservices development experience
  • Experience about:
    • Messaging solutions (Kafka or similar)
    • Database technologies (SQL and NoSQL)
    • Caching solutions (Redis or similar)
  • Experience with Agile frameworks (Scrum)
  • Excellent communications and teamwork skills
  • Fluent English (spoken and written)

We offer

  • We offer strong support in your personal growth and global opportunities for future career development at KONE. We believe in inspiring, engaging and developing our people.

Please submit your application by 10th November 2019

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At KONE, we are focused on creating an innovative and collaborative working culture where we value the contribution of each individual. Employee engagement is a key focus area for us and we encourage participation and the sharing of information and ideas. Sustainability is an integral part of our culture and the daily practice. We follow ethical business practices and we seek to develop a culture of working together where co-workers trust and respect each other and good performance is recognized. In being a great place to work, we are proud to offer a range of experiences and opportunities that will help you to achieve your career and personal goals and enable you to live a healthy and balanced life.

Read more on www.kone.com/careers