Associate Technical Architect
Acquia is the open digital experience company. We provide the world's most ambitious brands with products built around Drupal to allow them to embrace innovation and create customer moments that matter. At Acquia, we believe in the power of community and collaboration — giving our customers and partners the freedom to build tomorrow on their terms.
Headquartered in the U.S., we have been named one of North America’s fastest growing software companies by Deloitte and Inc. Magazine, rated a leader by the analyst community, and named one of the Best Places to Work by the Boston Business Journal. We are Acquia. We are building for the future and we want you to be a part of it!
Summary
Help our clients succeed with Drupal by developing and delivering ground breaking web experiences through a delivery model focused on best practices, standards, and Acquia products.
Associate Technical Architects are members of the Professional Services delivery team that builds and maintains applications on the Acquia Platform on behalf of customers and partners. An Associate Technical Architect is responsible for building and delivering solutions using Drupal, Acquia products, and a variety of front-end technologies.
Key responsibilities
Acquia's Professional Services team delivers a wide variety of solutions for our customers, with a focus on Drupal and Acquia's collection of products. In order to support our customers' diverse architectures and requirements, we are seeking candidates who are comfortable with jumping into new technologies and troubleshooting applications with which they are unfamiliar.
- Participate in all aspects of the software development life-cycle, turning functional requirements into working application components that meet specifications and follow Acquia best practices.
- Participate in client meetings and workshops.
- Estimate the amount of work required to deliver requirements.
- Report on blockers and collaborate with team members to reach resolution.
- Track time and expenses using project and organizational standards.
- Contribute to technical architecture decisions.
- Develop web applications.
- Create automated tests
- Perform code review
- Ad Hoc duties as assigned
Key requirements
- Deep experience translating designs into reality using component-driven design techniques and HTML, CSS, JavaScript.
- Experience translating accessibility requirements into technical specifications.
- Experience working with large teams of designers and developers.
- Ability to bridge the gap between design and development initiatives.
- Ability to explain to customers how to translate their design into front-end components built with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.
- Ability to build working proof-of-concepts using HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.
- Experience architecting and planning front-end projects.
- Ability to identify opportunities to adjust and improve the presentation of mockups as they are translated into functional web applications.
- Interest in learning to train and teach others, including customers.
- Experience with, and interest in, moderately complex web application implementations.
- Experience delivering software in a team environment using distributed version control systems (e.g. Github, GitLab) and issue tracking systems (e.g. Jira).
- Some experience with decoupled architectures.
- Some experience with relational databases.
- Experience with PHP, Drupal, or other content management frameworks a plus.
- Experience and interest in Agile methodologies including Scrum or Kanban a plus.
- Relevant work, education, or hands on development experience.
Acquia is an equal opportunity (EEO) employer. We hire without regard to age, color, disability, gender (including gender identity), marital status, national origin, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, veteran status, or any other status protected by applicable law.