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West Monroe is seeking a Senior Architect, Software Engineering to join the Technology and Experience (TechEx) practice. From designing customer-facing software to integrating complex platforms and leveraging actionable data, we partner with our clients to modernize every layer of their technology stack. Our engineering teams work on bringing modern architecture practices, cloud technologies, and industry expertise to build software that’s as smart as it is impactful.
As a Senior Architect Software Engineer in our Technology and Experience practice and Software Engineering discipline, you will join a team focused on helping companies become digital in every part of their business, while mentoring the next generation of leaders at West Monroe. You will partner with our clients to strategize, design, and build bespoke software products, legacy application modernization, modern integration platforms, and intelligent products and agents that use AI including machine learning and GenAI. You should be passionate about delivering technology solutions that are grounded in the human experience and be prepared to embrace West Monroe’s fast-growing and entrepreneurial environment. Whether transforming legacy systems or integrating complex platforms, our team combines technical fluency with industry expertise to drive meaningful change.
In this role, you will partner with our clients and other West Monroe team members on transformational projects. You will work collaboratively to gather technical requirements, define platform and integration design, and perform the configuration/development of innovative solutions in a team environment.
Responsibilities
- Work in a collaborative team setting to support our clients and help solve their business problems through analysis of existing systems, applications, and processes.
- Lead the development of software solutions across full lifecycle Agile projects – requirements gathering, design, development, testing, implementation, and rollout.
- Own the flexibility to be creative and have an impact on designs with a “blank slate” development mentality within the general boundaries of client expectations.
- Build highly interactive and customized web, desktop, and/or mobile front-end and back-end applications.
- Participate in all aspects of product development, including generating ideas, prototyping, building solutions, talking to users, testing outcomes, and integrating learnings into future work.
- Learn new languages, paradigms, patterns, and frameworks to continuously develop your technical expertise.
- Use creativity and resourcefulness to tackle unexpected challenges and deliver high-quality solutions.
- Collaborate with teams to integrate Generative AI (GenAI) capabilities into client solutions, leveraging AI tools and frameworks for automation, personalization, and innovation.
Skills & Requirements
- Technical Expertise:
- Proficiency in multiple programming languages across full-stack development.
- .Net and/or Java and front-end frameworks including React and Angular
- Deep experience with major cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or GCP.
- Advanced knowledge of databases and their integration within software solutions.
- Proven experience with Agile methodology and leading dispersed teams on complex projects.
- Consultative technical business acumen to support pursuits with revenue targets.
- Aptitude for presenting strategic application modernization to clients.
- Domain expertise in digital product, software engineering, software modernization, modern integration platform and AI-enabled intelligent products and agents capabilities and functions
- Demonstrated experience delivering technical solutions into Fortune 1000, enterprise, and upper mid-market clients and proven success in functional, well adopted and impactful technical solutions
- Demonstrated experience working in an on-shore, near-shore or hybrid delivery model
- Generative AI Expertise:
- Experience with Generative AI tools (Cursor, Cline, Windsurf, others), frameworks and platforms (e.g., OpenAI, Google, Anthropic, AWS, Azure, LangChain, Vertex AI).
- Knowledge of AI/ML concepts, including natural language processing (NLP), large language models (LLMs), and computer vision.
- Ability to design and implement AI-driven solutions to enhance business processes, automate workflows, and improve customer experiences.
- Familiarity with ethical considerations and responsible AI practices.
- Leadership & Collaboration:
- Bring subject matter depth in imagining, designing, and building bespoke digital products, leading software modernization and/or modern integration platform engagements, helping deliver AI-enabled software products such that you can be a trusted technical advisor to our most senior and sophisticated client executives
- Lead teams serving clients across industries as the technical lead and owning overall accountability of successful delivery while demonstrating solid presence with high level client counterparts.
- Provide quality assurance and conduct frequent touch bases with client stakeholders to ensure value is realized and understood from our engagements
- Identify, develop and leverage accelerators focused on addressing industry-specific or capability specific challenges
- Strong sense of urgency with comfortability delivering solutions in fast-paced, dynamic environments.
- Excellent critical thinking, leadership, communication, and project management skills.
- Ability to communicate effectively with teammates and clients, backed by proven experience.
- Commitment to inclusion and diversity, with openness to new ideas and perspectives.
- General Qualifications:
- Real-world experience performing at the principal level (typically 10+ years of experience).
- Actively participate in business development activities by assessing opportunities, designing solutions, developing proposals/SOWs, leveraging on-shore and near-shore delivery models, establishing relationships with clients and prospective clients, and helping to close new deals
- Assist in developing go-to-market (GTM) messaging and sales materials to support business development for prospects and clients
- Create work plans, pricing estimates, and risk assessments for potential engagements
- Contribute to thought leadership to strengthen marketing efforts
- Attend networking events, technology and product user groups, technical meetups and actively build and leverage a professional network and affiliate network in the local community
- Proven success in achieving in-year revenue expectations.
- Able to work independently and as a team player in designing, building and delivering technical software engineering solutions
- Excitement about working on diverse projects across various industries and tech stacks.
- Willingness to travel for out-of-town client engagements.
Based on pay transparency guidelines, the salary range for this role can vary based on your proximity to one of our West Monroe offices (see table below). Information on our competitive total rewards package, including our bonus structure and benefits is here. Individual salaries are determined by evaluating a variety of factors including geography, experience, skills, education, and internal equity.
Employees (and their families) are covered by medical, dental, vision, and basic life insurance. Employees are able to enroll in our company’s 401k plan, purchase shares from our employee stock ownership program and be eligible to receive annual bonuses. Employees will also receive unlimited flexible time off and ten paid holidays throughout the calendar year. Eligibility for ten weeks of paid parental leave will also be available upon hire date.
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At West Monroe, we work with you.
We’re a global business and technology consulting firm passionate about creating measurable value for our clients, delivering real-world solutions.
The combination of business and technology is not new, but how we bring them together is unique. We’re fluent in both. We know that technology alone is not the answer, but how we apply it is. We rely on data to constantly adapt and solve new challenges. Actions that work today with outcomes that generate value for years to come.
At West Monroe, we zero in on the heart of the opportunity, getting to results faster and preparing people for what’s next.
You’ll feel the difference in how we work. We show up personally. We’re right there in the room with you, co-creating through the challenges. With West Monroe, collaboration isn’t a lofty promise, but a daily action. We work together with you to turn vision into clear action with lasting impact.
West Monroe is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer
We believe in treating each employee and applicant for employment fairly and with dignity. We base our employment decisions on merit, experience, and potential, without regard to race, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, age, religion, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic prohibited by federal, state or local law. To learn more about diversity, equity and inclusion at West Monroe, visit www.westmonroe.com/inclusion. If you require a reasonable accommodation to participate in our recruiting process, please inquire by sending an email to [email protected].
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