Company Description

Work smart, have fun and make an impact!

Our purpose is to guide all companies toward a sustainable world. EcoVadis is the leading provider of business sustainability ratings. Our solutions are backed by an international team of experts and powerful technology. We analyze data and build sustainability scorecards that give companies actionable insights into their environmental, social and ethical risks.

Why apply to EcoVadis?

Be a part of the global sustainability change in business. Grow your career. Work with extraordinary people. Feel valued for your contribution.

Learn more about our team and culture on EcoVadis careers page

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Job Description

Our Technology and Platform Services department designs and secures the platform that underpins all of our offerings, achieving scalability and continuous improvement through innovation and collaboration.

You will directly contribute (as a part of cross-competence team) to conceptual envisioning, design & development of a unique, software platform that has defined (& still drives the overall direction) of a completely new industry - CSR. 

In a highly collaborative environment you’ll take part in brainstorming new ideas, prototyping & continuously validating them against ever-changing market reality - to drive the platform evolution in completely new ways that couldn’t have been predicted up-front.

This will include:

• Communicate with business, analyze and suggest efficient solutions based on their requirements;
• Define and maintain architecture roadmap, technical solutions for new and existing functionality for each parts of the projects;
• Deliver architectural services, including guidance and conceptual design as well as technical and process innovations;
• Work with developers to generate and maintain code according to the agreed coding standard and best practices; 
• Investigate latest technology and build quick Proof of Concept functionalities to address future business needs;
• Preparing, improving and introducing new approaches/methodologies/tools and techniques within department;
• Preparing, reviewing and validating software technical blueprints.

Qualifications

• At least 5 years of experience as a Senior Architect or Lead/Chief Architect role; 
• Excellent knowledge of all aspects software engineering process, including Coding, Testing, Deployment, Scalability, Security, Maintainability;
• Excellent knowledge of Microsoft stack (.Net, .Net Core, Web API, SQL Server, Azure);
• Extensive experience in defining and enforcing architectural patterns (SOA, CQRS, Event Sourcing etc.);
• Proven experience in designing, building and maintaining microservices architectures with a deep understanding of best practices, design patterns, and principles for highly decoupled and scalable systems;
• Demonstrated ability to apply strategies for efficient communication, data consistency, and resilience across microservices, including experience with API design, message-based communication, and event-driven architectures;
• Very good knowledge in NoSQL such as CosmosDB, MongoDB, Cassandra, Redis, ElasticSearch, for either data persistence and/or caching; 
• Vast experience in API Management (routing, gateways, versioning) with profound understanding API Development aspects; 
• Solid experience in implementing observability, monitoring, and logging solutions to effectively track system performance, diagnose issues, and ensure the health and stability of our SaaS applications, with knowledge of popular tools and frameworks for these purposes;
• Extensive experience in Front-End, including frameworks (Angular, React/Redux etc.), patterns (MV*), understanding client’s point of view on performance aspects;
• Experience in working with global and regional projects, virtual expert teams, appreciating local differences and adapting to difference in cultures;
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills;
• Proficiency in English.

Additional Information

Location: London / Remote in the UK
Start date: ASAP

Everyone at EcoVadis contributes to a culture of trust, respect and empowerment. Our growing team in the UK is full of talented professionals from various fields who all share a desire to make an impact.
We offer competitive salaries and support personal growth from day one with extensive onboarding, mentoring and a brand new e-learning platform bursting with courses and modules so you can learn new skills and fine-tune old ones.

Benefits:
• Support with all the necessary office and IT equipment
• Cycle to work scheme and wellness allowance
• Annual performance bonus
• Remote work from abroad policy
• Flexible working hours
• Hybrid/ full remote work
• Pension contributions and optional private health coverage
• Internet and electricity bill allowance
• CSR activities
• Subsidised travel in London
• Community service day when volunteering

Our hiring team looks forward to reviewing your CV, in English, with a guaranteed response to every application. A new job with purpose awaits you!

Don’t fit all the criteria but still think you’d be a good candidate? Please apply anyway to give our hiring team the opportunity to assess your skills and to learn more about what you could bring to EcoVadis. We’re interested in hiring capable people, regardless of professional and educational background.

Can the hiring process be adjusted to suit my needs? Yes. We want everyone going through the hiring process with EcoVadis to feel confident that you are able to demonstrate your full potential. We welcome applications from disabled people, people with long-term health conditions, and neurodiverse candidates. If you need any adjustments, including the provision of interview questions, please let the hiring team know.

Our team’s strength comes from everyone’s uniqueness and is founded upon mutual respect. EcoVadis commits to equity, inclusion and reducing bias in our hiring processes. EcoVadis does not accept any form of discrimination based on color, national or ethnic origin, ancestry, citizenship, religion, beliefs, age, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, neurodiversity, disability, parental status, or any other protected characteristic that makes you unique. In your application, we encourage you to remove personal information such as: photographs, marital status, number of children, religion, gender, residential postal code, university graduation date, past medical or parental leave(s) taken, nationality (instead, please state if you are legally eligible to work in the job region/country), university name (instead, please state any degrees obtained and the study major).