Senior Architect, Software Engineering Houston, TX

Credera is a global consulting firm that combines transformational consulting capabilities, deep industry knowledge, AI and technology expertise to deliver valuable customer experiences and accelerated growth across various industries. We continuously evolve our services to meet the needs of future organizations and reflect modern best practices. Our unique global approach provides tailored solutions, transforming the most influential brands and organizations worldwide.

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As a Senior Architect at Credera, you will play a pivotal role in designing, estimating, and executing technology implementation projects for our clients. You will recommend the most suitable technological approaches, team structures, and skill sets to effectively capture and synthesize client requirements. Additionally, you will mentor and develop team members, fostering their growth and ensuring high performance.

Your responsibilities will include supporting practice and company development through leading research and development initiatives, peer training, and creating reusable software development accelerators. Your work will be outcome-focused, as you will inform, refine, and execute a client’s vision.

You will also ensure the quality and efficiency of technology implementation projects by applying Credera’s best practices and industry standards. Leading one or more teams of skilled technologists, you will provide the necessary leadership, mentoring, and development to drive success.

On certain projects, you will lead the design and build of advanced solutions involving agentic AI workflows, ML-powered decision engines, and custom chatbots. You will tackle data challenges to drive business value, whether through traditional analytics or by preparing data for advanced AI/ML models.

• You are an experienced, hands-on software architect who has been in the industry or technology consulting for at least 8 years
• You spend at least 40% of your time actively developing code
• You have a passion for technology and keep yourself up to date on the latest application development technologies and trends across all software development disciplines and processes
• You have a deep understanding of multiple technology development stacks across UX, middle tier, and database platforms
• You are well-versed in different software development methodologies and understand the benefits and challenges of each
• You have experience with one or more of the following cloud platforms and container technologies: AWS, Azure, Google Cloud Platform (GCP), Docker, Kubernetes, and serverless architectures such as AWS Lambda
• You have experience with one or more of the following Dev Ops and automation tools: CI/CD platforms (e.g., Git Hub Actions, Azure Dev Ops), infrastructure as code tools (e.g., Terraform), cloud-native APIs, testing automation tools (e.g., Selenium, Cypress), and data automation tools (e.g., Liquibase)
• You incorporate the usage of AI tooling efficiencies and code assistance tooling in your everyday workflows
• You are accomplished at mentoring, leading, and developing others
• You currently lead teams that develop complex, high-volume, mission-critical enterprise solutions that are built from the ground up, using a variety of different technical components, and are deployed in a highly available environment
• You have strong communication and interpersonal skills, and the ability to engage customers at a business level in addition to a technical level
• You can handle complex organizational dynamics to deliver a solution to a client’s satisfaction
• You drive business development and are comfortable with developing business cases and justifications that grow the customer relationship and satisfaction

• We believe in using the best tools for the job. For us, AI isn't a replacement for great software engineering; it's a powerful accelerator. As part of our team, you’ll have the opportunity to leverage AI to enhance your day-to-day development and contribute to cutting-edge client solutions, all while tackling a wide range of software engineering challenges.
• AI-Assisted Engineering:
  
  You'll have access to AI-powered tools like Git Hub Copilot and Cursor to boost your productivity and code quality. We adopt tools that fit the project, like Amazon Q or Git Lab Duo, to align with client ecosystems
• Accelerated Design & Strategy:
  
  You can use our proprietary multi-LLM platform, OmniAI (integrating OpenAI, Google, and Anthropic), to accelerate solution design, architecture, and estimation in a secure environment
• Opportunity for Advanced AI Projects:
  
  For clients seeking a competitive edge, you may work on projects building…