THIS POSITION:

As a critical member of the Innovation Delivery team, the Innovation Architect will play a key role in digital transformation and digital innovation projects from end-to-end, including scoping, design, architecture, application development, and technical leadership. We are looking for a detail-oriented professional who has had extensive experience architecting and implementing digital transformation solutions, building and managing client relationships, and is comfortable on a small team.

IN THIS ROLE, YOU WILL:

• Apply design thinking and digital innovation methods to solve complex customer problems with a user-centered approach
• Facilitate architecture and design sessions to help clients scope new digital innovation solutions and applications
• Provide technical leadership for client implementations, with responsibility for managing agile development, user story tracking, playback sessions, and organizing development tasks for small team of developers
• Work with CTO/Head of Delivery to lead development, testing, and production deployment of client solutions, ensuring that the team delivers high-quality applications
• Serve as lead developer, playing a key role in coding complex user stories and building components that can be reused across a given project or multiple projects
• Establish and maintain architecture best practices, and help continuously refine delivery methodology and project estimation approaches
• Mentor and coach junior and mid-level Innovation Engineers on development best practices and document workarounds and resolutions to development roadblocks
• Support business development, marketing, and thought leadership efforts for public and private innovation workshops, innovation consulting, and partner interactions.

DIGITAL FASTFORWARD OFFERS:

• A rapidly growing, yet well-established business
• Opportunity to work with $1B+ blue chip companies and logos
• A collegial and friendly team environment
• Opportunities for growth and advancement as well as paid training and certification on design thinking, new digital technologies, and leadership development
• Competitive benefits package, including healthcare, vacation, and sick leave

ABOUT YOU:

• Entrepreneurial and motivated individual with exceptional communication skills and proven experience working with diverse teams of business and technology users
• Successfully led and delivered complex projects using Agile methodologies
• Excel at administering and coordinating groups of individuals by promoting teamwork, delegating tasks, with a focus on delivering business value for clients.
• Willingness to challenge yourself, learn from others, and strive to grow professionally every day
• Emotionally mature team player with a positive can-do attitude.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Solid software development background, with 10+ years of experience developing enterprise-scale web/cloud-based solutions for private and public sector clients
• At least 5 years in a technical leadership role across all stacks (front-end and back-end)
• Experience leading end-to-end solution development, from inception to production
• Experience with SaaS architecture in a cloud setting (e.g., AWS, Azure), leveraging containerization, serverless technologies, event driven architecture, and microservices
• Highly proficient with Java, Spring, JavaScript, React, HTML, CSS, REST, SQL, etc
• Experience designing and implementing solutions using leading digital automation, CRM, and/or robotic automation platforms, such as Pegasystems, Appian, and IBM.
• Candidates with Pega CSSA, Scrum, and/or Design Thinking certifications will be given higher preference
• Experience in a startup or high-growth environment is highly desirable.
• Dedication to achieving outstanding customer results
• Willingness to travel 30% - 40%
• B.S. in Computer Science or related field preferred.

LOCATION

• Preferred locations are Washington, DC and Los Angeles, areas
• Other locations will be considered on a case-by-case basis

REQUIREMENTS

• U.S. Citizenship or Green Card Required