Senior Architect - Quality Engineering

Sr. Architect - Quality EngineeringThis role is not eligible for 100% remote work and employees must live within a commutable distance to the office in which the role is based.Who You''ll Work WithAt Slalom Build we co-create custom software, data and cloud products with clients who are ready to accelerate their digital transformation. We''re passionate about technology, compelled by its potential as we help create the digital products, experiences, and technology-driven organizations that drive true change. We''re thrilled by the opportunity to build the future we want to see, with anyone willing to join us. Slalom Build''s Quality Engineering capability brings a modern approach to software quality, playing a critical role in high-velocity software engineering teams. We work with current and emerging tools and techniques to help build reliable, scalable software. Our expertise in software quality principles and techniques enables key principles of whole-team ownership of quality, close proximity of software development and test activities, and reliable, scalable test automation. Our capability is comprised of passionate, flexible technologists who love to practice and hone their craft. As tools evolve and technologies emerge, we work to stay in front of innovation in automated software development and delivery.We work in cross-functional teams to build full-stack solutions across a range of established and emerging technologies and techniques, including:•Front end applications targeting native mobile and modern web platforms. Examples include React, Native iOS/Android, and Vue.•APIs and back-end services built using emerging frameworks and architectural patterns. Examples include microservices, Node, Typescript, Java and .Net.•Hosting and application services provided by industry leading cloud providers. Examples include AWS, Azure and GCP.•Data Engineering applications for real-time data solutions, data platforms, visualization, machine learning, and artificial intelligence. •Operational efficiencies leveraging modern ecosystems and automated build and deployment pipelines.•Collaborative build practices that allow our teams to be agile and responsive to our clients'' needs.What You''ll DoAs a Senior Architect, you will bring depth of experience in product delivery. You will shape and deliver modern software quality solutions using a variety of quality approaches, techniques, and tools. You will collaborate and clearly communicate with a variety of peers, domain experts, and clients. You will flex between being hands-on and being a technical leader for your team. You will provide thought leadership to define and implement well-balanced test strategies and communicate confidently in your daily interactions with clients. Specifically, you will:•Define holistic quality approaches for large client engagements •Influence solution architecture and help resolve complex client problems•Define robust test automation architecture and apply and evolve open-source frameworks•Architect trusted test automation patterns with high reliability and relevancy•Coach team members, and assist team members to unblock tasks and drive to resolution•Assess project needs and guide the team on estimating, testability of user stories, acceptance criteria, non-functional requirements, and the definition of done•Share what you learn with your teams and the other members of the QE communityWhat You''ll BringAs a Senior Architect in the Quality Engineering capability, you apply capability expertise to shape and deliver solutions to client challenges. You leverage your consulting skills and a breadth of delivery experience to collaborate closely with peers in other capabilities and lead teams to deliver high quality software. You collaborate on the solution architecture and deployment pipelines for a project and leverage your experience and expertise to enhance the overall client deliverable(s). You are an expert in using code to build reliable, trusted test automation across multiple technology solutions. You have expertise across multiple areas of modern software quality and have specific experience that enables you to take on unique challenges and grow the knowledge of other builders. You bring communication and organizational skills that enable you to lead team efforts to accomplish project testing activities throughout the project lifecycle. You continue to leverage your learning mindset to quickly expand and deepen your skills as you work on the technology solutions we deliver for our clients.A computer science-based mindset is needed; a technology-based education is helpful. About UsSlalom Build is a highly scalable, high-velocity Build as a Service firm. We work with clients in a flexible, collaborative, and repeatable methodology to create custom technology solutions for their most impactful initiatives and to accelerate their digital transformation journey. Over 1400 Builders strong, distributed across dynamic cities, our innovation hubs attract the type of people who contribute to thriving teams. By placing Builders in close proximity to clients-as well as their cultural and technology cohorts-we can assure the quality, versatility, and speed that product delivery demands, along with the elasticity and scale to tailor to individual client needs.Slalom Build leverages a foundation of innovation inherited from Slalom, a Seattle-based firm that set out in 2001 to disrupt and redefine management consulting. Now 10,000+ professionals strong around the globe, Slalom is deeply engaged with some of the world''s most influential, change-making enterprises. Learn more at .Slalom prides itself on helping team members thrive in their work and life. As a result, Slalom is proud to invest in benefits that include meaningful time off and paid holidays, parental leave, 401(k) with a match, a range of choices for highly subsidized health, dental, & vision coverage, adoption and fertility assistance, and short/long-term disability. We also offer additional benefits such as a yearly $350 reimbursement account for any well-being related expenses as well as discounted home, auto, and pet insurance. Slalom is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veterans'' status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local lawsLI-QH1

Created: 2025-11-15