Arcanys is a privately owned 300+ people company, with about 280 software engineers, QAs, PMs, BAs and designers in the Philippines.
While looking like just another technology outsourcing firm, Arcanys is at the forefront of the industry, both helping startups and mid-sized companies to scale their development team and making meaningful financial investments in early-stage startups with its Arcanys Ventures arm.
With a pace of about 10 new investments per year, the majority of them are in Australia. While Arcanys has a team of 5 senior architects based in Europe, there has been a growing need to hire a senior architect based in Melbourne or Sydney.
We are flexible with hiring someone part-time/hourly or full-time. We care more about finding people with the right skill set and mindset, with a preference for full-time. But if you can't for now, part-time is a good way to start working together.
What's this role about? We are investing in tech startups that need engineering teams. Our contribution is usually a whole team of 3-4 software engineers and a few part-time people, in exchange for equity.
Sometimes the companies have a strong tech lead and all we need to provide them with are developers and QAs, but in other situations, they lack a strong technical lead. That is where you would come in, essentially acting as a fractional CTO.
The role is challenging because you essentially would be interacting with the business people (most often the founders) and trying to rein them in, protect the dev team, focus the needs of the business, and translate them to the dev team. Sometimes they have a product manager, but not always, and you may need to partially fill that role (and we can have a business analyst and/or a UX designer assist you).
Ideally, you would act as a fractional CTO for 2 to 3 companies (working between 30 to 50 hours per month per company) with the remaining time collaborating with our architect team on improving Arcanys' internal functions (hiring, training, internal applications).
We might also need your help with:
Meeting an occasional founder/investment opportunity in personDoing a technical code audit of a potential new investmentConsult on other projects regarding specific expertise you may haveWhat are the required skills/conditions? You must be residing in Melbourne or Sydney or have the ability to meet people in person in one of these cities on a regular basis (without the added cost of long-distance travel to us). If you don't meet this criteria please do not apply! We need someone who can meet our investment companies and clients in person.
Must be an expert in Microsoft C# .NET. Two-thirds of our Australian clients are using .NET, so if you can't code review and lead architectural decisions in that field, this seriously limits your project opportunities.
Mastery of Angular or React, preferably both. Experience with Ionic & React Native would be a plus.
Other requirements Minimum 15 years working experience in software development
Extensive RDBMS experience, such as MySQL, MsSQL, MariaDB, or PostgreSQL
Solid experience with Azure and AWS, and good knowledge of DevOps is a plus
Mastering Nodejs in addition to C#.NET would be ideal (then you could work on 90% of our projects as opposed to 60-70%).
Nice to haves would be any of these, for the rare project: Python, Kotlin, iOS Swift, Java (enterprise), Golang
If you can't cover .NET, the exception would be if you master all of our other main technologies: Nodejs, Angular, and React (plus a couple more nice to haves above).
What are the responsibilities? It may be some of these, but not necessarily all of them:
Interact with product owners to improve and translate requirements into realistic featuresHandle frequent code reviews and coach developersPerform code audits in potential client projects or investmentsHandle ad-hoc complex matters (possibly coding, DevOps matters, etc).As part of the architect team, help Arcanys with the continuous improvement and development of its teamsParticipate in occasional recruitment activities (exam reviews and/or interviews)Handle occasional research on the newest frameworks and technologies to help improve Arcanys training plansAs a company focused on its people's satisfaction first (and clients' in close second), we make a point to offer exciting work opportunities and foster a culture to which everyone can meaningfully contribute.
All of this wrapped into great care for employees' welfare, GreatPlaceToWork certified, Glassdoor ratings of 4.8/5, and Clutch Ratings of 5/5.
Working conditions: Mostly remote, with the occasional in-person client meeting. If you prefer to work in an office setting, we have more than 10 investments in Sydney and Melbourne, and you could easily work at one of their offices.
Flexible working schedule. You can choose your working hours (within reason).
Work as a full-time or part-time employee (with super, etc) or contract employment - your choice
Annual trip to visit your colleagues in the Philippines (Cebu)
Flat management style and open-door policy - no micromanagement and your voice is being heard.
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