• Recognized as an expert within the company and requires in-depth and/or breadth of expertise in own job discipline and broad knowledge of other job disciplines within the organization function • Solves unique problems that have a broad impact on the business • Contributes to the development of organizational sub-function strategy • Progression to this level is typically restricted on the basis of business requirements • Excellence: Exceeds expectations by consistently demonstrating accountability, discipline, high performance, and a proven track record of exceptional results. • Customer-driven: Prioritizes customer needs and satisfaction through collaborative and proactive problem-solving, and an unwavering commitment to customer success. • Expertise: Possesses deep understanding of customer needs and continually grows and enhances skills to provide customer-focused solutions. • Agility: Quickly adapts and responds to dynamic customer needs and expectations through innovative solutions. • Compassion: Cultivates a positive and supportive environment to effectively work together towards a common goal, fostering trust within Rackspace and with external stakeholders.

Ciklum is looking for a Solution Architect to join our team full-time in Romania. We are a custom product engineering company that supports both multinational organizations and scaling startups to solve their most complex business challenges. With a global team of over 4,000 highly skilled developers, consultants, analysts and product owners, we engineer technology that redefines industries and shapes the way people live. About the role: As a Solution Architect, become a part of a cross-functional development team engineering experiences of tomorrow. Responsibilities: - Identify key business stakeholders and establish communication with - Identify business goals and objectives - Gather primary functionality, quality characteristics of software behavior and given constraints - Elaborate business, information, and technology architectures mapping - An elaborate architecture vision that satisfies architecturally significant requirements, through trade-off analysis, proof of concept implementation, and benchmarking - Set up and manage architecture design and documentation processes - Document and communicate architecture decisions and trade-offs to major stakeholders - Review and validate design decisions made by downstreams and ensure they do satisfy the solution architecture vision Requirements: - Fluent English - Commercial experience in software development (more than 7 years) - Commercial experience in solution architecture design (more than 3 years) - Experience with data management, data integration, and data transformation approaches - Understanding of containerization and orchestration - Understanding SDLC processes and their reasoning - Experience with guiding software development, testing, deployment, and project management - Excellent knowledge in Computer Science, Computing Theory: - Architectural & Design Patterns - Paradigm & Principles - Database theory - Code testing practices - Practical experience with: - Microservices architecture - Cloud technologies (Microsoft Azure): - Azure DevOps - Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) - Azure Databricks - Azure Service Bus - DBMS: - Microsoft SQL - MongoDB - .NET 10 - Business skills: - Excellent client-facing, business consulting, and communication skills - Ability to efficiently communicate verbally and visually - Ability to explain and prove the differences, pros and cons of suggested design decisions - Ability to influence senior client decision makers - Develop long-lasting relationships with business and technical stakeholders - Leading and supporting medium to large size solution delivery projects - Analysis of business, product and technology requirements Desirable: - Certifications on: - Architecture framework (SEI, TOGAF, etc.) - Cloud providers (Microsoft Azure) - Delivery processes (SAFe, Agile, etc) - Experience with: - Release Management tools & Configuration Management tools - Infrastructure as a code tools - Experience in Pre-sales, Proposal/Bid preparation - Databricks experience is a plus Personal skills: - Ability to relate positively to and engage with a wide range of people - Strong self-motivation, reliable and flexible team-player. High attention to details - Always seeking to improve processes and suggest alternative better solutions - Be ready to embrace change, be flexible What`s in it for you? - Strong community: Work alongside top professionals in a friendly, open-door environment - Growth focus: Take on large-scale projects with a global impact and expand your expertise - Tailored learning: Boost your skills with internal events (meetups, conferences, workshops), Udemy access, language courses, and company-paid certifications - Endless opportunities: Explore diverse domains through internal mobility, finding the best fit to gain hands-on experience with cutting-edge technologies - Enjoy radical flexibility – work remotely or from an office, your choice - Care: Medical subscription to Regina Maria, meal tickets of 16 ron net/day worked About us: At Ciklum, we are always exploring innovations, empowering each other to achieve more, and engineering solutions that matter. With us, you’ll work with cutting-edge technologies, contribute to impactful projects, and be part of a One Team culture that values collaboration and progress. In Romania, we welcome top-tier tech talent — whether from our Bucharest office or fully remotely. Tap into deep industry knowledge, grow your career, and make an impact in an empowering environment. Want to learn more about us? Follow us on Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn. Explore, empower, engineer with Ciklum! Interested already? We would love to get to know you! Submit your application. We can’t wait to see you at Ciklum.

Do you want to boost your career and collaborate with expert, talented colleagues to solve and deliver against our clients' most important challenges? We are growing and are looking for people to join our team. You'll be part of an entrepreneurial, high-growth environment of 300.000 employees. Our dynamic organization allows you to work across functional business pillars, contributing your ideas, experiences, diverse thinking, and a strong mindset. Are you ready? About your role The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in designing and implementing data architectures, with a strong understanding of database management, data modelling, and data governance. This role requires a strategic thinker with strong analytical and problem-solving skills and the ability to work collaboratively with clients and cross-functional teams.

Audi Red is a groundbreaking partnership between Audi, the leader in premium automotive innovation and BIMM Management Group— a digital technology agency. As Audi’s flagship technology hub in North America, and aspiring to global recognition, Audi Red is dedicated to spearheading advancements in Audi’s digital experience ecosystem. Our mission is to merge excellence in innovation, design, and delivery, leveraging our strong partnership foundation to bridge agency creativity with product excellence, thus enhancing customer experience and service design through cutting-edge technological solutions. Who we’re looking for We are seeking a Technical Architect on contract until December 24th, 2026 who will report to the Director of Architecture and Engineering. This role involves collaborating with internal Audi Red architecture team members and agency partners to evaluate and address business and technology requirements, formulate optimal practice solutions, and design state-of-the-art architecture and engineering systems across various business domains. The ideal candidate is a seasoned software engineer with multi-disciplinary architecture experience, who excels in mentoring teams, advocating for client needs while adhering to best practices and technical superiority. We are open to remote candidates across Canada. You will be required to work EST hours. This is an existing vacancy, not a made-up role — this one’s already got a desk waiting. Responsibilities - Collaborate with stakeholders to define business challenges, assess requirement feasibility, establish priorities, and develop architectural strategies and technology roadmaps. - Prototype and validate potential technology solutions both independently and in team settings. - Offer visionary insights on technological possibilities to business and technology leaders. - Identify and act on modernization opportunities with clients. - Guide solution architects and engineers in technical decision-making and uphold engineering standards across partner agencies. - Design and implement sophisticated technology solutions to address complex, multi-industry client challenges. - Oversee our agency partners execution and participate in client architecture forums. Requirements - 5+ years of software development experience developing solutions ideally in react and node.js. - 2+ years of technology experience in an enterprise, consulting, or a web-scale product company - 2+ years of hands-on architecture experience. Solutioning, architecting and developing applications across multiple disciplines which can include backend microservices, micro frontend architecture, pipeline integrations, CMS systems, security, data and Devops. - Understands and can implement thoughtful, scalable and technology best practices across both backend and frontend to deliver the best solution for your development team and the client. - Great communication and analytical skills. Comfortable in communicating with executives and presenting to architecture review boards (ARB) - Experience in designing distributed applications using cloud-based platforms - Experience advising and leading a team of solution or domain specific architects - Experience considering and executing security and compliance regulations that need to be adhered to when delivering for large scale clients or brands - Hands-on experience with one or more programming languages, databases, integrations, etc. Ideally in a MERN stack. - Experience with apollo, GraphQL and headless CMS integrations Nice to have - Bachelor’s degree in computer science or information technology or similar field - Experience working in a large global development ecosystem - AWS or GCP certifications What's in it for you? - Work Life Balance: Additional shutdowns around holidays to allow us to reset and recharge so we come back better for our customers. - Culture: We’re passionate about working collaboratively, bonding through team events, and most importantly having fun. - We’re remote first, but love connecting and collaborating in-office. If you are an in-office creature, enjoy our beautiful shared office space in the heart of Downtown Toronto. Audi RED is committed to providing an environment that is inclusive and accessible. We are an equal opportunity employer and considers all applicants for employment without discrimination. Please let us know if accommodation for the recruitment/interview process is required and we will work with you to make sure your needs are met. Compensation This role has an hourly range of $58.00 to $73.00 CAD. Base pay offered may vary depending on factors including your city of residence, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience identified through the interview process. In addition to base salary, we offer comprehensive benefits, paid vacation and additional benefits designed to support our team as they grow with us. AI In Recruitment While we are exploring ways to best utilize AI in our hiring processes, Audi RED currently does not use AI-enabled tools in our hiring process. All candidates are screened by humans, and approved by humans.