Company Overview:

BEYON Connect is a technology company based in the Kingdom of Bahrain. We are focused on delivering innovative technologies, software-as-a-service platforms, and advanced digital products to both the public and private sectors in the MENA region and beyond. Our platforms and products provide the technology foundations to digitally transform societies and connect people and businesses through secure, stable and trustworthy services.

Our vision is to create a better and more inclusive digital society in GCC, MENA and beyond. We want to connect organizations and people through secure, stable, trustworthy and user-friendly platforms that unite the public and private sector in providing easy to access communication and services.

We are a small company with a flat organizational structure, which means that you will have the opportunity to work closely together with our senior management team and have a direct impact on the company's success. We are highly motivated and passionate about what we do, and we are looking for like-minded people to join our team. We believe in a professional, yet relaxed working environment, that is built on respect and where we all work together as a team to achieve our goals.

Role Overview:

We're looking for a dedicated solution architect to be a party of our high performing development team. You'll be responsible for developing our software products and platforms; and you will be an important member of the technical leadership team with the responsibility of ensuring a high level of innovation and quality in our solution architectures.

Main Responsibilities:

Your responsibilities will include the following:

• Work closely together with our product manager to ensure technical feasibility and scalability is thought into new features from the beginning.
• Design and describe technical architectures required for features prioritized by product management.
• Engage in technical dialog with customers as part of pre-sale activities.
• Work with the technical leadership team to define the technical direction and future architecture of our platforms.
• Work with development teams to help resolve technical challenges and manage technical depth backlog.
• Lead technical discussions regarding our solution architecture with team members.
• Participate in technical incident response of production issues

Our technology stack includes the following:

• Node.js for our backend services.
• React for our frontend applications.
• React Native for our mobile applications.
• TypeScript for all our code.
• Azure DevOps for our CI/CD pipelines.
• Kubernetes and Docker for our operations.
• S3 for our object storage.
• PostgreSQL for our relational database.
• Kafka for our event streaming platform.

Role Requirements:

To be successful in this role, you will need to have the following qualities, experiences, and skills:

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in computer science, software engineering, or a related field.
• 5+ years of software development experience with 3+ years of experience working as solution architect.
• Experience working with complex distributed software systems, Kubernetes and docker.
• Experience with troubleshooting of production issues
• Great understanding of modern software architecture and design patterns.
• Good communication skills and fluent in English.
• Team player and able to work well with others.
• Self-starter and able to work independently.
• Passionate about software development, application architecture and highly motivated.
• Must be willing to relocate to Bahrain

The following experiences are a plus:

• Experience working with Node.js, React and React Native.
• Experience working with Kafka and PostgreSQL.
• Experience working in an agile development environment.
• Experience with cryptography (such encryption and digital signing).
• Experience with OpenID Connect and OAuth 2.0.