Lead Architect Developer

Thrive is one of the fastest growing and top digital marketing agencies in the world. We are a full-service agency that handles everything in-house and delivers massive and sustainable growth to our business partners and clients. We think about our work in two words; Relationships and Results.

President Matt Bowman founded Thrive in 2005 and has grown the company to over two-hundred employees in thirty-five different states and eleven different countries. We have a deeply rooted talented team (respectfully referred to as Thrivers) of project managers, web designers, content writers, social media specialists, and search engine optimization specialists. We are a close-knit team that is motivated, smart, disciplined and committed to turning ideas into actions.

We are a hybrid remote company, and have new headquarters located in Arlington, Texas. We have an exciting opportunity for a new Lead Architect Developer to join our team and you can live anywhere in the world.

This role requires an experienced technical visionary, who designs a blueprint for web solutions based on custom client requirements and with regard to available technologies in such a way that allows developers to put the blueprint into practice, ensuring successful project outcomes.

• Manage, Lead, and Grow our development teams to make sure capacity is available and developers are furthering their skill-set.
• Drive all critical decisions about the organization of the web/software system including:
  • Functionality
  • Performance
  • Reuse
  • Scalability
  • Security
  • Technology constraints & tradeoffs
• Define a general architectural vision that guides the clients’ organization and serves as a basis for mutual understanding between all parties involved.
• Ensure technical decisions are effectively communicated to project stakeholders and developers.
• Be accountable for the code quality and technical risks (while the Project Manager undertakes the risks associated with budget, scope, and timelines).
• Produce high-level functional and non-functional requirements related to performance, security, reliability, and other quality aspects.
• Select the technical stack and deployment strategies, roughly estimate staff hours and identify resource needs.
• Be experienced with recommending and owning risk mitigation plans such as building prototypes to prove a project’s viability.
• Collaborate and take the lead on technical discussions with clients, Web Sales Engineers, Project Managers, designers and developers.
• Liaise directly with the sales team, to identify potential opportunities and technical risks that would impact cost, proposal structure & engagement terms.
• Must have excellent time management & organizational skills in order to meet the demands and ensure alignment with the various parties involved in the project lifecycle.
• Must have very strong written and verbal communication skills (U.S. English)

• Proven experience at managing a remote development team
• Proven experience as software technical architect
• Expert with HTML5 / CSS3, JavaScript and UI/UX design
• 10+ Years of experience in WordPress web / application development, Plugins, Limitations, capabilities, and conflicts.
• 5+ Years of experience with various other technologies/languages (such as PHP, Java, Python, C++, ReactJS, etc..)
• Excellent knowledge of software and application design and architecture
• Understanding of software quality assurance principles
• A technical mindset with great attention to detail
• High quality organizational and leadership skills
• Outstanding communication and presentation abilities
• Familiarity with API Integration and handling API calls
• MySQL/Maria Database Experience a plus
• Demonstrated knowledge of cybersecurity and open source technologies preferred.
• Experience overseeing customized development of processes for multiple projects simultaneously
• Professional experience analyzing code for weaknesses and errors, and overseeing plans to improve them
• Understanding of different hosting environments such as WPEngine, Flywheel, Kinsta, AWS preferred.