Description
As a Lead Platform Architect, you will be responsible for technical architecture and strategies, ensuring delivery of reliable, performant and scalable solutions that meet the needs of the enterprise and its customers within the customer journey on our web platform. Working within an Agile framework, you will partner collaboratively with Architects, Developers, and Product Leads to implement and evolve solutions that enable Hilton to maintain its position as a leader in Hospitality.

• Define the web platform technical architecture and strategies, with a focus on continuous improvement
• Ensure technical architecture, strategies and solutions align with business objectives and vision
• Work with architects, developers, release engineers, and other engineering teams to improve test automation, application performance, reliability, code quality and consistency, delivery, and velocity
• Ensure core principles and best practices are followed throughout the design, development, and delivery of technical solutions anticipate in tool selection, implementation and problem solving across the customer journey
• Lead, mentor and interview other developers and architects to evolve and grow the engineering teams

Requirements
What are we looking for?
• We are seeking problem solvers, who are passionate about growing in a dynamic industry and who love to combine their analytical skills with intuition for business. We believe success in this role will demonstrate itself through the following attributes and skills:
• Organized self-starter with a can-do attitude
• Strong personality and leadership skills to implement architecture principles and set teams up for success
• Ability to thrive in a fast paced and dynamic environment with Focus and Precision
• Ability to communicate effectively with all levels of the organization
• Ability to translate user requirements into technical solutions
• Collaborative teamwork that brings to bear positive partnerships and demonstrated ability to partner with multi-functional leads
• Effectively balance multiple platforms, teams, assignments, and priorities
• Strong technical competency in Java, JavaScript, SQL, Restful APIs
• Additional familiarity/competency in one or more of the following: URL Redirection, Edge Network Fundamentals, TypeScript, React, GraphQL, Node.js, SAML, Atlassian Stack, Gitlab, and AWS technologies
• Large e-commerce and digital delivery experience
• Strong working knowledge of Agile methodology
• Confluence, Couchbase Design Experience, Coding Experience, Jira