Senior Solution Architect

Best Online Insurance Company in The Middle East 2023! We are Qatar Insurance Company (QIC), the leading insurance provider in Qatar with a history dating back to 1964.

Mission Digital Hub: To Digitize QIC group to bring its products to the attention of Millions. Our vision is to make QIC Group become the first Digital Ecosystem in the MENA region by combining insurance and non-insurance services in one super-app.

As a Solution Architect, you will work on the qd app and Сore Insurance Engine to facilitate the launch of services in new regions. Your main responsibilities will include:

• Lead the technical design and implementation of application architecture, data architecture, and cross-system integrations;
• Designing and optimizing APIs for interaction with external systems (REST, GraphQL);
• Analysis and coordination of business and functional requirements for IT systems and developing architectural solutions;
• Regularly conduct architectural revues of implemented and new projects;
• Driving R&D and defining the technical strategy for the product architecture;
• Collaborate closely with infrastructure, development, and QA teams to deliver high-quality solutions.

Requirements

• 3+ years of experience as a Solution Architect and previous experience as a backend developer or system analyst
• Deep domain knowledge of microservice architecture, mobile app design principles, and data architecture
• Experience with high-load systems
• Be familiar with GCP architecture and development
• Nice-to-have: expertise in ClickHouse and BigQuery

Our tech stack: iOS (Swift, SwiftUI), Android (Kotlin, Jetpack Compose), Backend (microservices architecture, gRPC, Go, REST API, GraphQL), Infrastructure (GCP, Kubernetes, Kafka, RabbitMQ)

What we offer

• Long-term service agreement contract with QIC
• We are diverse — our digital nomads work remotely from 20 different countries
• Payment in US dollars monthly to your bank account using SWIFT
• Full-time remote, work schedule: 5 days per week, Sunday to Thursday
• Qatar Holiday Calendar, 20 workdays of vacation, and 10 sick-day-offs, marriage leave and extra-day-offs
• Performance reviews are conducted twice a year, with the possibility of a raise in March and September
• Remote-first approach – you can work from anywhere

Potential opportunity to apply for a Qatar ID and relocation to Doha, Qatar

Benefits & Perks

• Individual English & Arabic language classes via platform
• Corporate 70% discount in Yasno – mental health with psychologist
• Reimbursement for conferences, training, and purchase of necessary tools
• Consultation on tax policies with a manager and tax agency
• QIC Running club on Strava with online coach
• After six months working with us – RemoteHealth Premium Insurance
• Corporate discount in Privilege Program, including Qatar Airways

First What, then Who, then How! Our employees have been featured in Forbes 30 under 30, teach at online universities, serve on program committees of major IT conferences, and have previously worked at Yandex, Tinkoff, Avito, Vivid.Money and other leading tech companies.

Apply now and join us!