About ACS:
The American Chemical Society (ACS) is a globally recognized leader in disseminating scientific information. Our extensive publication division produces over 60 scholarly journals, including the prestigious Journal of the American Chemical Society, and the widely read weekly magazine Chemical & Engineering News. ACS is committed to advancing the field of chemistry through national meetings, regional conferences, and the comprehensive Chemical Abstracts Service.
Job Summary:
We are seeking an experienced Software Architect/Senior Software Engineer to lead the design and implementation of enterprise integration, orchestration, and event-driven architecture solutions within our cloud infrastructure. This role demands expertise in cloud architecture (particularly AWS), API design and development, AsyncAPI and OpenAPI specifications, and experience with Event-driven architectures and frameworks. You will be responsible for building scalable, efficient solutions that enable seamless communication across systems, automate workflows, and integrate event-based systems. Your work will enhance our infrastructure's agility and reliability, playing a critical role in ACS’s mission to advance scientific knowledge.
Key Responsibilities:
efficiency across platforms. Event-driven Architecture: Architect and implement event-driven systems, ensuring real-time communication, scalability, and reliability across microservices and distributed systems. API Design and Development: Lead the design, implementation, and management of robust APIs to support various business and operational needs, ensuring consistency and scalability. AsyncAPI and OpenAPI: Design and develop APIs following AsyncAPI and OpenAPI specifications to ensure seamless communication and integration between services. Collaborate with DevOps teams to define project requirements, support continuous integration/delivery. Manage environments for dev, test, and production, ensuring configuration management best practices throughout the software lifecycle. Define and manage CI/CD pipelines with GitHub and containerization strategies, optimizing for performance. Collaborate with DevOps architect to build operation solution and optimize Cloud infrastructure. Act as a technical liaison with stakeholders and present solutions to leadership.
The role can be based at the ACS Oxford office in the United Kingdom or at ACS headquarters in Washington, D.C. A reasonable rate of compensation per year is listed:
DC: $120,000 - $165,000
UK: To be converted appropriately