Wood Mackenzie is the global leader in data, analysis and consulting across the energy, chemicals, metals, mining, power and renewables sectors.  

Founded in 1973, our success has always been underpinned by the simple principle of providing trusted research and advice that makes a difference to our customers. Today we have over 2,000 customers ranging from the largest global energy companies and financial institutions to governments as well as smaller market specialists.  

Our teams are located around the world. This enables us to stay closely connected with customers and the markets and sectors we cover. Collectively this allows us to offer a compelling combination of global commodity analysis with detailed local market knowledge.  

We are committed to supporting our people to grow and thrive. We value different perspectives and aspire to create an inclusive environment that encourages diversity and fosters a sense of belonging. We are committed to creating a workplace that works for you and encourage everyone to get involved in our Wellness, Diversity and Inclusion, and Community Engagement initiatives. We actively support flexible working and are happy to consider alternative work patterns, taking into account your needs and the needs of the team or division that you are looking to join.   

Hear what our team has to say about working with us:  

https://www.woodmac.com/careers/our-people/ 

We are proud to be a part of the Verisk family of companies!  

At the heart of what we do is help clients manage risk. Verisk (Nasdaq: VRSK) provides data and insights to our customers in insurance, energy and the financial services markets so they can make faster and more informed decisions.    

Our global team uses AI, machine learning, automation, and other emerging technologies to collect and analyze billions of records. We provide advanced decision-support to prevent credit, lending, and cyber risks. In addition, we monitor and advise companies on complex global matters such as climate change, catastrophes, and geopolitical issues.   

But why we do our work is what sets us apart. It stems from a commitment to making the world better, safer and stronger.   

It’s the reason Verisk is part of the UN Global Compact sustainability initiative. It’s why we made a commitment to balancing 100 percent of our carbon emissions. It’s the aim of our “returnship” program for experienced professionals rejoining the workforce after time away. And, it’s what drives our annual Innovation Day, where we identify our next first-to-market innovations to solve our customers’ problems.    

At its core, Verisk uses data to minimize risk and maximize value. But far bigger, is why we do what we do.  

At Verisk you can build an exciting career with meaningful work; create positive and lasting impact on business; and find the support, coaching, and training you need to advance your career.  We’ve been recognized by Forbes as a World’s Best Employer and a Best Employer for Women, testaments to our culture of engagement and the value we place on an inclusive and diverse workforce.  

Wood Mackenzie has an exciting opportunity for an experienced Software Architect to join a fast paced, dynamic global business to help drive change, innovation and make intuitive high-level decisions for software development. This is an opportunity for a ‘big picture’ thinker to apply their vision and create architectural approaches for software design and implementation to guide the development teams.

A great candidate has an excellent technical background and outstanding communication skills. The candidate should be able to approach the problem space from any number of vectors and be able to clearly articulate the pros and cons of each vector.

About the Role

The principal responsibility of this role is to translate Product Strategy into a set of Architecture blueprints and executable plans, and to direct and support delivery through definition of principles, guard rails and design materials. Depending on context, that responsibility may involve authorship of materials, or oversight of the work of others.

Main Responsibilities

• Collaborating with key stakeholders to determine functional and non-functional requirements for new and legacy applications
• Using tools and methodologies to create representations for modules, components and sub-systems
• Developing high-level product specifications with attention to system integration, maintainability, performance/scale and feasibility
• Define all aspects of development from appropriate technology and workflow to coding standards
• Oversee progress of development team to ensure consistency with initial design
• Provide technical guidance and coaching to the engineering team
• Ensure software meets all requirements of quality, security, extensibility, maintainability and observability

About You and How You Can Excel in This Role

To be successful in this role you will have;

• A technical mindset with great attention to detail
• Excellent knowledge of enterprise software, application design and architecture
• Outstanding communication and presentation skills
• A solid understanding of software quality assurance principles
• Familiarity with JavaScript based single page application design and implementation
• Solid understanding of.NET, Java and Node based application with demonstrable mastery of at least one of those technologies along with its tooling and ecosystem
• A solid understanding of data modeling techniques from both a relational perspective and a NoSQL perspective
• A deep and abiding understanding of AWS with some exposure to Azure

You will require;

• Extensive architecture and design practice on enterprise-based application
• Demonstrable experience with at least 2 different enterprise class application preferably with two different organizations or domain spaces

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