Lead Solutions Architect
***This role is based at our corporate office in Dallas, TX***
This is your chance to be a part of an in-house Technology team that's creating consumer-facing, cutting-edge technologies revolutionizing the hospitality industry around the world! As a Lead Solutions Architect, you will bring your technical skills to a hospitality company with an award-winning culture. On the Property Software Engineering team reporting to the Director of Software Engineering, you will support projects including Hilton's next-generation Property Management System known as PEP (Property Engagement Platform) as an individual contributor.
HOW WE WILL SUPPORT YOU
Hilton is proud to support the mental and physical wellbeing of all Team Members so they can Thrive personally and professionally in a diverse and inclusive environment, thanks to programs and benefits such as:
- Go Hilton travel program: 110 nights of discounted travel with room rates as low as $40/night
- Hilton Shares: Our employee stock purchase program (ESPP) - you can purchase Hilton shares at a 15 percent discount
- Paid parental leave for eligible Team Members, including partners and adoptive parents
- Mental health resources including free counseling through our Employee Assistance Program
- Paid Time Off (PTO)
- Learn more about the rest of our benefits
At Hilton, we believe every Team Member is a leader. We are committed to offering leadership development opportunities and programs through every step of a Team Member’s career journey and at every level, both in our hotels and across corporate.
**Available benefits may vary depending upon terms and conditions of employment and are subject to the terms and conditions of the plans.
HOW YOU WILL MAKE AN IMPACT
Your role is important and below are some of the fundamental job duties that make your work unique.
What your day-to-day will be like:
- Work with the Solutioning Engineering team to help drive strategic technical roadmap focused on the Property platform and align work efforts in support of those goals.
- Provide technical leadership by performing feasibility analysis and identifying efficient solutions as part of the solutioning process.
- Document technology artifacts related to solution implementation including high-level and detailed design; as well as documenting sequence diagrams, flow diagrams, integrations, and identify dependencies.
- Keep up to date with emerging trends and technologies in software development and find opportunities to incorporate new capabilities and techniques across our solutioning process.
- Evaluate and propose new framework, design patterns or enhancements to improve performance and customer experience.
How you will collaborate with others:
- Be an engaged member of a Software Engineering team that works closely with our cross-functional team members and identify areas of opportunities to help solution to provide the best optimal solution.
- Work with our Hilton technology stack partners to ensure there is proper integration is being met.
- Use a customer-centric approach with the to build and manage the solutioning process working with our stakeholders including the business and Product teams.
What deliverables you will take ownership of:
- Build application level solutions for new Property Management System features and support development and implementation of solutions.
WHY YOU'LL BE A GREAT FIT
You have these minimum qualifications:
- Five (5) years of professional work experience in Technology or related field
- Three (3) years of work experience in Agile methodology framework using tools such as Jira and/or Confluence
- Three (3) years of technical lead experience working with technologies including but not limited to proficiency in Java, Microservices, API management, and MySQL databases
- Located near the Dallas office
- Travel up to 10%
It would be useful if you have:
- Bachelor's Degree, or Associate's Degree plus 6+ years of Technology related experience, or High School Degree/GED plus 12+ years of Technology related experience
- Experience with AWS
- Knowledge of data monitoring tools such as Splunk & Datadog
- Seven (7) + years of professional work experience in Technology or related field
- Five (5) + years of technical lead experience working with technologies including but not limited to proficiency in Java, Microservices, API management, AWS, and My SQL databases
WHAT IT IS LIKE WORKING FOR HILTON
Hilton, the #1 World's Best Workplace, is a leading global hospitality company with a diverse portfolio of world-class brands. Dedicated to filling the earth with the light and warmth of hospitality, we have welcomed more than 3 billion guests in our more-than 100-year history. Hilton is proud to have an award-winning workplace culture and we are consistently named among one of the World’s Best Workplaces. Check out the Hilton Careers blog and Instagram to learn more about what it’s like to be on Team Hilton!
It is the policy of Hilton to employ qualified persons without regard to color, race, creed, religion, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, age, sex or gender (including pregnancy, childbirth and related medication conditions), gender identity or gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, military service, status as a protected veteran, disability, protected medical condition as defined by applicable law, genetic information, or any other protected group status as defined by and subject to applicable federal, state and local laws.
We provide reasonable accommodations to qualified persons with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the position and provide other benefits and privileges of employment in accordance with applicable law. Please contact us if you require an accommodation during the application process.