Lead Architect

VK is looking for a Lead Architect to participate in technical presales, validate customer requests, and develop architectural descriptions for solutions.

### Responsibilities - Participate in technical presales of the product: conduct technical demonstrations and consultations - Validate questionnaires and calculate sizing - Validate customer requests — TT and TZ - Develop architectural descriptions of the proposed solution for the customer - Prepare explanatory notes on competitive solutions, battle cards - Participate in implementation projects: develop and agree on the architecture of product deployment - Participate in the development of project documentation - Design integrations - Develop a knowledge base of project solutions in terms of architecture - Formulate customer needs in terms of the product development backlog - Participate in the compilation of the product roadmap - Participate in the architectural elaboration of product tasks (Bonus Track)

### Requirements - Background in any of the areas: Cloud Architecture, System Design, DevOps, Software Development - Ability to convey thoughts concisely to interlocutors with varying levels of professional competence (both orally and in writing) - Understanding of cloud-native approaches

VK (formerly Mail.ru Group) is a Russian technology company that operates VKontakte, the largest European social network with over 100 million active users. The company provides a diverse ecosystem of services including social networking, email, e-commerce, cloud services, music streaming, video platforms, and business solutions.