Software Architect - Backend Systems (Remote Opportunity)

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Description

ALG Vacations (ALGV), part of Hyatt, is widely recognized for providing the industry's leading leisure travel experience to destinations worldwide. As North America's leading vertically integrated travel, hospitality, and leisure management groups, we can oversee all aspects of the vacation- from the moment a guest books a trip to the time they return home. Serving more than three million passengers annually, each of our highly respected brands offers unique benefits and a wide portfolio of destinations.

Grow your career as Software Architect within ALG Vacations. As a member of this team, you will be collaborating closely with the broader Development, DevOps, Security, Product Management and Leadership teams where you'll be instrumental in continuing to make Hyatt a leading hospitality company. You'll be part of a team that is passionate about diversity, equity, and inclusion, is committed to nurturing curiosity and new skills, and building connections across the organization with stakeholders, colleagues, and guests. In this role, you will lead the design and architecture of robust, scalable, and high-performance software systems built on Microsoft technologies. You'll work closely with engineering leadership, product teams, and stakeholders to shape the technical direction of our applications and ensure that architecture supports both current and future business goals. This role is ideal for a hands-on technical leader who can balance deep technical expertise with strategic thinking and cross-functional collaboration.

Essential Functions:

• Design and own the architecture of complex back-end systems and APIs using Microsoft technologies.
• Guide engineering teams on best practices in system design, development, deployment, and security.
• Define and maintain architecture standards, patterns, and documentation across projects.
• Evaluate and recommend appropriate technologies, tools, and frameworks to solve technical challenges.
• Collaborate with product and business teams to align architecture with functional and non-functional requirements.
• Mentor developers, conduct design/code reviews, and provide technical leadership throughout the software development lifecycle.
• Stay current with emerging technologies and assess their relevance to the company's architecture.

The position responsibilities outlined above are in no way to be construed as all encompassing. Other duties, responsibilities, and qualifications may be required and/or assigned as necessary.

Qualifications:

• 7+ years of software development experience, including significant experience designing distributed, enterprise-grade systems.
• Deep expertise in C#, .NET/.NET Core, and architectural patterns.
• Proficient in writing and optimizing complex SQL queries and stored procedures.
• Strong command of Microsoft Azure, including services such as App Services, Azure Functions, Azure API Management, Application Insights, and Azure DevOps.
• Proven ability to design and implement secure, scalable WCF/RESTful/gRPC APIs and integrations.
• Experience leading technical teams or providing architectural oversight across multiple projects.
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to convey complex ideas clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Experience in designing systems that incorporate AI-assisted development workflows.
• Background in DevOps, including infrastructure as code.
• Knowledge of messaging systems like Azure Service Bus, Event Grid, or Kafka.
• Familiar with older .NET frameworks and Visual Basic.
• Travel industry experience.

About ALG Vacations

It all begins when our client's book with ALG Vacations. As North America's leading tour operator, we keep our standards as high as our passion for travel, working together with our agents to ensure every client's vacation exceeds every expectation. We are an industry innovator that combines the expertise of many different brands.

ALG Vacations consistently delivers exceptional value to travelers and strong performance to resort owners and partners by strategically leveraging the power of its portfolio of brands across multiple segments, comprising:

• Vacations: The largest seller of vacation packages and charter flights in the U.S. for travel to Mexico and the Caribbean, moving approximately 3.2 million passengers annually through well-established vacation brands

• Destination Management Services: Best-in-class destination management services provided by Amstar® DMC and Worldstar®

• Loyalty Program: Exclusive loyalty program Unlimited Vacation Club®

• Technology Solutions: Innovative technology solutions provider Trisept Solutions®, connecting over 88,000 travel agents with leading travel suppliers.

Since 2021, ALG Vacations has proudly been part of Hyatt. At Hyatt, we believe in the power of belonging - of making people feel at home no matter where they are in the world. Since 1957, our colleagues have been at the heart of driving Hyatt to become one of the world's leading and fastest-growing hospitality brands, without ever losing focus on people and care.

To learn more about ALG Vacations: https://alg.www.vaxvacationaccess.com/about-us/

Our Values

At ALG Vacations, we care for people so they can be at their best. We bring our values to life every day to ensure our colleagues have what they need to thrive, be their best selves, and create memorable guest experiences.

Experimentation • Empathy • Inclusion • Integrity • Respect • Well- Being

We're proud to offer exceptional corporate benefits which include:

• Travel Perks and Benefits for both ALG Vacations and Hyatt.

We are proud to be an EEO/AA employer M/F/D/V. We maintain a drug-free and tobacco-free workplace and perform pre-employment background checks.