Tech Special Projects Architect
Meow Wolf
Santa Fe, NMThis was removed by the employer on 2/23/2018 12:32:00 AM PST
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Projects will range from large scale public facing projects - mind-blowing interactive installations and transmedia platforms - to internal systems developed to improving the operational efficiency and effectiveness of Meow Wolf Creative Studios. The candidate must possess deep technical understanding, the ability to think open-mindedly about complex problems, strong big-picture visualization ability, and good instincts reading people. Communicating and collaborating with a very large array of people from artists, technicians, fabricators, administrators, managers, and executives, makes it critical that the candidate be able to read an audience and deliver important information succinctly and sensitively.
Meow Wolf's culture is very unique, creating structures and pipelines for all kinds of brilliant creative talent to bring their gifts to the world. Balancing efficiency and effectiveness with a deep understanding of the creative process and the plight of the artist is really critical. The ideal candidate will have a creative background and sympathize with the unique joys and challenges of bringing new art and ideas into the world.
Required Experience: 5+ years developing new technology, software development, working with microcontroller/custom hardware, and collaborating with interdisciplinary teams. Collaboration, communication, critical thinking, creative problem solving, and writing. Budgeting, agile and waterfall management modalities, project coordination, strong understanding of software development pipelines and methodologies, comprehensive awareness of tools and processes used in creating interactive experiences, and a general aptitude for systems engineering and design thinking.
Preferred Education: Bachelor's degree or better.
Job Responsibilities: The Tech Special Project Architect's primary role is to bring engineering depth around software development, systems engineering, tech ops, and tech project management to the project and business development processes.
-Develop and enable ongoing strategic initiatives from a technical perspective
-Build and maintain technical teams and capabilities for new projects and oversee project execution
-Facilitate and maintain network of artists, contractors, and vendors who amplify Meow Wolf's tech capacity
-Explore and evaluate new technologies and solutions for existing projects and identify new opportunities
-Design and implement systems to enable ongoing business operations and improve operational efficiency
-Actively participate in the business development process by contributing technical depth, vision, and a deep understanding of Meow Wolf's technical capabilities and long term strategic goals
-Actively collaborate with tech teams when necessary to remove blockers and risks and prove out new technology (generally maintain a high level of focus - enable tech leads to move projects forward)
Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.