Associate Principal Engineer – Solution Architect

Role Overview

• Lead a team of Full stack Platform Engineers in a technical lead capacity
• Set direction, make architectural decisions, and guide implementation
• Design and oversee the China CIAM (Customer Identity and Access Management) solution
• Evaluate and integrate a China-compatible identity provider ensuring seamless integration with WSA's global identity architecture

Requirements

• Proven experience as a solution or platform architect in cloud-native environments
• Ability to define and document technical direction through Architectural Decision Records (ADRs)
• Experience translating global technical strategies into region-specific implementations
• Strong understanding of system integration patterns, API design, and distributed systems
• Track record of leading technical teams without formal management authority
• Deep understanding of CIAM concepts: OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect, SAML, federation, SSO
• Experience with China-compatible identity providers, preferably Authing or Alibaba IDaaS
• Ability to design identity architectures that bridge China-local and global identity systems
• Understanding of Auth0 (or similar global IDP) to ensure compatibility with WSA's existing setup
• Knowledge of Chinese data residency and privacy regulations affecting identity management
• Strong experience with Microsoft Azure (ideally 21Vianet) and Alibaba Cloud
• Deep Kubernetes knowledge: architecture, networking, security, multi-cluster patterns
• Infrastructure-as-code proficiency (Terraform, Pulumi, or similar)
• Understanding of China-specific cloud constraints (ICP, Great Firewall, data sovereignty)
• Familiarity with C#/.NET backend architecture
• Understanding of React frontend architecture for the online fitting application
• Experience with CI/CD pipeline design and deployment strategies
• Knowledge of monitoring and observability architecture (Prometheus, Grafana, Azure Monitor)
• Excellent written and verbal English for regular communication with HQ R&D teams
• Ability to produce clear technical documentation, design proposals, and architecture diagrams
• Experience working across time zones and cultures with distributed engineering teams
• Comfortable presenting technical concepts to both engineering and non-technical stakeholders
• Mandarin (native or fluent), English (fluent)

Tech Stack

• Azure
• Cloud
• Distributed Systems
• Grafana
• Kubernetes
• Prometheus
• React
• Terraform
• .NET

Benefits

• Employees can work remotely