Overview

We are seeking a

Software Architect

to drive the architectural vision and technical excellence of our engineering ecosystem. The ideal candidate will design scalable, secure, and performant systems, ensuring that our products meet both current business objectives and long-term technical goals. This role requires deep technical expertise, a strategic mindset, and strong leadership to guide cross-functional teams across backend, frontend, infrastructure, and DevOps disciplines.

Key Responsibilities

1. Architectural Leadership

Define, design, and communicate

end-to-end architectures

for complex software systems.
Translate business goals and technical requirements into

modular, scalable, and maintainable architectures

.
Define and maintain architectural principles, standards, and patterns across all projects.
Perform

architecture reviews, risk assessments, and technology evaluations

.

2. Technical Strategy

Partner with engineering leads, product managers, and executives to define long-term

technical strategy and roadmap

.
Assess emerging technologies and tools, and introduce them where they add business or technical value.
Ensure alignment between technical direction and business priorities.

3. System Design & Implementation

Design

distributed, event-driven, microservices-based architectures

for high-traffic applications.
Establish

API standards

, data flow models, integration patterns, and communication protocols.
Guide teams in building systems that are

resilient, observable, and secure

.
Design and review

infrastructure blueprints
- including load balancing, caching, message queues, and data pipelines.

4. Leadership & Mentorship

Serve as a

technical mentor

to engineers and leads across teams.
Review system designs and code to ensure architectural integrity and adherence to standards.
Lead

technical design reviews

, POCs, and architecture discussions.
Foster a culture of innovation, collaboration, and continuous improvement.

5. Security, Compliance, and Performance

Enforce

secure-by-design principles

in architecture decisions.
Oversee

data privacy, encryption, and access control

models.
Ensure architectural decisions support

performance optimization

and

observability

.

Requirements

Experience Level:

13+ years of professional experience

in software engineering, with at least

5+ years in architecture and system design roles.

Strong background in

software design principles

, distributed systems, and architectural patterns (microservices, CQRS, DDD, event-driven).
Deep understanding of

backend frameworks

(e.g., Laravel, Node.js, .NET, or Java) and

frontend ecosystems

(e.g., Vue.js, React, or Angular).
Proven experience designing

real-time systems

(chat, streaming, WebSockets, or WebRTC).
Expertise with

AWS services

(EC2, ECS, S3, CloudFront, RDS, Lambda, etc.) and

infrastructure design

.
Proficiency in

API design

,

database architecture

(SQL & NoSQL), and

caching strategies

(Redis, Memcached).
Experience with

Nginx

,

load balancing

, and

reverse proxy configurations

.
Solid understanding of

DevOps principles

(CI/CD, Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform, observability).
Excellent communication and documentation skills — ability to simplify complex systems for non-technical audiences.

Preferred Qualifications

Experience with

multi-region

,

multi-tenant

, or

high-availability

architectures.
Knowledge of

machine learning model integration

,

data streaming pipelines

, or

event sourcing

is a plus.
Prior experience in

SaaS

,

video streaming

, or

real-time communication

platforms.
Proven track record of leading architecture for

large-scale production systems

handling millions of users.