Staff Software Architect

Staff Software Architect

Main Responsibilities

• Architectural Strategy: Lead the design of complex, multi-region, and highly available distributed systems. Author high-level documentation and standards for [Azure / AWS] component utilization.
• Technical Governance: Spearhead Architectural Reviews across various product pods to ensure alignment with global reliability, security, and performance standards.
• Platform Evolution: Drive the transition toward [Serverless / Kubernetes / Internal Developer Platforms] to abstract infrastructure complexity and accelerate product development.
• Cloud Economics (FinOps): Partner with Finance and Engineering leadership to manage cloud budgets, implementing automated cost-control measures and attribution models.
• Technical Leadership: Foster a culture of excellence and continuous learning. While this is an individual contributor role, you will "manage outcomes" by mentoring senior engineers and influencing cross-functional roadmaps.

Qualifications & Experience

• Experience: 9+ years in software engineering or systems architecture, with a minimum of 5 years focused on large-scale cloud environments.
• Architectural Track Record: Proven experience architecting at least 3 large enterprise-level implementations or 4–6 major projects in an Agile environment.
• Cloud Expertise: Deep, "under-the-hood" knowledge of cloud primitives (Networking, IAM, Storage, Compute), orchestration (Kubernetes, Nomad), and event-driven patterns (Kafka).