Software Architect – AI Lead

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Ukraine.

📋 Description

• Participate in knowledge transfer to gain a comprehensive understanding of the existing product, its architecture, and integrations.

• Collaborate with the Engineering Manager and business stakeholders to define and finalize non-functional requirements.

• Establish the target architecture and a phased modernization strategy.

• Determine which components to rewrite, retain, including integrations, and transition into separate services.

• Document key decisions as Architecture Decision Records (ADRs) and convert them into architecture artifacts and specifications.

• Validate architectural choices in conjunction with the Engineering Manager.

• Develop a proof of concept.

• Lead the implementation of new modules and features while remaining actively involved in coding.

• Oversee the team’s technical delivery as the Team Lead.

• Conduct design and code reviews.

• Foster the growth of engineers through mentoring and collaborative pairing.

• Educate the team on AI Software Development Life Cycle (AI-SDLC) and Agentic Engineering via regular workshops and practical tasks.

• Maintain a shared team playbook that includes specifications, agent instructions, and review checklists.

• Evaluate the current team structure and establish a new core team.

• Cultivate trust and effective collaboration within the team.

• Ensure the current product remains stable in production during the transition.

• Modernize a SaaS platform for the U.S. healthcare insurance sector, processing insurance-related data and connecting to multiple data sources.

⛳️ Requirements

• Demonstrated experience as a Software/Application or Solution Architect, coupled with a Team Lead role.

• Strong background in .NET/C# across ASP.NET Framework and ASP.NET Core, including migration from .NET Framework to modern .NET.

• Practical front-end experience with both Angular and React.

• Hands-on experience designing and implementing solutions on Azure Cloud, including Web Apps, Azure Container Apps, Service Bus, Key Vault, networking (VNets, private endpoints), Cosmos DB, and Application Insights.

• Experience in modernizing brownfield or legacy systems: conducting system audits, defining target architecture, writing specifications, and planning phased migrations.

• Established architecture practice: documenting decisions as ADRs, defining and measuring non-functional requirements (performance, scalability, availability, security, observability), and conveying trade-offs to technical and business stakeholders.

• Approximately 1+ years of practical experience in AI Engineering (AI SDLC / Agentic Engineering).

• Familiarity with specification-driven development, agentic coding tools, context engineering, and AI-assisted review and testing.

• Willingness to write code personally in addition to leading.

• Strong quality engineering mindset, encompassing test strategy, automated testing, and CI/CD quality gates, particularly for AI-generated code.

• Experience in teaching and coaching engineers in AI-driven development through workshops, pairing, and hands-on examples.

• Background across various projects and multiple architectures.

• Experience managing an engineering team and integrating AI-driven methodologies into delivery.

• Nice to have: experience in the healthcare or insurance domain, including HIPAA and sensitive data.

• Nice to have: experience in a product company or startup, or managing personal side projects or businesses.

• Nice to have: experience in integrating AI capabilities into products, including LLM integration, RAG, and evaluations.

• Ability to adapt quickly with streamlined processes and a clear focus on business outcomes.

🏝️ Benefits

• 20 days of paid vacation.

• Paid sick leave.

• Official Ukrainian holidays are designated as non-working days.

• Complimentary English lessons.

• Funding for courses and certifications.

• Access to coaching/psychologist consultations.

• Workshops.

• Career development plans.

• Mentoring opportunities.

• Educational support.

• Medical health insurance.

• Team-building events and group activities.

• Emphasis on work-life balance.

• Genuine influence on the architectural direction of the product, with complete ownership from strategy and proof of concept to production.

• A hiring process that does not include a take-home assignment.