Software Architect

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

📋 Description

• Take ownership of application architecture covering services, APIs, identity, data access, and integrations.

• Develop production code for back-end services, APIs, and front-end applications.

• Create new services and features from the initial design phase through to deployment and ongoing production support.

• Design applications that are scalable, reliable, secure, and capable of multi-tenancy.

• Generate prototypes and proofs of concept, transforming strong ideas into solutions ready for production.

• Upgrade legacy applications towards cloud-native architectures while ensuring continuous product delivery.

• Develop AI-driven capabilities utilizing LLMs, retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), tool calling, and agents.

• Design APIs and application functionalities for secure interaction by AI agents, incorporating protocols like MCP.

• Implement evaluation metrics, guardrails, and cost monitoring for dependable, safe, and sustainable AI features.

• Assess where AI provides significant value compared to traditional software solutions.

• Conduct code reviews, collaborate with engineers, and resolve complex technical challenges.

• Establish engineering standards for automated testing, observability, security, performance, and resilience.

• Leverage AI-assisted development tools to enhance engineering productivity and quality.

• Produce architecture decision records and reference implementations.

• Collaborate with Product, UX, QA, Security, and DevOps teams to develop scalable technical solutions.

⛳️ Requirements

• Over 8 years of experience in software development, including more than 2 years in an architect, technical lead, or senior engineering capacity with responsibility for system design.

• Proficient hands-on development skills and recent experience in contributing production code.

• Experience in designing and managing multi-tenant SaaS or enterprise applications.

• Background in creating AI-powered features utilizing LLMs, preferably including RAG, agents, tool/function calling, or structured outputs.

• Extensive expertise in at least one modern development language such as C#/.NET, Java, TypeScript, or Python, with a working knowledge of another.

• Familiarity with contemporary front-end frameworks like React or Angular.

• Strong understanding of microservices, event-driven architecture, domain-driven design, and API design.

• Experience with cloud platforms such as Azure or AWS, containers, Kubernetes, and/or serverless architectures.

• Knowledge of SQL and NoSQL data design, messaging platforms like Kafka or Service Bus, and caching strategies.

• Understanding of modern identity and application security, including OAuth 2.0/OIDC, RBAC, OWASP practices, and secure data management for AI models.

• Experience with CI/CD, infrastructure as code, observability, automated testing, and performance enhancement.

• Comfortable using AI development tools such as GitHub Copilot, Claude Code, Cursor, or similar applications.

• Ability to articulate complex technical trade-offs to engineers and business stakeholders.

• Capability to transition from architectural discussions to production code and pull requests.

🏝️ Benefits

• Competitive salary.

• Market-competitive benefits.

• Quarterly perks program.

• Generous time off [time away].

• Hybrid working arrangements as appropriate.

• Continuous learning opportunities.

• Professional certification support.

• Leadership development programs.

• A supportive, diverse, and inclusive work environment.