Principal Software Architect

Role overview Shape the architecture of a cloud software platform as a hands-on technical leader. You’ll build production services, guide the shift from a monolithic codebase toward modular systems, and help introduce practical AI capabilities with reliability, security, and long-term scalability in mind. The role combines individual engineering work with advising product, engineering, and executive stakeholders.

Responsibilities - Design, develop, and deploy scalable services across the core platform. - Set architectural standards and reusable patterns that clarify domain boundaries and support service modularization. - Work with engineering leadership on frontend consolidation, operational performance, and observability. - Design for security, cost efficiency, high availability, and regulatory expectations, including ISO 27001. - Integrate AI and language model capabilities into customer-facing systems with clear safeguards and failure handling. - Explain technical tradeoffs and translate business needs into practical engineering strategies.

Requirements - 15+ years of hands-on software development building business-critical, cloud-native platforms. - Deep knowledge of distributed systems, data modeling, event-driven design, and relational and NoSQL databases. - Experience migrating monolithic applications toward modular services and designing enterprise-grade AWS infrastructure. - Familiarity with full-stack web environments, scripting, and CI/CD practices. - Production experience deploying AI, machine learning, or language model solutions with attention to safety and observability. - Strong English communication, analytical judgment, and ability to influence distributed teams without direct authority. - Comfortable owning work amid ambiguity and documenting decisions for asynchronous collaboration.

Benefits and work setup The position is fully remote and open to candidates residing in the US, UK, or EMEA. The source describes flexible paid time off, stock options, and an annual learning stipend of $300.