Software Architect

As the Software Architect, your role includes defining and owning the software architecture for new products and R&D prototypes. You will evaluate emerging technologies and lead the adoption of cutting-edge practices. Collaborating with product managers, researchers, and engineers is crucial to translating business goals into robust technical solutions. Conducting architectural reviews, code reviews, and technology audits will be part of your responsibilities. Ensuring security, scalability, and maintainability across designs is key. You will also mentor engineering teams on best practices and technical excellence, create and maintain architectural documentation and reference models, and represent R&D in cross-functional technical strategy discussions. Key Responsibilities: - Define and own software architecture for new products and R&D prototypes - Evaluate emerging technologies and lead the adoption of cutting-edge practices - Collaborate with product managers, researchers, and engineers to translate business goals into technical solutions - Conduct architectural reviews, code reviews, and technology audits - Ensure security, scalability, and maintainability across designs - Mentor engineering teams on best practices and technical excellence - Create and maintain architectural documentation and reference models - Represent R&D in cross-functional technical strategy discussions Qualifications Required: - Expertise in software architecture design (microservices, event-driven, serverless, etc.) - Strong command over at least one modern language (Java, Python, Go, etc.) - Solid grasp of cloud-native architectures (AWS, Azure, or ESDS cloud offerings) - Experience with container orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes) - Good understanding of AI/ML solution architectures is a plus - Ability to evaluate trade-offs and make architectural decisions under ambiguity - Strong communication, leadership, and stakeholder engagement skills,