About the role
We are looking for a Solutions Architect to own the high-level design of our backend platform. You will turn product requirements into clear system designs, decide how services fit together, and guide engineering teams through implementation. This is a hands-on role: you will review designs and code, and step in where the architecture needs it.
What you will do
- Produce high-level designs for new features and services, covering service boundaries, data flow, APIs, storage choices and integration points.
- Review low-level designs and pull requests from engineering teams to keep them aligned with the agreed architecture.
- Evaluate trade-offs (cost, latency, scalability, reliability, security) and document decisions in architecture decision records.
- Design integrations with third-party systems such as ATS platforms, calendar and video providers, and AI/ML services.
- Define standards for service communication, error handling, observability, caching and data modeling.
- Identify technical debt and scaling risks early, and propose practical migration paths.
- Work with product, engineering and DevOps to estimate effort and sequence delivery.
- Mentor engineers on design thinking and system design practices.
What we are looking for
- 8+ years of software engineering experience, with at least 3 years in an architect or senior technical lead role.
- Strong experience designing distributed, service-oriented or microservice systems in production.
- Solid backend knowledge in Java/Spring Boot (or a comparable stack), plus relational and NoSQL databases, caching and message queues.
- Experience with cloud platforms (AWS preferred): compute, storage, networking, IAM, and cost management.
- Good understanding of API design (REST, webhooks, async/event-driven patterns), authentication and authorization.
- Experience with CI/CD, containerization, monitoring and incident response.
- Ability to communicate designs clearly through diagrams and written documents, to both technical and non-technical audiences.
- Sound judgment on when to keep things simple and when to invest in structure.
Nice to have
- Experience with multi-tenant SaaS platforms.
- Exposure to AI/LLM-based systems, real-time audio/video, or data pipelines.
- Experience in HR tech, recruiting or workflow-heavy products.
- Background in security and compliance (SOC 2, GDPR).
Why join us
- Direct influence on core architecture while the platform is still taking shape.
- Close collaboration with engineering and product leadership.
- A role where designs are built and shipped, not left on a slide.
