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    Photon

    Software Development

    Technical Architect_Tempe, AZ

    Tempe, United StatesOn-SiteFull-time15+ yrs experience$64k / yearPosted 1w ago
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    Job description

    Required Qualifications Technical Expertise

    • 15+ years of progressive software engineering experience, with demonstrated expertise in large-scale system design, technical architecture, and cross-functional leadership across multiple technology domains.
    • Deep experience with cloud platforms (AWS preferred), DevOps practices, and CI/CD automation.
    • Proven ability to design, scale, and optimize systems supporting millions of users.
    • Strong understanding of security engineering, compliance standards, and secure development practices.
    • Experience with mobile infrastructure, crash analytics, feature deployment frameworks, and release automation.
    • Expertise in integration platforms, vendor ecosystems, and enterprise workflow automation.
    • Experience using AI-assisted development, agentic software engineering, automation, or emerging developer productivity tools to improve how teams design, build, test, deploy, and operate software.
    • Strong background in monitoring, observability, event-driven systems, and operational analytics.
    • Spec-first practice — authors complete technical specifications and drives design reviews from written artifacts
    • Proven ability to take ownership of an existing codebase, standards set, and roadmap at speed
    • Proven ability to influence product strategy, investment decisions, technical direction, AI adoption, and business outcomes through credibility, clarity, sound judgement, and technical insight.
    • 7+ years of demonstrated track record of leading engineering initiatives with measurable business impact in a distributed environment (Retail, Hospitality, etc)

    Compensation, Benefits and Duration

    Minimum Compensation: USD 64,000
    Maximum Compensation: USD 224,000
    Compensation is based on actual experience and qualifications of the candidate. The above is a reasonable and a good faith estimate for the role.
    Medical, vision, and dental benefits, 401k retirement plan, variable pay/incentives, paid time off, and paid holidays are available for full-time employees.
    This position is available for independent contractors
    No applications will be considered if received more than 120 days after the date of this post.

    Job details are sourced from the employer's original posting.

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    Photon

    Photon is a digital product engineering company that helps businesses build and scale their digital products.

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