Staff Software Architect (SaaS)

TL;DR

Staff Software Architect (SaaS): Driving and owning the software architecture for core platform components with an accent on distributed systems, orchestration, and scalability. Focus on designing architectural patterns, leading cross-cutting initiatives, and mentoring engineering teams to ensure platform reliability and performance.

Location: Must be based in the United States (Remote)

Salary: $183,000–$212,000

Company

hirify.global is a leader in data analytics, automation, and AI, helping organizations modernize their infrastructure and accelerate business decisions.

What you will do

• Define and own the architectural vision and roadmaps for major platform domains like orchestration and data pipelines.
• Perform architecture reviews and vet designs for scalability, performance, and security.
• Lead critical subsystems development including service meshes and stateful services.
• Drive cross-team architectural patterns and enforce technical standards.
• Mentor senior engineers and architects to raise overall technical maturity.
• Collaborate with SRE, DevOps, and security teams to ensure operability and maintainability.

Requirements

• Must be based in the United States
• 10+ years of software engineering experience, including 3–5 years in a senior architect or principal role.
• Proven track record designing and operating large-scale distributed systems in production.
• Strong proficiency in Java, Python, or Node.
• Expertise in orchestration, job scheduling, message systems, and Kubernetes.
• Ability to work autonomously and make high-level decisions in ambiguous environments.

Culture & Benefits

• Comprehensive medical and wellness benefits.
• Retirement savings plans.
• Commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion in the workplace.
• Growth-oriented environment supporting long-term career development.
• Flexible work-life balance and generous time-off policies.