Lead Software Architect

POSITION TITLE: Lead Software Architect

POSITION LOCATION: Austin, TX, San Carlos, CA or Remote, USA  

POSITION SUMMARY:

We are looking to hire a talented Software Architect who thrives on solving complex problems in a collaborative environment. If you exhibit a strong sense of ownership and think strategically about your work; if you have demonstrated the ability to implement solutions, adjusting to constraints while mitigating risks; if you balance great technical depth with strong interpersonal skills and emphasize communication in your day-to-day work; if you are interested in applying your skills in a challenging & dynamic environment - we’d love to talk to you.

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Creating solution architecture to address complex problems at scale, considering technical and business factors and the trade-offs between immediate requirements and a long-term vision for a clean and maintainable design.

• Helping drive complex technical projects from planning through execution.

• Experiment with new technologies and create prototypes for the development teams.

• Empowering distributed and remote development teams with framework implementations, knowledge sharing, and sustainable practices.

• Leading the development and adoption of strategy, frameworks, best practices, and patterns for the software development organization.

• Nurturing engineers to think with architecture and design best practices in mind, including aspects such as performance, scalability, maintainability, and security.

• Promoting and driving innovation in technologies, processes, and tools.

• Developing strategies to realize significant cost savings with reusability.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Solid software engineering background, with 10+ years of experience developing enterprise-scale cloud-based software.

• Experience with distributed systems and decoupled solutions components/services.

• Experience developing large-scale application architectures to meet business requirements.

• Solid understanding of software quality and architectural risk assessment and mitigations.

• Excellent written and verbal communication. Consensus-building across teams is a critical part of the job.

• Ability to communicate complex technical information to non-technical audiences.

• Expertise in AWS, Serverless, Kubernetes, Kafka, Gitlab, GitlabCI.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES:

• 3 years of experience in a technical leadership role.

• 5 years of experience in healthcare and genomics.

• 5 years of experience building applications in AWS.

• 2 years of experience in data privacy.

• Expertise in programming languages like Typescript, Javascript, Python, Java, etc.

• Experience in AI/ML, GenAI, LLM, RAG.

• Familiar with custom LIMS/LES development and AI-driven lab automation, billing systems

• Familiarity with regulatory compliance and security standards in healthcare and life sciences.