Software Architect

Arine

full-time

Posted on: 10/7/2025

Location Type: Hybrid

Location: 🇺🇸 United States

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💰 $170,000 - $190,000 per year

SeniorLead

AWSDistributed SystemsDynamoDBPythonReactTerraform

About the role

Partner closely with the VP of Engineering, product, and engineering teams to chart the next phase of the platform’s evolution
Evaluate the current AWS Lambda- and cron-driven system, rationalize database usage (DynamoDB and RDS)
Define service and integration patterns, set standards for both React front-end and underlying Python Lambda services
Spend time in the code, guide design decisions, mentor engineers, and set the technical direction
Assess the current architecture and identify short-term fixes and long-term improvements
Define and document system architecture, integration patterns, and data flows across services
Rationalize use of DynamoDB vs RDS; create consistent standards for schema design, indexing, and access patterns
Establish best practices for real-time front-end-to-Lambda interactions and schedule-driven service workflows
Design systems with PHI security, privacy, and compliance as a first-class concern
Collaborate with security/compliance teams to ensure HIPAA and SOC 2 readiness
Mentor engineers and influence technical decisions across the team
Guide build-vs-buy tradeoffs as the company scales

10+ years of experience in software engineering
3+ years in a senior architect or staff/principal engineer role
Deep expertise with AWS services (Lambda, API Gateway, DynamoDB, RDS, S3, Step Functions, EventBridge, CloudFormation/Terraform)
Strong knowledge of Python and experience in modernizing Lambda-based systems
Experience with front-end to serverless back-end architectures (React → Lambda → data layer)
Experience designing data-intensive systems and integrating with Snowflake or similar warehouses
Solid background in distributed systems, event-driven design, and API architectures
Strong database fundamentals: relational design, indexing, DynamoDB access patterns, and data modeling tradeoffs
Experience designing and operating systems that securely handle PHI or other regulated data
Ability to balance pragmatic short-term fixes with long-term scalable design
Excellent communication and documentation skills; comfortable influencing at all levels of the org
Startup experience preferred; thrives in fast-paced, evolving environments.

Benefits

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AWS LambdaDynamoDBRDSPythonReactAPI GatewayCloudFormationTerraformevent-driven designdata modeling

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