Senior Software Architect

Hearst Health

. Design and document software architecture components that align with enterprise frameworks and architectural guidelines, with a focus on solutions built primarily in Java, MySQL, and Python.

Posted 4/21/2026full-timeTampa • Florida • 🇺🇸 United StatesSeniorWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AWSCloudEC2JavaMySQLPythonTerraform

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Design and document software architecture components that align with enterprise frameworks and architectural guidelines, with a focus on solutions built primarily in Java, MySQL, and Python.
Provide technical leadership to development teams, ensuring adherence to best practices, scalable design patterns, and coding standards across the core technology stack.
Identify opportunities to incorporate commercially available AI models and platforms into products and internal tooling. Lead the design of internal AI-driven tools, automation capabilities, and developer-enablement solutions built on top of these models.
Independently research, prototype, and validate technical approaches. Build proof-of-concepts that demonstrate feasibility, inform solution direction, and accelerate adoption of new capabilities.
Partner with product managers, business analysts, data teams, and other architects to translate business needs into scalable, maintainable technical solutions.
Participate in code and architecture reviews to ensure maintainability, performance, and alignment with enterprise standards.
Guide engineering teams in implementing architectural patterns, integrating new technologies, and optimizing system performance across backend services, data layers, and cloud components.
Contribute to design and deployment of cloud-based solutions using AWS (e.g., EC2, S3, Lambda, RDS), with emphasis on security, reliability, and cost-optimized operations.
Create clear and thorough design artifacts, architectural diagrams, and technical documentation for systems and interfaces.

Requirements

What you’ll need

7+ years in software development, including several years in senior or lead engineering roles.
Demonstrated experience designing enterprise-grade components or subsystems within complex, distributed applications.
Strong expertise in Java, Python, MySQL, modern frameworks, integration patterns, and distributed system design.
Experience integrating commercial AI models, using AI-enhanced engineering tools, and developing internal AI-driven utilities or automations.
Proven ability to quickly experiment, build POCs, evaluate tools, and turn conceptual ideas into tangible prototypes.
Experience contributing to or leading large-scale software initiatives using agile methodologies.
Hands-on experience with AWS or equivalent; knowledge of IaC tools such as CloudFormation or Terraform is a plus.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Medical, vision, and dental plans for full time employees
401(k) offered with a generous match
Benefits begin on first day of the month following employment
Exercise/Health Club reimbursement opportunity
Monthly dependent care reimbursement opportunity
Short Term and Long Term disability
Basic Term Life and AD&D Insurance
Generous PTO and Company Paid Holidays

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Hard Skills & Tools

JavaPythonMySQLAI modelscloud-based solutionsagile methodologiesdistributed system designintegration patternsproof-of-conceptsscalable design patterns

Soft Skills

technical leadershipcollaborationproblem-solvingcommunicationresearchdocumentationmentoringdesign thinkingadaptabilitycritical thinking