Senior Software Architect, Audience Lifecycle

NPR

Senior Software Architect at NPR designing scalable solutions for audience-facing products. Leading strategic technology decisions and collaborating across teams to ensure successful outcomes.

Posted 7/31/2026full-timeRemote • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $184,758 - $211,081 per yearWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in designing and leading scalable, reliable, and cost-efficient data systems and architectures, with a strong focus on real-time integrations and personalized user experiences. Proficient in cloud infrastructure management and data governance strategies, while fostering team growth and inclusive practices.

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Cloud Infrastructure (AWS, GCP)Real-Time Data IntegrationsData Governance StrategyNode/TypeScript, Python ProficiencyInfrastructure as Code (Terraform)

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Hard Skills

System DesignArchitecture PlanningData-Centric ApplicationsAPI IntegrationCost-Optimization PracticesTest AutomationVersion Control (Git)High Traffic Application DevelopmentScalability and Reliability EngineeringGDPR/CPPA Compliance

Soft Skills

MentoringCollaborative SolutioningInclusive Hiring PracticesTechnical DirectionProcess Improvement

Tools & Technologies

CI/CD Best PracticesMedallion ArchitectureEvent-Driven PipelinesScrum EnvironmentsOn-Call Support

Industry Keywords

PersonalizationData EcosystemsCross-Divisional OversightTechnical StandardsOperational Support

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AWSCloudGoogle Cloud PlatformNode.jsPythonTerraformTypeScript

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Architect Personalization & Data Systems: Lead the design, optimization, and scaling of real-time data ecosystems and event-driven pipelines that power personalized audience experiences across NPR digital platforms.
Establish Self-Service Infrastructure: Design robust frameworks, governance standards, and APIs that enable engineering, analytics, and marketing teams to autonomously leverage data and personalization tools.
Guide Technology Strategy & Standards: Evaluate emerging technologies, establish modern architecture standards (including medallion architecture and orchestration frameworks), and drive adoption across product lines.
Technical Oversight & Governance: Provide technical direction and cross-divisional oversight for complex, high-impact engineering projects impacting multiple teams and systems.
Collaborative Solutioning & Planning: Partner with product managers, engineering leaders, and stakeholders during OKR planning, roadmap development, and technical proposal reviews.
Code & Architecture Quality: Mentor engineering peers through substantive design reviews, code standards definition, security/privacy alignment (GDPR/CPPA), and cost-optimization practices.
Production Excellence & Operational Support: Participate in system deployments, establish CI/CD best practices, troubleshoot production incidents, and join the engineering on-call rotation after initial onboarding.
Team Growth & Inclusion: Assist in onboarding new technical staff, participate in inclusive hiring practices, and proactively contribute to continuous process improvements within scrum environments.

Requirements

What you’ll need

5+ years of experience designing and leading solutioning and architecture planning in a multi-team environment.
5+ years of experience designing systems with scalability, reliability, and cost-efficiency as first-class concerns.
5+ years of experience with cloud infrastructure (AWS, GCP, etc) and infrastructure as code (eg. Terraform).
5+ years of experience building applications that span multiple platforms such as web, mobile, voice, API’s, and system integrations using modern languages and frameworks.
Demonstrated experience integrating with external API's / Services.
Ability to design and lead practical technical design.
Demonstrated expertise in designing real-time integrations and data-centric applications & services that power personalized user experiences at scale.
Expertise in data governance strategy and implementation.
Familiarity with medallion architecture.
Fluent in Node/TypeScript, Python.
Experience building consumers facing high traffic applications and related concerns - SEO, Browser performance, CDN configurations etc.
Experience with Data Privacy and Compliance (GDPR, CPPA etc) concerns.
Experience with test and development automation.
Experience working with a version control system (Git preferred).
Experience with cost-optimization & controls, forecasting, and evaluating trade offs for high availability systems.

Benefits

Comp & perks

access to health and wellness
paid time off
financial well-being
medical plans
dental plans
vision plans
life insurance
long-term disability
short-term disability
voluntary retirement savings