Driving architectural direction as an individual contributor across products with an emphasis on back-end and platform engineering, yet with a mindset that is agnostic of a specific technology stack.
Influencing technical strategy and OKRs, aligning stakeholders across multiple teams and seniority levels, with a horizon beyond 12 months.
Setting and driving engineering excellence across the organization, particularly around patterns and abstractions that span products and domains.
Overseeing (and often owning) large cross-team and cross-department technical solutions, involving technical and non-technical stakeholders.
Mentoring engineers at all levels on technical topics, particularly around system design, acting as a dotted-line leader in some instances, with the assistance of an Engineering Manager.
Expertly articulating trade-offs in complex design to audiences inclusive of executive and senior leadership.
Spending around 30% of time coding and 70% of time leading, flexing these percentages depending on company needs.

Requirements

10+ years of software engineering experience as a passionate individual contributor with a focus on software product architecture.
Experience with DevOps practices, including CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure-as-code tools.
A physics background is not required however, a keen desire to rapidly learn and upskill in quantum computing technologies is critical.
High performance computing and/or machine learning experience a bonus.
Proven track record of leading cross-disciplinary architectural transformations, particularly in cloud-native and microservices environments.
Expertise in designing and implementing high-performance data storage, APIs, workflow orchestration, event-driven, and distributed systems.
Exceptional technical documentation and communication skills (architecture diagrams, design documents, technical decisions).
Strong programming skills in languages like Python, Rust, and Go.

Benefits

annual discretionary bonuses
equity and other forms of compensation
flexibility
competitive benefits

Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools

software engineeringsoftware product architectureDevOps practicesCI/CD pipelinesinfrastructure-as-codehigh-performance data storageAPIsworkflow orchestrationevent-driven systemsdistributed systems

Soft Skills

mentoringcommunicationtechnical documentationinfluencingstakeholder alignmentleadershipengineering excellencearticulating trade-offscollaborationproblem-solving