Vista Higher Learning

Integrations Architect

Vista Higher Learning

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: Boston • Massachusetts • United States

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Job Level

SeniorLead

Tech Stack

CassandraDistributed SystemsMicroservicesMongoDBMySQLNoSQLPostgres

About the role

  • Collaborate with senior architects to design and implement scalable, maintainable, secure software solutions
  • Ensure that architectural decisions follow security best practices and industry-specific compliance standards
  • Work with product managers, content teams, and other engineers to gather requirements
  • Work to optimize system performance and identify bottlenecks or areas for improvement
  • Provide guidance to junior engineers and help lead technical decision-making within the team
  • Assist in driving technical best practices, design principles, and development standards
  • Advocate for and implement continuous improvement practices in architecture and development workflows
  • Participate in code reviews to ensure high-quality, maintainable, and consistent code
  • Maintain up-to-date technical documentation related to system architecture
  • Help identify technical issues, resolve performance bottlenecks, and troubleshoot complex problems

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree
  • minimum 10+ years of experience in software development, software architecture or systems design role
  • Designing and delivering large-scale, distributed systems or enterprise applications
  • End-to-end project ownership, from architecture through deployment
  • Defining architecture blueprints, technical standards, and governance models
  • Assessing system performance and design for scale
  • Leading design reviews, risk assessments, and technical planning sessions
  • Strong proficiency and experience in: Integration patterns, APIs, messaging systems, and middleware
  • Software architecture patterns (e.g., microservices, event-driven, layered, serverless, etc.)
  • Relational (PostgreSQL, MySQL) and NoSQL (MongoDB, Cassandra) databases
Benefits
  • life/health/dental/vision insurance
  • 401(k)
  • educational assistance
  • commuter pass subsidies
  • generous employee referral bonuses
  • PTO and paid holidays
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools
software developmentsoftware architecturesystems designintegration patternsAPIsmessaging systemsmiddlewaremicroservicesevent-driven architecturerelational databases
Soft Skills
collaborationguidanceleadershiptechnical decision-makingcontinuous improvementcode reviewtroubleshootingcommunicationproblem-solvingproject ownership
Certifications
Bachelor's degree