Software Architect

About the Role

What You’ll Do

• Own end-to-end architecture: system design, APIs, data models, security, scalability, observability, and cost.
• Take responsibility for the performance and reliability of systems serving large user bases.
• Design secure solutions for healthcare data (PHI) and payment workflows.
• Architect MERN applications on AWS, GCP, or Azure, using Kubernetes, CI/CD, IaC, and secrets management.
• Drive decisions on microservices, event-driven systems, integrations, and build-versus-buy.
• Resolve production bottlenecks in performance, scalability, and availability.
• Define engineering standards, reference architectures, and reusable patterns.
• Stay hands-on through coding, design reviews, and code reviews.
• Mentor senior engineers and grow future technical leaders.

• 8+ years in software engineering with clear architecture ownership.
• Production experience running a system with 100,000+ users (mandatory).
• A track record of solving major production bottlenecks at scale.
• Strong hands-on Node.js and React skills; MERN preferred.
• Cloud architecture experience on AWS, GCP, or Azure.
• Experience in healthcare, fintech, payments, insurance, or another security-critical domain.
• Deep knowledge of distributed systems, APIs, databases, and reliability.
• Excellent communication and the ability to justify technical decisions.

• HIPAA, PHI, or PCI-DSS compliance experience.
• Familiarity with Stripe, Braintree, or tokenization.
• Experience with high-availability, event-driven, or microservices systems.
• A SaaS, consulting, or venture-studio background.
• Use of AI coding tools like Claude Code, Cursor, or GitHub Copilot.

Why Techdome

• Build real products used by customers worldwide.
• Own architecture decisions with direct production impact.
• Shape the engineering standards of an 80+ person team.
• Join a profitable, stable company with minimal bureaucracy.