Senior Software Architect - AI, Python, AWS

Discovered MENA; Dubai; On-site; AED 502,200 - 613,800; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Flight allowance

Discretionary bonus

Birthday gift after one year

Job summary

Discovered MENA is seeking a Senior Software Architect to drive end-to-end software architecture for a security- and privacy-focused SaaS platform. You will balance technical strategy with hands-on development, shaping cloud-native services and multi-tenant microservices on AWS and Kubernetes.

You will lead integration of machine learning models into production systems while enforcing zero-trust security, encryption, and data residency requirements in a fast-moving startup-like environment.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5–7 years of software architecture and hands-on engineering experience.
• Strong Python development skills and experience building commercial SaaS products.
• Deep knowledge of AWS cloud infrastructure and Kubernetes orchestration.
• Understanding of zero-trust security, data encryption, and data residency.

Responsibilities

• Take complete ownership of software and platform architecture from initial design through production deployment.
• Spend half your time writing hands on code, specifically integrating machine learning models and working with Python.
• Design, deploy, and manage multi tenant microservices infrastructure across AWS cloud environments and Kubernetes clusters.
• Embed zero trust networking, privacy by design, and strict security controls across platforms.
• Build and optimize continuous deployment pipelines, automated testing, and full stack observability layers.
• Work on production grade software products built directly for external commercial users.
• Identify and resolve system performance bottlenecks, technical debt, and scalability limitations.

Skills

Python

AWS

AI

Security

Zero trust

MLOps

Kubernetes

Tools

CI/CD tools

Kubernetes

AWS

Job description

Senior Software Architect - AI, Python, AWS

Salary: 45k/55k AED p/month tax free

Benefits: Medical insurance, flight allowance, discretionary bonus, birthday gift after one year

Discover the opportunity

We are seeking a Senior Software Architect to join a unique tech venture. The company focuses on cutting edge applications centered around security and data privacy.

This role offers exceptional long term stability alongside the fast paced innovation of an agile startup environment. You will work alongside a lean tech team, reporting directly to the Tech Product Manager while taking ownership of core software architecture and hands on development.

Discover the role

As a Senior Software Architect, you will balance technical strategy with active development in a roughly equal split. You will take end to end architectural ownership of user centric applications and cloud infrastructure supporting a modular platform.

You will lead the integration of machine learning models into reliable, scalable production systems while ensuring cloud native services remain secure, compliant, and observable. This is an individual contributor position designed for a skilled builder who thrives in a fast moving environment.

Discover the responsibilities

• Take complete ownership of software and platform architecture from initial design through production deployment
• Spend half your time writing hands on code, specifically integrating machine learning models and working with Python
• Design, deploy, and manage multi tenant microservices infrastructure across AWS cloud environments and Kubernetes clusters
• Embed zero trust networking, privacy by design, and strict security controls across platforms Build and optimize continuous deployment pipelines, automated testing, and full stack observability layers
• Work on production grade software products built directly for external commercial users
• Identify and resolve system performance bottlenecks, technical debt, and scalability limitations

Discover the requirements

• Minimum 5 to 7 years of relevant experience in software architecture and hands on engineering Strong hands on development skills in Python
• Proven experience building commercial SaaS products sold directly to customers
• Deep technical knowledge of cloud infrastructure on AWS and container orchestration via Kubernetes Solid grasp of DevOps and MLOps practices, infrastructure as code, and continuous integration tools
• Strong understanding of zero trust security, data encryption, and data residency standards Experience in fast paced startup or scaleup environments is strongly preferred
• Familiarity with large language models or agentic setups is a distinct advantage