Senior Software Architect - AI-Driven SaaS Platform

EviSmart; Vancouver; On-site; CAD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

EviSmart, based in Vancouver, is building a Customer Experience Platform with an architecture-led approach and a collocated squad. You will define the technical foundation and set standards for scalable, production-ready systems across North America and beyond.

The role emphasizes owning architecture, maintaining high uptime, and collaborating closely with Product and UX to translate customer workflows into robust solutions.

Qualifications

• 7+ years in software development with 3+ years in technical leadership or architecture.
• Distributed systems and modern web architecture: microservices, APIs, event-driven patterns.
• Strong command of at least one major stack: Python, Node.js/React, Java/Spring, or Go. We use Python, Node.js, React.
• AI/ML integration experience: LLM APIs, agents, embeddings, document intelligence in production.
• Compliance and security mindset; HIPAA or ISO 27001 experience is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Own the end-to-end technical design of the Customer Experience Platform balancing short-term delivery with long-term scalability.
• Work hands-on with 2–3 engineers (30–50% IC) to bring system designs to production-quality reality.
• Define API specs, data contracts, code quality guidelines, and architectural patterns used by the team.
• Maintain uptime >99.9% and limit production issues per release.
• Partner with Product and UX to translate real customer workflows into scalable systems.

Skills

End-to-end architecture

Technical leadership

Distributed systems

APIs & microservices

Cloud architecture

AI/ML integration

Communication

Scale design

Strategic thinking

Tools

AWS

GCP

PostgreSQL

GitHub Actions

React

Python

Node.js

Go

Java/Spring

Job description

EviSmart, based in Vancouver, is building a Customer Experience Platform with an architecture-led approach and a collocated squad. You will define the technical foundation and set standards for scalable, production-ready systems across North America and beyond.

The role emphasizes owning architecture, maintaining high uptime, and collaborating closely with Product and UX to translate customer workflows into robust solutions.