Senior Staff Architect (Omnichannel)

Rocket.Chat; Marple; Remote; GBP 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Rocket.Chat is seeking a Senior Staff Architect (Omnichannel) to drive the architectural vision for their communication platform. In this fully remote role, you'll lead technical efforts, mentor engineers, and ensure scalability across chat, email, and social channels, contributing to a mission of empowering organizations through secure communications.

Benefits

Unlimited Paid Time Off

Flexible Working Hours

Company Laptop and Headphone

Courses and Books

Stock Options

Qualifications

• 5+ years experience designing complex systems.
• Proven leadership and mentoring skills.
• Experience with real-time messaging technologies.

Responsibilities

• Architect and refine the Omni-Channel system for scalability.
• Mentor and guide engineers in architectural practices.
• Collaborate with product teams to align solutions with goals.

Skills

Distributed systems design

Omnichannel platforms

Node.js

TypeScript

MongoDB

Real-time messaging technologies

API design

Application security practices

Job description

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Level: Senior Staff

Working Hours: Full Time (40h/Week)

Location: Remote (Worldwide)

You will report directly to our CTO (Chief Technology Officer), and join the Engineering team within our R&D department. On TheOrg you can view the complete structure of our organisation, including information about every team member, hiring managers and the size of each department.

We’re looking for a Senior Staff Architect [Omnichannel] to shape the future of Rocket.Chat’s omnichannel communication platform. In this strategic role, you will define and drive the architectural vision for how Rocket.Chat connects conversations across multiple channels (chat, email, voice, social) in a unified, secure, and scalable way. You’ll have staff-level responsibilities providing technical leadership, mentoring engineers, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to ensure our platform meets the needs of millions of users. Your work will directly support Rocket.Chat’s mission to “empower organizations to own their conversations” by building the world’s most flexible and secure open source communications platform. If you are passionate about designing robust systems and excited by the challenge of an open-source omnichannel product that meets users on their preferred channels without compromising security, this role is for you.

• Extensive experience (5+ years) designing complex distributed systems and omnichannel platforms (chat, email, voice, social).
• Experience with Node.js, TypeScript, MongoDB, and modern microservices architecture.
• Proven experience in real-time messaging technologies (WebSockets, pub/sub, message queues).
• Strong understanding of API design (REST) and event-driven architectures.
• Solid knowledge of application security practices and cloud infrastructure (AWS, Azure, GCP).
• Strong experience with on-premises environments and deployment.
• Expertise in continuous integration and delivery solutions for SaaS, on-premises and airgapped environments.
• Demonstrated technical leadership and mentoring skills.
• Previous experience in a high-growth SaaS or open-source company.
• Contributions to open-source projects, particularly in messaging or real-time communication.
• Familiarity with Rocket.Chat’s ecosystem or similar platforms (Slack, Mattermost, etc.).
• Knowledge of WebRTC, SIP, XMPP, WhatsApp Business API, Telegram integration, SMS gateways, or similar technologies.
• Passion: Genuine enthusiasm for what you do and how it contributes to our company's mission.
• Dream: Proactively seek out opportunities and challenges to achieve extraordinary results. If you're someone who takes initiative and is always striving to improve, you'll fit right in.
• Own: Take ownership of your work, set high standards for yourself, and be accountable for outcomes, demonstrating a strong sense of responsibility and commitment.
• Trust: Recognizing the importance of trust and support and actively working towards a collaborative and inclusive workplace.
• Share: Communicating openly and transparently ensures clarity and honesty in interactions.

What You'll Do ️

• Architect and refine Rocket.Chat’s Omni-Channel system for global scalability.
• Mentor and guide engineers, leading by example in architectural best practices.
• Engage closely with product teams to align technical solutions with business goals.
• Drive innovation, continuously improving platform capabilities and user experience.
• Lead and define the architectural vision for Rocket.Chat’s omnichannel solutions, ensuring scalability, security, and extensibility.
• Collaborate closely with Product Managers, Engineering squads, and fellow Architects to translate strategic business goals into technical roadmaps.
• Provide technical leadership, mentoring engineers and facilitating cross-team collaboration.
• Design and implement seamless integrations across chat, email, sms, voice, video,, and social messaging channels.
• Ensure high availability, performance, and security of our omnichannel communication systems.
• Continuously innovate and prototype new technologies relevant to messaging and omnichannel communication.
• Create comprehensive architecture documentation and communicate clearly with technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Flexible Working Hours
• Fully Remote
• Unlimited Paid Time Off
• Holidays and Vacation Days
• Company Laptop and Headphone
• iTalki
• Courses and Books
• Stock Options
• Multicultural environment with colleagues in over 26 countries
• Vibrant Company Culture

Check out our handbook to dive into each of our awesome benefits! At Rocket.Chat, we have tailored base pay ranges according to work locations. This approach ensures that we can competitively and consistently compensate our employees across different geographic markets.

Note: While we define an initial seniority level and budget for each role, this can be adjusted during the hiring process. The selection process itself — including interviews and assessments — helps us better understand where the candidate fits within our career framework and which grade they should be positioned in.

About Rocket.Chat

Rocket.Chat is the world's largest open-source communications platform. Built for organizations needing more control over their communications, it enables collaboration between colleagues, partners, customers, communities, and even platforms without compromising data ownership, customizations, or integrations.

Tens of millions of users in over 150 countries and organizations such as Deutsche Bahn, the U.S. Navy and Credit Suisse trust Rocket.Chat every day to keep their communications completely private and secure. As Rocket.Chat we believe in reconnecting the world, one conversation at a time!

See yourself in that? So apply now! Check out our handbook for more information about our rocket.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

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  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Information Technology

• Industries

  Software Development

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