Staff Software Architect (EU Remote/Hybrid, CET Timezone)

SEON Technologies; London; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology firm is seeking a Staff Software Architect to lead software engineering projects and shape technical architecture. The candidate should have strong expertise in modern web development technologies and AWS, along with experience in performance optimization of systems. This hybrid or remote role is ideal for someone with excellent communication skills and the ability to collaborate effectively across teams.

Qualifications

• Strong working knowledge of modern web development technologies.
• Experience with measuring and improving performance of distributed systems.
• Strong understanding of web services and SaaS applications.

Responsibilities

• Lead software engineering projects and shape technical architecture.
• Collaborate with teams to design solutions based on requirements.
• Document design decisions and review technical implementations.

Skills

Java with Spring

JavaScript/TypeScript

Python

AWS

Relational databases

DevOps tools

Tools

Terraform

Kubernetes

GitHub Actions

ELK stack

Job description

ABOUT THE ROLE & THE TEAM

You will join SEON’s Architecture team. As a Staff Software Architect at SEON, you will lead software engineering projects across our product development organization and shape our technical architecture.

This is a Hybrid or remote role and the ideal candidate will be based in the EU.

WHAT YOU’LL DO

• Work out the technical scope of cross-team software projects based on the business requirements
• Collaborate with the development teams to design robust and performant solutions to the needs of SEON and our customers
• Analyze the performance of existing systems and work out solutions for improving it
• Document design decisions in the form of Architecture Decision Records
• Review the implementation of the technical plans
• Prepare deployment and migration plans and improve on existing deployment processes
• Collaborate with the engineering teams to push our solutions to production in a timely and efficient manner
• Collaborate with the Product Management team to prioritize, schedule and deliver new developments
• Work together with the SRE team to troubleshoot production issues and to enhance the observability of existing products
• Manage the implementation of our projects, coordinate between teams

WHAT YOU’ll BRING

• Strong working knowledge of modern web development technologies (two or more of the following: Java with Spring, JavaScript/TypeScript, Python)
• Experience with measuring and improving the performance of distributed systems
• Strong understanding of how web services and SaaS applications work
• Expertise with Amazon Web Services (AWS)
• Experience with relational databases (we use PostgreSQL)
• Experience with multiple database technologies (eg.: ClickHouse, Neo4J, Redis, Elasticsearch)
• Experience with modern DevOps tools (Terraform, Kubernetes, GitHub Actions, ELK stack)
• Strong organizational skills and ability to work together with both technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Ability to work independently, prioritize your workload
• Excellent written and verbal English communication skills

WHAT'S NEXT

Sounds good? Great, we can’t wait to hear from you! Want to learn more about what it’s like to work at SEON first? Here you go: https://careers.seon.io/