Senior Software Engineer / Solutions Architect

Software Directory; Philippines; Hybrid; PHP 502,000 - 804,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Job summary

Software Directory is building an AI company at speed. This Senior Software Engineer / Solutions Architect role focuses on designing scalable architecture, turning ambiguous ideas into production systems quickly, and owning critical infrastructure. Remote work available from the Philippines.

If you seek a role that demands velocity without drama, enjoy solving hard problems, and want to influence product and architecture decisions with a small high-agency team, this is for you.

Qualifications

• Experience designing architecture that scales before the scale exists.
• Turning ambiguous ideas into production systems quickly.
• Shipping fast while protecting the parts that cannot break.
• Making technical decisions with long half-lives.

Responsibilities

• You won't be maintaining legacy systems.
• You'll be building the core systems that drive change and impact a significant number of large businesses.
• Own critical infrastructure, product, and platform decisions and remove blockers to progress.

Skills

System architecture

Ownership mindset

Production systems

High velocity development

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Job description

Senior Software Engineer / Solutions Architect

Remote Unspecified Unspecified

Description

Remote, Philippines

Salary: 45k - 72k

Experience: 3-7 Yrs

Degree: Minimum Bachelor/Preferred Masters

Shift:

EST: 8:00 AM - 6:00 PM

PH Time: 8:00 PM - 6:00 AM

Looking for Builders, Not Passengers

Most engineers are given maps.

We are looking for someone who creates the roadmap.

We are building an AI company at speed. The kind where the architecture decisions made in the next 12-18 months will define our company for the next decade.

This role is not for someone who wants a comfortable sprint cycle.

It's for someone who wants to build systems that matter, someone who is comfortable assembling parts of an airplane while the airplane is in the air.

We are looking for a Driven and Talented Software Engineer who can operate with the ownership, speed, and sound judgment of a leader.

Someone who doesn't wait to be pointed at problems.

Someone who hunts them and solves them graciously.

The Work

You won't be maintaining legacy systems.

You'll be building the core systems that drive change and impact a significant number of extremely reputable and large businesses.

That means:

• Designing architecture that scales before the scale exists
• Turning ambiguous ideas into production systems quickly
• Shipping fast while protecting the parts that cannot break
• Making technical decisions with long half-lives

You will have real ownership of critical infrastructure, product, and platform decisions.

When something blocks progress, you remove the blocker.

No drama. Just velocity.

The Kind of Engineer Who Thrives Here

You'll probably thrive here if:

• You build things because you can't help yourself
• You care deeply about craft, performance, and elegant systems
• You move faster than most teams while maintaining high standards
• You learn new domains faster than most people can Google them
• You default to ownership instead of permission

You likely have at least one project where:

• you built something that was technically extremely difficult from scratch
• people now depend on it
• and you did it mostly because you wanted to see if it was possible

You have very high standards.

For your code.

For your thinking.

And especially for yourself.

What This Is Not

This is not:

• a maintenance role
• a Jira-ticket factory
• a place to hide behind processes
• an environment tolerant of mediocre engineering

We are building with controlled velocity:

Fast without being sloppy.

Ambitious without being reckless.

The Upside

If you are the right person, this will be one of the most leveraged periods of your career.

You'll get:

• Ownership over systems that matter
• A small team of other high-agency builders
• Real influence on product and architecture
• Equity that actually means something if we winA front-row seat to building an AI company's new products from the ground up

The Filter

This role is not for everyone.

Most engineers prefer clear maps and tickets, predictable scope, and stable systems.

If reading this made you feel slightly uncomfortable and excited at the same time, you are probably the kind of builder we are looking for.

Originally posted on Himalayas