Chief Architect, Cloud-Native SaaS & AI

Aderant Holdings, Inc.; United States; Remote; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Aderant Holdings, Inc. is seeking a Chief Architect to lead the technical architecture vision across SaaS, cloud, AI, data, and security for its portfolio of products. You will drive standards, guardrails, and reference patterns, while collaborating with Product Management, Engineering, and Cloud Operations to ensure scalable, secure architecture.

You will mentor engineers, engage with C-level clients, and guide architecture choices through design reviews and hands-on problem solving as needed.

Qualifications

• 12+ years in software architecture
• 5+ years as an enterprise or chief architect
• Experience architecting multi-tenant SaaS platforms across multiple cloud providers
• Track record leading a legacy-to-cloud or on-prem-to-SaaS transition at scale
• Hands-on experience architecting AI and ML-integrated products
• Strong background in data architecture, governance, and strategy
• Solid grounding in network and infrastructure architecture, including zero-trust and IaC
• Deep knowledge of application security, with experience partnering directly with InfoSec and GRC
• Track record advising both product and engineering leadership on technical strategy and outcomes
• Comfortable engaging clients at both the C-level and technical level
• Experience leading architecture through both direct management and dotted-line influence
• Experience with AI tools and processes that benefit the technical and business outcomes of the product, engineering and client outcomes
• Legal tech or vertical SaaS background
• Experience with M&A-driven product consolidation
• Familiarity with compliance frameworks such as SOC 2 and ISO 27001
• Technical stakeholder management across Product, App Engineering, Platform Engineering, and Cloud Operations

Responsibilities

• Set Aderant's technical architecture strategy across SaaS, cloud, AI, data, network, infrastructure, and security.
• Translate strategy into standards, guardrails, and reference patterns that Product Management, App Engineering, Platform Engineering and Cloud Operations build against.
• Bring technical judgment into Product Management's roadmap conversations, informing trade-offs without owning the roadmap.
• Represent the architecture vision to clients, from CIO/CTO-level briefings to technical deep dives.
• Get hands-on with design reviews, prototypes, and challenging technical problems when needed.
• Set standards for how App Engineering and Platform Engineering extend the core platform and AI backbone.
• Lead adoption of AI and agentic patterns into product architecture, working directly with engineering teams on integration.
• Partner with Cloud Operations on infrastructure resilience, cost efficiency, and operational standards.
• Collaborate with Platform teams on cross-portfolio governance, data access, integration, and scalability decisions.
• Partner with InfoSec and GRC to define and enforce security controls and compliance requirements.
• Run recurring architecture and security review processes across product teams, surfacing risk early.
• Mentor senior engineers and resolve cross-product architecture conflicts.

Job description

Aderant Holdings, Inc. is seeking a Chief Architect to lead the technical architecture vision across SaaS, cloud, AI, data, and security for its portfolio of products. You will drive standards, guardrails, and reference patterns, while collaborating with Product Management, Engineering, and Cloud Operations to ensure scalable, secure architecture.

You will mentor engineers, engage with C-level clients, and guide architecture choices through design reviews and hands-on problem solving as needed.