Cloud-Native SaaS Architect

Koch Business Solutions, LP; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 145,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Koch is seeking a Software Architect to provide technical leadership for our Short Code Registry platform. Define architecture, guide engineering standards, and deliver scalable software and analytics across cloud-native apps.

Partner with product, business, and engineering to modernize capabilities and ensure reliability. You will mentor engineers, drive IaC with Terraform, and shape roadmaps with stakeholders across the organization.

Qualifications

• Proven experience building web apps with React, TypeScript and modern frontend frameworks.
• Experience designing APIs and backend services with Node.js/NestJS/Express.
• Strong PostgreSQL data modeling, indexing, and query tuning experience.

Responsibilities

• Define and evolve application, data, and cloud architecture for a multi-tenant SaaS platform.
• Lead the design and delivery of scalable full-stack solutions using React, Next.js, TypeScript, Node.js, and NestJS.
• Architect APIs, integrations, and service patterns that support secure, maintainable, and extensible solutions.
• Design and optimize PostgreSQL data models, indexing strategies, and performance tuning approaches.
• Establish cloud architecture standards across AWS services, including RDS, Lambda, S3, IAM, Cognito, and QuickSight.
• Architect and deliver embedded analytics solutions using AWS QuickSight, including dashboard design, row-level security, and data modeling.
• Drive architecture reviews, technology decisions, and engineering standards related to scalability, resiliency, security, and observability.
• Partner with product, business, and engineering stakeholders to translate business objectives into technical solutions and roadmaps.
• Champion Infrastructure-as-Code, automation, and deployment best practices utilizing Terraform and CI/CD pipelines.
• Mentor engineers and provide technical leadership throughout the software development lifecycle, from solution design through production support.

Skills

React

TypeScript

Next.js

Node.js

NestJS

AWS

PostgreSQL

CI/CD

Terraform

Leadership

Tools

Terraform

CI/CD pipelines

AWS QuickSight

RDS

Job description

Koch is seeking a Software Architect to provide technical leadership for our Short Code Registry platform. Define architecture, guide engineering standards, and deliver scalable software and analytics across cloud-native apps.

Partner with product, business, and engineering to modernize capabilities and ensure reliability. You will mentor engineers, drive IaC with Terraform, and shape roadmaps with stakeholders across the organization.