Cloud-Native Software Architect – SaaS Platform Lead

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

Job summary

GCH Tech is seeking a Software Architect to provide technical leadership for our Short Code Registry platform. You will define architecture, guide standards, and deliver scalable software and analytics across cloud-native applications.

You will partner with product, business, and engineering teams to modernize platform capabilities, enable data-driven insights, and ensure long-term reliability and performance.

Qualifications

• Experience designing web applications with React and TypeScript.
• Experience developing APIs and backend services using Node.js/NestJS/Express.
• Experience designing PostgreSQL databases, including schema design and indexing.
• Experience with AWS cloud services (at least 3 of EC2, RDS, Lambda, S3, IAM, Cognito, QuickSight).
• Experience as technical lead or architect for production software applications.

Responsibilities

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

Skills

React

TypeScript

Node.js

NestJS

Express

PostgreSQL

AWS

Cloud architecture

CI/CD

Terraform

OAuth 2.0

Tools

Next.js

RDS

S3

Lambda

Cognito

Job description

GCH Tech is seeking a Software Architect to provide technical leadership for our Short Code Registry platform. You will define architecture, guide standards, and deliver scalable software and analytics across cloud-native applications.

You will partner with product, business, and engineering teams to modernize platform capabilities, enable data-driven insights, and ensure long-term reliability and performance.