Cloud-Native Systems Architect & Tech Leader

Valuetainment; Fort Lauderdale (FL); On-site; USD 180,000 - 280,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive benefits

Career growth opportunities

Equal opportunity employer

Job summary

Valuetainment is seeking a Lead Software Architect to shape the technical vision and system design for scalable, cloud-native platforms. You will bridge business strategy and hands-on engineering, defining end-to-end architectures, and guiding teams through modernization lifecycles.

You will mentor engineers, set architectural standards, and collaborate with non-technical stakeholders to align requirements, constraints, and timelines.

Qualifications

• 10+ years in software development with 3+ years in architectural design and leadership.
• Deep expertise in distributed systems and cloud platforms (AWS/Azure/GCP).
• Proficiency in major stacks (C#, Java, .NET) and API design.
• Experience with microservices, containers, and DevOps practices.

Responsibilities

• Design end-to-end, scalable, secure systems (microservices, event-driven, API-first).
• Define architectural principles, guardrails, and technical roadmaps.
• Oversee architecture across the software lifecycle with code reviews.
• Mentor engineers and coordinate multi-team execution.
• Communicate trade-offs to leadership on cost, timeline, performance.
• Lead modernization and AI-assisted workflows integration.

Skills

Distributed systems

Cloud platforms

Programming stacks

APIs design

Microservices

Containerization

CI/CD

Back-end Node/TS

Mobile PRs

Open-source familiarity

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Git

CI/CD tools

Job description

Valuetainment is seeking a Lead Software Architect to shape the technical vision and system design for scalable, cloud-native platforms. You will bridge business strategy and hands-on engineering, defining end-to-end architectures, and guiding teams through modernization lifecycles.

You will mentor engineers, set architectural standards, and collaborate with non-technical stakeholders to align requirements, constraints, and timelines.