Hands-On Software Architect — Growth Path to Senior

K2United LLC; United States; On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) plan with employer matching

Comprehensive medical benefits

Paid time off

Tuition stipend

Flexible work environment

Technical training and certifications

Job summary

K2United LLC is seeking an Intermediate Software Architect to shape CareerSafe and K2Share product software direction, while staying close to implementation. You will translate business needs into scalable architecture and guide teams through technical decisions with hands-on involvement.

The role blends high-level strategy with practical coding, prototyping, and mentoring, in a mission-driven, small-business environment that values work-life balance.

Qualifications

• Hands-on software development experience and production-quality coding.
• Strong backend architecture understanding and scalable systems design.
• Professional Python experience; Django is a plus.
• Experience designing relational databases and APIs.
• Familiarity with cloud-based design, AWS preferred.
• Terraform and infrastructure-as-code knowledge beneficial.
• Experience collaborating across product, design, and infra teams.

Responsibilities

• Design scalable software solutions and evaluate technology trade-offs.
• Create prototypes and proofs-of-concept to validate designs.
• Collaborate with AppDev, QE, Product Development, and IOPS on direction.
• Review PRs, mentor developers, and strengthen engineering practices.
• Maintain architecture documentation in Confluence and Miro.
• Ensure code quality and consistency across teams.

Skills

Hands-on development

Backend architecture

Python

Django

APIs design

Cloud architecture (AWS)

Code review & mentoring

Tools

AWS

Terraform

Vue.js

Job description

K2United LLC is seeking an Intermediate Software Architect to shape CareerSafe and K2Share product software direction, while staying close to implementation. You will translate business needs into scalable architecture and guide teams through technical decisions with hands-on involvement.

The role blends high-level strategy with practical coding, prototyping, and mentoring, in a mission-driven, small-business environment that values work-life balance.