Lead Cloud Platform Architect — AI-Native Security

sevenai; Boston (MA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

7AI is seeking a Principal Software Engineer in Boston to define the technical foundation of our AI-native cybersecurity platform. You will lead system design, drive 0→1 initiatives, and mentor engineers, shaping architecture and production readiness.

Collaborate with product, AI, security, and platform teams to translate complex problems into scalable solutions, guiding engineering culture and ensuring observability and reliability in production.

Qualifications

• 15+ years of professional software engineering experience building and operating production-grade distributed systems.
• Proven experience leading the design and delivery of large-scale, highly available cloud-native systems.
• Strong system design expertise, including distributed systems, APIs, event-driven architectures, data-intensive applications, and infrastructure scalability.
• Experience leading complex technical projects with significant ambiguity and cross-functional coordination.
• Strong proficiency in one or more backend languages such as Rust, Python, TypeScript, or Go.
• Track record building systems on AWS, GCP, or Azure.
• Strong communication skills, with the ability to explain complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Comfortable and curious working with AI-assisted development tools such as Claude Code, Codex, or Cursor.

Responsibilities

• Lead design of scalable backend systems for our AI-native cybersecurity platform.
• Drive complex technical initiatives from 0→1, including system design, technical strategy, implementation, and operationalization.
• Partner with product, AI, security, and platform teams to turn ambiguous business and customer problems into solid technical solutions.
• Lead design discussions and provide technical leadership across multiple engineering domains and initiatives.
• Identify and address technical risks, scalability bottlenecks, and operational challenges before they affect the business.
• Improve system observability, reliability, testing, deployment workflows, and operational excellence across engineering.
• Help shape engineering culture by promoting high standards for execution, craftsmanship, collaboration, and ownership.
• Mentor engineers through technical guidance, design reviews, and hands-on collaboration.
• Work effectively in a fast-changing environment where priorities and technical challenges shift quickly.

Skills

Distributed systems

System design

Backend development

Technical leadership

Mentoring

Cloud-native

AWS/GCP/Azure

Job description

7AI is seeking a Principal Software Engineer in Boston to define the technical foundation of our AI-native cybersecurity platform. You will lead system design, drive 0→1 initiatives, and mentor engineers, shaping architecture and production readiness.

Collaborate with product, AI, security, and platform teams to translate complex problems into scalable solutions, guiding engineering culture and ensuring observability and reliability in production.