Lead Software Architect - Cloud-Native & Mentorship

Foundation Software; Strongsville (OH); On-site; USD 170,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Outstanding benefits

Award-winning workplace

Job summary

Foundation Software in Strongsville, OH is seeking a Principal Software Architect to lead our architecture team and provide technical leadership across the engineering organization. You will shape the technical direction, mentor architects and senior engineers, and guide the design of scalable, secure software solutions.

You will collaborate with Product, Engineering, QA, Security, Infrastructure, and DevOps to deliver high-quality solutions and drive modernization across cloud, desktop, APIs,

Qualifications

• 12+ years of software engineering experience with enterprise applications.
• 5+ years of software architecture experience.
• Experience leading architects and senior engineers.
• Deep expertise in modern application architecture, cloud technologies, and software design patterns.
• Strong communication, collaboration, and technical leadership skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor the Software Architecture team.
• Partner with the VP of Architecture on architectural strategy and technology roadmaps.
• Guide solution architecture across cloud, desktop, APIs, and modernization initiatives.
• Lead architecture reviews and establish engineering standards and best practices.
• Mentor architects and senior developers.
• Promote scalable, secure, cloud-native application design.
• Evaluate emerging technologies, including AI, to improve our platform and engineering practices.
• Collaborate with Product, Engineering, QA, Security, Infrastructure, and DevOps to deliver high-quality solutions.

Skills

Software architecture

Leadership

Mentoring

Cloud technologies

Communication

Tools

.NET

C#

ASP.NET Core

REST APIs

Azure

AWS

GCP

Job description

Foundation Software in Strongsville, OH is seeking a Principal Software Architect to lead our architecture team and provide technical leadership across the engineering organization. You will shape the technical direction, mentor architects and senior engineers, and guide the design of scalable, secure software solutions.

You will collaborate with Product, Engineering, QA, Security, Infrastructure, and DevOps to deliver high-quality solutions and drive modernization across cloud, desktop, APIs,