Lead Software Architect for AI & Cloud Platforms

Jobtailor

Colorado

On-site

USD 150,000 - 190,000

Full time

2 days ago

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Job summary

Jobtailor is seeking a senior software architect to lead architecture, design, and delivery of scalable, secure software platforms. You will prototype AI-driven solutions, collaborate with data scientists, cybersecurity, and product teams, and drive technical roadmaps from concept to production.

The role requires mentoring engineers, shaping best practices, and overseeing automated testing, CI/CD, and observability.

Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in a technical field.
Progressive software engineering experience across APIs, platforms, or cloud-native services.
Ability to lead the full software development lifecycle with strong communication.
Experience designing scalable, secure, observable software with modern patterns and CI/CD.
No visa sponsorship available; capable of completing a drug screen.

Responsibilities

Lead architecture, design, development, and testing of modern software solutions and reusable platform capabilities.
Evaluate and prototype emerging technologies (AI, cloud-native services, APIs, automation).
Translate business goals into scalable software designs and technical roadmaps.
Mentor engineers, guide design reviews, and promote engineering excellence.
Collaborate with product, data science, cybersecurity, infra, UX, and business stakeholders.
Define evaluation methods, success criteria, testing, monitoring, and production readiness checks.
Identify risks, dependencies, security concerns, and operational constraints; propose mitigations.