Platform Architect & Technical Leader (Hands-On)

PODS; Clearwater (FL); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

PODS in the United States is seeking a Software Engineer V to set technical direction and own architecture that spans teams. You will design systems that others build within and be accountable for outcomes delivered by teams and yourself.

You will prototype risky components, ship critical‑path code, and shape how we test and learn at scale, enabling rapid experimentation on price display, communications, chat, and more with real customer data.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in CS, Eng, or related field or equivalent experience.
• 8+ years of professional software engineering, leading multi‑quarter initiatives across teams.
• Experience designing and operating distributed systems at scale.

Responsibilities

• Own architecture across multiple teams and define integration contracts.
• Plan and lead multi‑quarter migrations from legacy systems.
• Identify riskiest assumptions and plan spikes to retire them.
• Own software design process, reviews, and production‑readiness standards.
• Help design interview loops and calibrate senior technical hires.

Skills

Distributed systems

Cloud architecture

Technical leadership

Hands-on coding

Mentoring engineers

Kotlin

TypeScript

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering

Tools

Azure

Kubernetes

PostgreSQL

Docker

Datadog

Snowflake

Next.js

Job description

PODS in the United States is seeking a Software Engineer V to set technical direction and own architecture that spans teams. You will design systems that others build within and be accountable for outcomes delivered by teams and yourself.

You will prototype risky components, ship critical‑path code, and shape how we test and learn at scale, enabling rapid experimentation on price display, communications, chat, and more with real customer data.