Senior Backend Architect: Lead Secure, Scalable Systems

Quality Technology Services, LLC; Ashburn (VA); On-site; USD 152,000 - 228,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Roth 401(k) matching

Paid time off

Stock Purchase Plan

Holiday and volunteer programs

Job summary

Quality Technology Services, LLC (QTS) in Ashburn, VA, seeks a Backend Software Architect to provide technical leadership across solution architectures and engineering teams. You will translate requirements into detailed designs, mentor engineers, and ensure secure, scalable implementations.

The role emphasizes governance, modernization, and collaboration with product teams to deliver reliable software solutions for data-center focused platforms in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• 8+ years in engineering, architecture, or tech leadership.
• Deep backend software development expertise.
• Ability to translate requirements into detailed designs and patterns.
• Experience mentoring engineers and leading cross-team initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Provide deep technical leadership within a defined technology domain.
• Translate business requirements into detailed technical designs and guidance.
• Evaluate tradeoffs balancing security, scalability, performance, and maintainability.
• Mentor engineers and technical leads to enable autonomous decisions.
• Promote reusable patterns, standards, and reference implementations.
• Collaborate with architects, engineering leads, and product teams to align with architecture guardrails.

Skills

Backend development

Technical leadership

Architecture design

Mentoring

Security & reliability

Job description

Quality Technology Services, LLC (QTS) in Ashburn, VA, seeks a Backend Software Architect to provide technical leadership across solution architectures and engineering teams. You will translate requirements into detailed designs, mentor engineers, and ensure secure, scalable implementations.

The role emphasizes governance, modernization, and collaboration with product teams to deliver reliable software solutions for data-center focused platforms in a fast-paced environment.