Senior Cloud-Native Software Architect

Worky; Naperville (IL); On-site; USD 132,000 - 147,000; Full time

Job summary

ampliFI Loyalty Solutions in Naperville, IL is seeking a Software Engineer to define the long‑term architectural vision and lead the technical strategy for loyalty platforms. You will guide cross‑functional teams across backend, data, and cloud, ensuring scalable, secure, and fault‑tolerant design.

You will own architectural governance, drive AWS‑focused platform improvements, oversee system design with Java backends, and coordinate with product managers to translate business goals into

Qualifications

• Master's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field with three (3) years of software development experience.
• Designing and developing enterprise‑level software systems.
• Developing platform engineering capabilities and scalable backend services.

Responsibilities

• Define, document, and enforce architectural principles and patterns across engineering teams.
• Lead AWS-focused cloud platform design, optimization, and governance for high reliability and cost efficiency.
• Oversee backend services in Java and integration with React front‑end systems.
• Design and govern data models and performance for SQL/NoSQL databases.
• Define TDD/QA mandates and CI/CD pipelines; mentor senior and junior engineers.

Skills

Architectural leadership

Mentorship

Cross-functional collaboration

Technical strategy

Cloud architecture

Education

Master's degree in Computer Science/Software Engineering or related field

Tools

Java

AWS

Docker

Kubernetes

DynamoDB

PostgreSQL

MySQL

Glue

React

EC2

S3

Lambda

Job description

ampliFI Loyalty Solutions in Naperville, IL is seeking a Software Engineer to define the long‑term architectural vision and lead the technical strategy for loyalty platforms. You will guide cross‑functional teams across backend, data, and cloud, ensuring scalable, secure, and fault‑tolerant design.

You will own architectural governance, drive AWS‑focused platform improvements, oversee system design with Java backends, and coordinate with product managers to translate business goals into