Senior Java & Cloud Architect for Payment Platform

Habitat For Humanity Of Durham; Raleigh (NC); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Life insurance

Disability insurance

401k plan

Job summary

Habitat For Humanity Of Durham seeks an experienced software architect to drive the architecture and delivery of high-impact solutions across the organization. You will lead design, guide cross-functional teams, and advocate modern engineering practices using Java, Spring Boot, AWS, and event streaming technologies.

The role emphasizes scalable, secure systems, end-to-end technical leadership, and mentoring peers, with a focus on adoption of AI-enabled approaches and continuous improvement in

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, a related field, or equivalent education, training, and work-related training.
• Minimum of 7 years of professional experience in software development.
• Deep knowledge of multiple programming languages, software architecture, and design principles.
• Deep understanding of software development lifecycle, testing, deployment, and security practices.

Responsibilities

• Implements software architecture and engineering approaches for complex initiatives within the job area, contributing to technical plans and working to achieve operational targets with major impact on results.
• Adopts and refines advanced software engineering standards, practices, and governance mechanisms for the job area, influencing how multiple teams improve quality, reliability, and delivery.
• Collaborates with senior engineers, product partners, and architecture teammates to shape technology approaches for the domain, providing deep technical insight and proposing solution patterns that inform local roadmaps and priorities.
• Leads the end-to-end technical design and implementation of scalable, secure, and highly available software solutions for the job area, producing patterns and examples that other technical professionals can follow.
• Independently troubleshoots and resolves complex technical issues in the area of responsibility, designing innovative architectures and performance, reliability, and scalability improvements that advance business objectives.
• Provides ongoing technical guidance, coaching, and training to other engineers, delegating and reviewing work from lower-level technical professionals and raising the technical bar through design reviews and knowledge sharing.
• Evaluates emerging technologies and techniques relevant to the job area, building prototypes and solution concepts that contribute measurable input into new features, products, or capabilities.
• Contributes to the development of long-term technical goals and plans for the area of responsibility through well-reasoned recommendations, design proposals, and implementation experience.
• Leads large or complex initiatives within the job area, coordinating and delegating technical work that may span outside the immediate team, and ensuring cohesive, high-quality outcomes with limited supervision.

Skills

Java

Spring Boot

AWS Cloud

SQS

Kafka

Postgress

AI adoption

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, a related field, or equivalent education, training, and work-related training.

Tools

Kafka

SQS

Postgress

Job description

Habitat For Humanity Of Durham seeks an experienced software architect to drive the architecture and delivery of high-impact solutions across the organization. You will lead design, guide cross-functional teams, and advocate modern engineering practices using Java, Spring Boot, AWS, and event streaming technologies.

The role emphasizes scalable, secure systems, end-to-end technical leadership, and mentoring peers, with a focus on adoption of AI-enabled approaches and continuous improvement in