Senior Lead Architect, Mobile Messaging Platform

DigitalXNode; Boston (MA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

DigitalXNode in Boston seeks a Senior Lead Software Engineer to drive the technical vision and architecture of our Mobile Channels platform, enabling secure, scalable messaging across SMS, RCS, and WhatsApp. You will lead distributed systems design, mentor engineers, and collaborate with product, security, and platform teams to deliver high-volume, global services.

The role emphasizes cloud-native delivery, observability, and reliability, with opportunities to shape standards and accelerate

Qualifications

• 12+ years of professional software engineering experience focused on backend and distributed systems.
• Proven experience as Lead Engineer, Staff Engineer, Architect, or senior technical leader.
• Experience with AWS and Infrastructure as Code (Terraform).
• Experience with Kafka, Redis, DynamoDB, and relational databases.

Responsibilities

• Define technical vision and influence engineering strategy across multiple teams.
• Design scalable backend services and messaging infrastructure.
• Mentor engineers and participate in architecture reviews.
• Drive reliability, observability, and performance improvements.
• Lead multi-region deployments and cloud-native modernization.

Skills

Backend engineering

Lead/Architect experience

Python

Go

Distributed systems

AWS

Terraform

Kafka

Redis

DynamoDB

Kubernetes

Observability

Performance tuning

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/IT

B.Tech/MCA/BCA/BSc in related field

Master's degree or cloud/architecture certs

Tools

Terraform

Kafka

Redis

DynamoDB

Relational databases

Kubernetes

AWS

CI/CD tooling

Job description

DigitalXNode in Boston seeks a Senior Lead Software Engineer to drive the technical vision and architecture of our Mobile Channels platform, enabling secure, scalable messaging across SMS, RCS, and WhatsApp. You will lead distributed systems design, mentor engineers, and collaborate with product, security, and platform teams to deliver high-volume, global services.

The role emphasizes cloud-native delivery, observability, and reliability, with opportunities to shape standards and accelerate