Senior Platform Architect — Lead Scalable Systems

United States Digital Space LLC; United States; Remote; USD 260,000 - 400,000; Full time

Job summary

SentrySoftware is seeking a Senior Staff Software Engineer to guide the Platform org as it scales. You’ll translate business needs into scalable software blueprints, mentor engineers, and drive cross-team initiatives with senior leadership.

This role partners with product and engineering leaders to align roadmaps with company goals, ensuring architectural consistency and long-term health of the platform. You’ll own end-to-end architectural reviews, promote engineering excellence, and help shape

Qualifications

• 12+ years building large-scale distributed systems.
• 5+ years in cloud environments (AWS, GCP, etc.).
• 3+ years in architecture or leadership role.
• Proven cross-team leadership on engineering projects.
• Ability to create production-grade PoCs and write high-quality code.
• Deep knowledge of Kubernetes, Terraform, Service Mesh.
• Kafka and real-time streaming frameworks (e.g., Flink, Beam).
• OLAP/OLTP databases, blob storage, caching.
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to explain complex concepts.
• Experience mentoring senior engineers.

Responsibilities

• Architect the future of the company by translating business needs and product strategy into clear, scalable technical blueprints.
• Partner with product and engineering leaders to align technical roadmaps with company goals.
• Lead cross-cutting initiatives across the Platform org—owning them end-to-end and driving meaningful outcomes.
• Promote engineering excellence by mentoring platform engineers, sharing best practices, and setting high standards for system design, scalability, and operational quality.
• Review major architectural proposals and help ensure consistency, maintainability, and long-term technical health across the company.

Skills

Distributed systems

Cloud environments

Technical leadership

Cross-team collaboration

Production-grade PoCs

Architecting systems

Communication

Mentoring

Tools

Kubernetes

Terraform

Service Mesh

Kafka

Flink/Beam

Job description

SentrySoftware is seeking a Senior Staff Software Engineer to guide the Platform org as it scales. You’ll translate business needs into scalable software blueprints, mentor engineers, and drive cross-team initiatives with senior leadership.

This role partners with product and engineering leaders to align roadmaps with company goals, ensuring architectural consistency and long-term health of the platform. You’ll own end-to-end architectural reviews, promote engineering excellence, and help shape