Senior Software Architect

Finquery, Formerly Leasequery; Atlanta (GA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual development stipend

Mentorship program

Sabbatical program

401(k) matching

Signing stipend

Great health benefits

Flexible PTO

Gym membership

Catered lunches

Parental leave

Job summary

FinQuery, headquartered in Atlanta, GA, seeks a Senior Software Architect to guide software direction across product lines, mentor engineers, and drive AI-assisted development initiatives. You will define standards, design decisions, and ensure scalable, secure, and reliable systems while actively contributing to code and architecture.

You will collaborate with Product, Professional Services, and Sales to align technical execution with business goals and customer requirements, while advancing

Qualifications

• Typically requires a minimum of 10 years of related experience with a Bachelor's degree; or 8 years and a Master's degree; or PhD with 6 years' experience; or equivalent experience
• History of architecting and delivering enterprise-scale software systems in production environments
• Experience mentoring or leading technical direction without formal people management

Responsibilities

• Leads the technical vision for at least one product line and provides ongoing direction across teams to advance that vision
• Establishes quality standards and drives system design decisions to reduce defects
• Serves as the team's AI development expert and promotes AI-assisted development tools
• Owns significant components through full development life cycle
• Evaluates business risk and makes strategic technical trade-offs
• Mentors engineers in technical decision-making and risk assessment
• Identifies and resolves complex problems; implements sustainable solutions
• Defines architectural decisions including tenancy models and service boundaries
• Improves engineering processes and test automation
• Creates and reviews system designs with appropriate patterns and data structures
• Contributes code using approved AI-assisted tools
• Leads post-acquisition data migration and security assessments
• Partners with Product, Professional Services, and Sales to align execution with requirements

Skills

Claude Code

AI-driven development

.NET8+

ASP.NET

ORMs

PostgreSQL

REST APIs

Containers

Cloud-native

Microservices

Observability

Agile

AWS

Communication

Mentoring engineers

Education

Bachelor's in Computer Science

10+ years experience in software architecture

AI-augmented development workflow

Tools

AWS

PostgreSQL

Redis

DynamoDB

Elasticsearch

GitHub Actions

Job description

FinQuery stands at the forefront of accounting automation, driven by a deep specialty in contract-driven accounting. Our AI-enabled platform transforms how controllers and finance teams operate, seamlessly managing and accounting for the complex financial contracts—like leases, prepaids, and accruals—that are the backbone of modern business. We are not just a software provider; we are the unified subledger that eliminates time-intensive, error-prone technical accounting workflows, ensuring financial reports are accurate and empowering our customers to focus on strategic, high-value tasks.

FinQuery is the global leader in lease accounting (as recognized on G2.com) and serve more than 8,500 customers worldwide. Our growth trajectory has been consistently validated by the Inc 5000, which has recognized us as one of the fastest-growing private companies for five consecutive years.

Solve the Problems That Matter Most

The Senior Software Architect is a senior technical leader who guides the direction of software development, oversees the design and implementation of complex systems, and mentors other engineers. This role translates business needs into technical solutions, ensures high-quality software, and drives innovation within the engineering team, including advancing the team's use of agentic AI tools to enhance development efficiency. The Senior Software Architect leads the technical vision for at least one product line and provides ongoing direction and feedback across teams to advance that vision, while remaining a direct, ongoing contributor to code.

Reports To: VP, Engineering

How You Will Make an Impact:

• Leads the technical vision for at least one product line and provides ongoing direction and feedback across teams to advance that vision
• Establishes quality standards and drives system design decisions that prevent defects, leading material improvements that eliminate recurring classes of problems
• Serves as the team's expert resource on AI-driven development practices and LLM usage, advocating for and driving adoption of AI-assisted development tools across the engineering organization
• Leads participation in the full development life cycle, including requirements gathering, analysis, and design, taking ownership of significant components
• Evaluates business risk and customer impact to make strategic technical trade-off decisions
• Mentors engineers in technical decision-making, including risk evaluation and trade-off analysis
• Proactively identifies and resolves complex problems, implementing sustainable solutions that prevent recurrence
• Defines, communicates, and owns architectural decisions, including tenancy models, service boundaries, performance and cost tradeoffs, extensibility, and safe upgrade paths, to meet current and future needs for scaling, performance, security, and reliability
• Identifies and implements process improvements across the engineering organization
• Creates and reviews system designs, applying appropriate architectural patterns, idioms, and data structures
• Takes full ownership of assigned work and team deliverable quality, including advancing test automation strategy and implementation, and is highly accountable for how software performs in production
• Ensures comprehensive documentation across all development phases and guides others in producing it
• Contributes directly to code on an ongoing basis using approved AI-assisted development tools
• Leads post-acquisition technical integration efforts, including data migration planning, security assessments, and compliance evaluation
• Partners regularly with Product, Professional Services, and Sales to align technical execution with business and customer requirements
• Conduct all business in accordance with FinQuery policies and procedures
• All other duties as assigned

The Expertise You'll Bring:

Education and Experience Desired

• Typically requires a minimum of 10 years of related experience with a Bachelor's degree; or 8 years and a Master's degree; or a PhD with 6 years' experience; or equivalent experience with a typical range of 12-15 years
• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science or related field preferred
• History of architecting and delivering enterprise-scale software systems in production environments
• Background in mentoring or leading technical direction in an individual contributor capacity, without formal people management responsibility
• Track record working within an AI-augmented software development workflow, such as Claude Code or comparable agentic development tools
• Recent work with AWS, C#, Containerized workloads, ORMs, and GitHub Actions
• Postgres and React knowledge is a plus

Technical Skills

• Proficiency in Claude Code, Codex, or comparable agentic AI development tools
• Applies AI/ML tools to enhance development efficiency and accelerate task completion
• Deep expertise in .NET8+, ASP.NET, and ORMs
• Strong command of relational database design and management
• Exposure to NoSql-type databases like Redis, DynamoDb, or Elasticsearch
• Proficiency in HTTP, REST APIs, and messaging queue architectures
• Hands-on experience with containerized workloads
• Skilled in architecting and building cloud-native enterprise software
• Skilled in applying microservices and monolithic architecture patterns
• Understanding of infrastructure and hardware-level constraints affecting software performance
• Exposure to integration patterns across distributed systems
• Fluent in concurrency and observability practices in production systems
• Capacity to present and defend complex technical solutions under scrutiny from highly technical stakeholders
• Effective communicator and collaborator across the organization
• Practiced in Agile software development methodologies

Benefits

For Your Growth & Career

• Annual employee development program stipend of $2,000 for each employee
• Mentorship program (available immediately)
• Sabbatical program (4 weeks after 5 years of service)
• Advancement opportunities based on results, not politics

For Your Financial Well-being

• 401(k) plan with employer matching
• Signing stipend for a work-from-home setup

For Your Health & Wellness

• Great health benefits with multiple plan option
• Flexible PTO (including 11 holidays and your birthday off)
• Free gym membership at our office (Atlanta HQ)
• Casual dress environment (when in office)
• Catered lunches every Tuesday & Thursday (when in office)

For Your Family & Life

• Parental Leave Benefits
• Fertility/Adoption Assistance
• Annual tutoring stipend for your children

FinQuery is an equal opportunity employer to all persons, free from restrictions and prejudice based upon race, color, creed, religion, sex, domestic relationship status, parental status, family status, sexual orientation, national origin, gender identity, age, and disability status. FinQuery maintains a drug-free workplace.