Senior Software Architect - Backend, ML & Platform Lead

Tutor; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Employer-Covered Health Insurance

401(k)

Unlimited Paid Time Off

Federal Holidays Off

Accrued Paid Time Off

Premium Pay on Federal Holidays

In-Office Meals

Team Social Events

Job summary

Tutor is seeking a Lead Software Architect to design and own core systems, guiding architecture across backend, data, ML infrastructure, internal tools, and customer-facing systems. You will collaborate with robotics, hardware, and operations teams to deliver scalable platforms.

You will drive technical direction, manage tradeoffs, mentor engineers, and communicate clearly across teams. The role requires broad production software experience and comfort with ambiguity in a fast-growing

Qualifications

• Requires strong programming ability and experience building and evolving complex production software systems across backend, infrastructure, and application layers.
• Candidates should be comfortable with ambiguity, making pragmatic architectural tradeoffs, communicating clearly, and leading technical discussions to align teams.

Skills

Software Architecture

Technical Leadership

Backend Development

System Design

Cloud Infrastructure

Data Pipelines

Containers

CI/CD

Developer Tooling

Machine Learning Infrastructure

Python

Tools

Python

Kubernetes

Docker

CI/CD

Job description

Tutor is seeking a Lead Software Architect to design and own core systems, guiding architecture across backend, data, ML infrastructure, internal tools, and customer-facing systems. You will collaborate with robotics, hardware, and operations teams to deliver scalable platforms.

You will drive technical direction, manage tradeoffs, mentor engineers, and communicate clearly across teams. The role requires broad production software experience and comfort with ambiguity in a fast-growing