Senior Software Architect: Cloud-Native Modernization & AI

Your Talent Team; North Carolina; On-site; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Your Talent Team is seeking a Senior Software Architect in the United States (NC) to shape the architectural direction of a global tech platform. You will drive multi-year strategy, modernize legacy systems, and collaborate with engineering, product, and leadership to deliver scalable, secure cloud-native solutions.

You will evaluate AI-assisted development and emerging technologies to boost productivity, influence major technical decisions, and mentor engineers while ensuring alignment with

Qualifications

• 8–10+ years of progressive software engineering and architecture experience, with a bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience.
• Proven success designing and evolving large-scale, distributed, cloud-based enterprise applications.
• Strong understanding of modern architecture, cloud platforms, APIs, integration patterns, and data technologies.
• Experience leading significant modernization or architectural transformation initiatives.
• Ability to connect business and product strategy with technical architecture and execution.

Responsibilities

• Drive Technology Strategy: Define and execute a multi-year architectural roadmap aligned with business objectives and product innovation.
• Lead Modernization: Guide the evolution of complex enterprise platforms, including cloud-native architectures, distributed systems, APIs, and data technologies.
• Influence Technical Direction: Partner with senior leadership and engineering teams to make strategic architecture and technology decisions.
• Champion AI & Innovation: Evaluate AI-assisted software development, automation, and emerging technologies to improve engineering productivity and accelerate delivery.
• Design for Scale: Establish architectural approaches that prioritize scalability, security, performance, resilience, and long-term maintainability.
• Improve Engineering Excellence: Identify opportunities to reduce technical debt, streamline development practices, and improve platform capabilities.
• Mentor & Collaborate: Serve as a trusted technical advisor, mentoring engineers and technical leaders while building alignment across teams.
• Balance Vision with Execution: Translate business needs into practical technical solutions while balancing innovation, cost, risk, and operational requirements.

Skills

Cloud architecture

Distributed systems

Strategic thinking

Leadership

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Terraform

CI/CD

OpenAPI

Java

TypeScript

Job description

Your Talent Team is seeking a Senior Software Architect in the United States (NC) to shape the architectural direction of a global tech platform. You will drive multi-year strategy, modernize legacy systems, and collaborate with engineering, product, and leadership to deliver scalable, secure cloud-native solutions.

You will evaluate AI-assisted development and emerging technologies to boost productivity, influence major technical decisions, and mentor engineers while ensuring alignment with