Senior Software Architect for SaMD Modernization

AgileEngine, LLC.; Austin (TX); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Professional growth

Competitive USD pay and budgets for ed

Exciting projects with Fortune 500/Top

Job summary

AgileEngine, LLC. is seeking a Software Architect to assess and define a target-state design for an FDA-regulated SaaS product. You will lead architectural decisions across PHP, C++, and JavaScript stacks, ensuring scalability, security, and regulatory compliance while mentoring a distributed team.

The role emphasizes designing APIs, data models, and refactoring strategies, with a focus on backward compatibility and data integrity.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in senior technical leadership roles (Lead Architect/Principal Engineer).
• Strong fundamentals in SOLID and GRASP design principles.
• Experience with layered architectures and Domain-Driven Design (DDD).
• Experience designing SaMD solutions in regulatory contexts.
• Proven ability to design APIs and multi-language data integrations.
• Experience reducing technical debt and driving large-scale refactors.
• Strong CI/CD, security, auditability, and private cloud deployment knowledge.
• Excellent communication and mentoring for remote teams.

Responsibilities

• Assess current system architecture, data flows, and tech debt to remove edge cases and anti-patterns.
• Define a target-state architecture with bounded contexts aligned to DDD and clean architecture.
• Design denormalized storage for read-heavy queries and data trade-offs.
• Lead phased roadmap and refactoring to modernize legacy components without disrupting users.
• Establish engineering standards, guidelines, and decision-making frameworks.
• Provide hands-on leadership across PHP, C++, and JavaScript teams.
• Improve development workflows, CI/CD, testing, and release processes.
• Mentor teams through design reviews and architectural documentation.

Skills

Lead Architect/Principal Engineer

8+ years experience

PHP

C++

JavaScript

SOLID design

GRASP design

DDD

Hexagonal/clean architecture

SaMD regulatory compliance

API design

Communication

Tools

CI/CD pipelines

Job description

AgileEngine, LLC. is seeking a Software Architect to assess and define a target-state design for an FDA-regulated SaaS product. You will lead architectural decisions across PHP, C++, and JavaScript stacks, ensuring scalability, security, and regulatory compliance while mentoring a distributed team.

The role emphasizes designing APIs, data models, and refactoring strategies, with a focus on backward compatibility and data integrity.