Senior Software Architect: Global Platform Modernization Lead

Aspire Talent Solutions; North Carolina; On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Aspire Talent Solutions is partnering with a globally recognized technology organization to hire a Senior Software Architect to shape the future of its enterprise software platform. You will define long-term technology vision, drive modernization, and influence how software is designed, developed, and delivered across the organization.

Collaborating with Engineering, Product, and Technology leadership, you will build scalable, secure, cloud-native solutions and evaluate AI-assisted development

Qualifications

• 8–10+ years of progressive software engineering and architecture 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.
• Demonstrated success influencing technical direction across multiple teams without direct authority.
• Strong communication, collaboration, and problem-solving skills.
• Experience mentoring engineers and technical leaders.
• Familiarity with AI-assisted software development and an interest in leveraging emerging technologies.

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

Strategic thinking

Communication

Collaboration

Problem solving

Influencing without authority

Mentoring

Decision making

Architectural discipline

Business-technology alignment

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience

Tools

OpenAPI

OAuth 2.0

JWT

Spring Boot

Kubernetes

REST APIs

CI/CD tooling

Terraform

GitHub Actions

AI-assisted development

Job description

Aspire Talent Solutions is partnering with a globally recognized technology organization to hire a Senior Software Architect to shape the future of its enterprise software platform. You will define long-term technology vision, drive modernization, and influence how software is designed, developed, and delivered across the organization.

Collaborating with Engineering, Product, and Technology leadership, you will build scalable, secure, cloud-native solutions and evaluate AI-assisted development