Senior Software Architect: Remote Real-Time Data

NPR; United States; On-site; USD 185,000 - 211,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Paid time off

Retirement savings plan

Job summary

NPR seeks a Senior Software Architect to lead design and decision-making for data-centric, scalable systems across its Member Station Network. You will drive real-time data pipelines, governance, and strategic technology choices spanning web, mobile, and API integrations.

Responsibilities include mentoring teams, establishing modern architecture standards, and ensuring cost-effective, GDPR/CPPA compliant solutions, while participating in production deployments and on-call rotations.

Qualifications

• 5+ years designing and leading solutioning and architecture planning in multi-team environments.
• 5+ years designing systems with scalability, reliability, and cost-efficiency.
• 5+ years of cloud infrastructure experience (AWS, GCP) and infrastructure as code (Terraform).
• 5+ years building applications across web, mobile, voice, APIs, and system integrations.
• Experience integrating with external APIs/services.
• Ability to design and lead practical technical designs.
• Expertise in data governance strategy and implementation.
• Familiarity with medallion architecture.
• Fluent in Node/TypeScript, Python.
• Experience building high-traffic consumer apps with SEO, performance, and CDN considerations.
• Experience with GDPR/CPPA data privacy concerns.
• Experience with test and dev automation.
• Experience with Git.

Responsibilities

• Architect real-time data ecosystems and event-driven pipelines powering personalized audience experiences.
• Establish self-service infrastructure with governance, APIs, and data tooling for cross-functional teams.
• Guide technology strategy and standards; drive medallion architecture and orchestration adoption.
• Provide technical oversight and cross-divisional governance for complex projects.
• Collaborate with product, engineering leaders and stakeholders on roadmaps and reviews.
• Mentor engineers through design reviews, coding standards, and security/privacy alignment.
• Contribute to production deployments, CI/CD practices, and on-call rotations.
• Support inclusive hiring and process improvements within scrum teams.

Skills

Node/TypeScript

Python

AWS

GCP

Terraform

Data governance

Medallion architecture

Real-time data pipelines

REST/API design

Git

Tools

Terraform

Git

Elasticsearch

Snowflake

Spark

Job description

NPR seeks a Senior Software Architect to lead design and decision-making for data-centric, scalable systems across its Member Station Network. You will drive real-time data pipelines, governance, and strategic technology choices spanning web, mobile, and API integrations.

Responsibilities include mentoring teams, establishing modern architecture standards, and ensuring cost-effective, GDPR/CPPA compliant solutions, while participating in production deployments and on-call rotations.