Senior Software Architect — SaMD Platform (Remote/Flex)

AgileEngine, LLC.; Richmond (VA); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Professional growth

Competitive compensation

Exciting projects

Flextime

Job summary

AgileEngine, LLC. is seeking a Software Architect to assess the platform, define a target-state design for an FDA-regulated SaaS product, and lead a small, mixed-technology team (PHP, C++, JavaScript).

The role emphasizes scalable architecture, regulatory alignment, and architectural governance across deployments. The candidate will drive the modernization roadmap, ensure backward compatibility for active users, and mentor engineers while improving CI/CD and security in private cloud

Qualifications

• Authorized to work in the US; no sponsorship provided.
• Proven success as Lead Software Architect, Principal Engineer, or similar.
• 8+ years of experience developing/architecting in PHP, C++, or JavaScript.
• Strong fundamentals: SOLID and GRASP design principles.
• Experience with Domain-Driven Design, Anti-Corruption Layer, Hexagonal/clean architecture.
• Experience in SaMD solutions compliant with regulatory requirements.
• Experience designing APIs, data models, and integration layers.
• Experience remediating technical debt and large-scale refactoring.
• Background improving CI/CD and secure, auditable deployments in private clouds.
• Excellent communication and mentoring for remote teams.
• Independent work style with integrity.
• Upper-intermediate English.

Responsibilities

• Assess current system architecture, integrations and data flows to identify debt and scalability constraints.
• Define target-state architecture aligned with DDD, clean architecture and regulatory expectations.
• Design denormalized storage to optimize read-heavy queries with trade-offs.
• Develop a phased architectural roadmap and refactor legacy components with backward compatibility.
• Establish engineering standards, coding guidelines, and decision-making frameworks.
• Provide hands-on technical leadership to a mixed-technology team (PHP, C++, JavaScript).
• Improve development workflows, CI/CD, testing procedures and release processes.
• Mentor through design reviews and create architectural documentation for future maintenance.

Skills

Lead Architect/Principal Engineer

8+ years experience PHP/C++/JavaScript

SOLID/GRASP

DDD/Hexagonal/clean architecture

SaMD regulatory architecture

API/data model design

Technical debt remedia­tion

CI/CD & secure private cloud

strong communication

independent with integrity

English - upper-intermediate

Tools

CI/CD pipelines

Job description

AgileEngine, LLC. is seeking a Software Architect to assess the platform, define a target-state design for an FDA-regulated SaaS product, and lead a small, mixed-technology team (PHP, C++, JavaScript).

The role emphasizes scalable architecture, regulatory alignment, and architectural governance across deployments. The candidate will drive the modernization roadmap, ensure backward compatibility for active users, and mentor engineers while improving CI/CD and security in private cloud