Senior Software Architect, Security Platform

keepersecurity; United States; Remote; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, dental, vision coverage

Retirement plan

Paid time off

Job summary

Keeper Security is seeking a Senior Architecture Leader to set technical direction across security software products, spanning client apps, browser tools, backend services, and cloud platforms. You will balance architecture leadership with hands-on prototyping and design reviews to ensure secure, reliable, and maintainable products.

You will mentor engineers, define standards, review critical code, and guide cross-team decisions on APIs, identity, and data flows, while addressing security and

Qualifications

• 10+ years of software engineering experience with architecture/leadership.
• Proven track record delivering large-scale production systems across multiple products.
• Broad experience across frontend, backend, APIs, distributed systems and cloud-native SaaS.
• Knowledge of microservices, event-driven design, databases, data modeling, and performance.
• Strong grasp of authentication, authorization, identity, access control, and secure design.
• Experience with cloud infrastructure and modern deployment environments (containers, orchestration).

Responsibilities

• Define shared architecture patterns and technical standards across product and engineering teams.
• Lead design reviews and guide decisions for complex, cross-product initiatives, including APIs, identity, authorization, and data flows.
• Assess trade-offs among distributed and centralized systems, service architectures, and cloud deployment approaches.
• Identify security, scale, reliability, and maintenance risks; develop practical plans to address them.
• Build prototypes, review critical code, and partner with security specialists on threat modeling and sensitive data protection.
• Mentor experienced engineers and align teams on observability, testing, and operational readiness.

Skills

Architecture leadership

Large-scale systems

Cloud-native SaaS

Security-minded design

Tools

Containers

Kubernetes

Job description

Role overview

Set technical direction across several security software products, shaping systems that span client applications, browser tools, backend services, and cloud platforms. The role combines architecture leadership with hands-on prototyping, design reviews, and engineering guidance to help teams build secure, reliable, and maintainable products.

Responsibilities

• Define shared architecture patterns and technical standards across product and engineering teams.
• Lead design reviews and guide decisions for complex, cross-product initiatives, including APIs, identity, authorization, and data flows.
• Assess trade-offs among distributed and centralized systems, service architectures, and cloud deployment approaches.
• Identify security, scale, reliability, and maintenance risks; develop practical plans to address them.
• Build prototypes, review critical code, and partner with security specialists on threat modeling and sensitive data protection.
• Mentor experienced engineers and align teams on observability, testing, and operational readiness.

Requirements

• 10+ years of software engineering experience, including substantial architecture or technical leadership work.
• Track record delivering large-scale production systems across multiple products or platforms.
• Broad experience with frontend, backend, APIs, distributed systems, and cloud-native SaaS.
• Knowledge of microservices, event-driven design, databases, data modeling, and performance considerations.
• Strong grasp of authentication, authorization, identity, access control, and secure application design.
• Experience with cloud infrastructure and modern deployment environments, such as containers and orchestration platforms.

Nice to have

• Experience with browser extensions, desktop or endpoint software, or native client development.
• Familiarity with JavaScript or TypeScript frameworks, backend languages, browser security, CI/CD, testing, and observability.
• Experience with AI-enabled products or AI-assisted development tools.

Benefits and work setup

• Fully remote; hybrid work is also possible for candidates near specified offices in California or Illinois.
• Health, dental, vision, life, and disability coverage; retirement savings plan; and paid time off.