Senior Solution Architect Cloud & Data Platforms

Cloud Hybrid Technologies LLC; San Francisco, Northern (CA, KY); Hybrid; USD 96,000 - 193,000; Full time

Job summary

Cloud Hybrid Technologies LLC in San Francisco is seeking an experienced Cloud Architect to lead the architecture of high-traffic, customer-facing web applications. You will design scalable microservices and event-driven patterns using Node.js, REST APIs, GraphQL, and build SPAs with React.js, while modeling data in PostgreSQL and optimizing performance, security, and costs.

Collaborate with product, UX, DevOps, and QA teams, mentor engineers, and promote cloud-native practices across the

Qualifications

• Lead end-to-end architecture for high-traffic, customer-facing web applications.
• Design scalable microservices-based and event-driven architectures using Node.js, REST APIs, and GraphQL.
• Architect SPA using React.js with modular components and optimized client-side performance.
• Define relational and non-relational data models optimized for high-volume OLTP transactions on PostgreSQL.

Responsibilities

• Create architecture blueprints covering application layers, data flows, integration, observability, and deployment topology.
• Design cloud solutions on AWS with VPCs, subnets, ALB/NLB, Auto Scaling, ECS/EKS, Lambda.
• Review and optimize cloud costs, architecture fitness, and performance.
• Own the security architecture across application, data, and network layers.
• Mentor developers and junior architects; evangelize modern engineering and cloud-native principles.

Skills

Architectural design

Cloud-native architecture

Node.js

React.js

AWS

Security architecture

Mentoring

Cross-functional collaboration

Tools

PostgreSQL

Redis

ECS

EKS

Lambda

VPC

Auto Scaling

Observability tools

Job description

Location:

Duration:

24Months + Extension

Hourly Rate:

Depending on Experience (DOE)

Work Authorization:

• Lead endtoend architecture for hightraffic, customer-facing web applications.
• Design scalable microservices-based and event-driven architectures using Node.js, REST APIs, and GraphQL.
• Architect single-page applications (SPA) using React.js, modular component design, and optimized client-side performance.
• Define relational and non-relational data models optimized for high-volume OLTP transactions on PostgreSQL.
• Create architecture blueprints covering application layers, data flows, integration, observability, and deployment topology.

Cloud Architecture on AWS

• Design distributed, fault-tolerant, and secure solutions using key AWS services:
• VPC, Subnets, NACLs, Security Groups for network isolation
• ALB/NLB, Auto Scaling, ECS/EKS, Lambda for compute
• RDS PostgreSQL, Aurora, ElastiCache for data
• Ensure reliability, scalability, and high availability for systems processing large transaction volumes.
• Review and optimize cloud costs, architecture fitness, and performance.

Application Performance & Scalability

• Design solutions with builtin load balancing, auto-scaling, queueing, caching, and failover patterns.
• Architect for low latency, high throughput, and predictable system behavior under peak load.
• Ensure appropriate use of CDN, caching layers (Redis/Memcached), and async processing.

Security & Compliance

• Own the security architecture across application, data, and network layers:
• Data encryption in transit & rest
• Secure VPC patterns
• Work with InfoSec teams on threat modeling, vulnerability resolution, and cloud security posture.

Technical Leadership

• Guide engineering teams on architecture patterns, design reviews, best practices, and code quality.
• Collaborate with product owners, UX, DevOps, and QA to ensure cohesive delivery.
• Mentor developers and junior architects; evangelize modern engineering and cloud-native principles.

Cloud Hybrid is an equal opportunity employer inclusive of female, minority, disability and veterans, (M/F/D/V). Hiring, promotion, transfer, compensation, benefits, discipline, termination and all other employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, national origin, citizenship/immigration status, veteran status or any other protected status. Cloud Hybrid will not make any posting or employment decision that does not comply with applicable laws relating to labor and employment, equal opportunity, employment eligibility requirements or related matters. Nor will Cloud Hybrid require in a posting or otherwise U.S. citizenship or lawful permanent residency in the U.S. as a condition of employment except as necessary to comply with law, regulation, executive order, or federal, state, or local government contract