Senior Staff Software Engineer — AI, Cloud-Native Architect

Newmark Group; Chicago (IL); Hybrid; USD 190,000 - 250,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation

Collaborative Culture

Growth & Learning

Work-Life Balance

Job summary

Newmark Group in Chicago, IL, is seeking a veteran software architect to lead cross-team full-stack initiatives at scale.

You will own the technical architecture, design cloud-native web applications, and integrate agentic AI workflows to boost efficiency and product capabilities. The role emphasizes mentoring engineers, setting engineering standards, and partnering with product leadership to map scalable roadmaps.

Qualifications

• 12+ years of software engineering experience.
• Experience architecting full-stack web applications at scale.
• Deep understanding of distributed systems and API design (REST/GraphQL).
• Cloud-native architecture with Azure, AWS, or GCP.
• Hands-on experience with agentic AI systems and LLM-powered apps.
• Proven track record leading large technical initiatives across teams.
• Strong relational and NoSQL database knowledge.
• CI/CD, IaC and DevOps practices.
• Mentoring engineers and influencing technical direction.

Responsibilities

• Own and drive the technical architecture for cross-team initiatives spanning front-end, backend, and data layers.
• Design, build, and maintain scalable, cloud-native web applications and distributed services.
• Architect and integrate agentic AI workflows into engineering and product systems.
• Set engineering standards for code quality, system design, testing, and deployment.
• Lead technical design reviews and provide architectural guidance to multiple teams.
• Partner with product, design, and engineering leadership to translate business strategy into roadmaps.
• Identify and resolve performance, reliability, and scalability issues across the stack.
• Mentor and coach senior and mid-level engineers to raise the technical bar.
• Drive adoption of modern frameworks and AI tooling to improve velocity and resilience.
• Maintain awareness of emerging technologies, esp. agentic AI and automation.

Skills

Full-stack architecture

Distributed systems

Cloud platforms

Agentic AI systems

Mentoring engineers

API design (REST/GraphQL)

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, MIS, or related field

Tools

LangChain

AutoGen

Semantic Kernel

MCP

CI/CD tooling

Job description

Newmark Group in Chicago, IL, is seeking a veteran software architect to lead cross-team full-stack initiatives at scale.

You will own the technical architecture, design cloud-native web applications, and integrate agentic AI workflows to boost efficiency and product capabilities. The role emphasizes mentoring engineers, setting engineering standards, and partnering with product leadership to map scalable roadmaps.