Senior Staff Systems Architect — AI-Enabled, Cross-Team Leader

MAXAR TECHNOLOGIES, INC.; Westminster (CO); Hybrid; USD 128,000 - 187,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) with company match

Mental health resources

Adoption reimbursement

Pet insurance

Student loan repayment assistance

Job summary

Vantor in Colorado is seeking a Senior Staff Software Systems Engineer to serve as the technical authority for a product evolution. You will lead architecture, systems engineering, and cross‑functional integration to deliver scalable, reliable software.

This role bridges product and engineering, translating customer needs into architecture, guiding technical decisions, and mentoring engineers. You will balance customer outcomes with maintainability and delivery across multiple releases.

Qualifications

• Experience designing and delivering complex software‑intensive systems.
• Experience serving as a technical lead across multiple engineering teams.
• Excellent communication with engineers, product managers, customers, and leadership.

Responsibilities

• Serve as technical authority for a product or major evolution across engineering teams.
• Define system architecture and technical direction spanning multiple teams.
• Lead architecture reviews, trade studies, and major technical decisions.
• Drive decomposition, interface definition, integration planning, and releases.

Skills

Systems thinking

Software architecture

Technical leadership

Customer orientation

Learning agility

Education

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

Tools

Kubernetes

Job description

Vantor in Colorado is seeking a Senior Staff Software Systems Engineer to serve as the technical authority for a product evolution. You will lead architecture, systems engineering, and cross‑functional integration to deliver scalable, reliable software.

This role bridges product and engineering, translating customer needs into architecture, guiding technical decisions, and mentoring engineers. You will balance customer outcomes with maintainability and delivery across multiple releases.