Senior Staff Systems Architect & Tech Leader

MAXAR TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

Westminster, Northern (CO, KY)

Hybrid

USD 128,000 - 187,000

Full time

14 days+
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Benefits offered by this job

401(k) match
Mental health resources
Student loan repayment assistance
Adoption reimbursement
Pet insurance

Job summary

Vantor is seeking a Senior Staff Software Systems Engineer to act as the technical authority across multiple engineering teams. You will lead architecture, systems engineering, integration strategy, and delivery of scalable software systems, bridging Product and Engineering to translate customer needs into architecture and guide decisions throughout the lifecycle.

You will apply AI to accelerate analysis, scale engineering practices, and balance customer outcomes with long-term maintainability

Qualifications

  • Understanding of complex software systems and dependencies across architecture, interfaces, and operations.
  • Experience designing and evolving large software‑intensive systems.
  • Proven ability to lead across multiple engineering teams and guide technical decision making.

Responsibilities

  • Serve as the technical authority for a product or major evolution and define system architecture across teams.
  • Partner with Product Management to validate customer needs and ensure capabilities solve the right problems.
  • Lead architecture reviews, trade studies, and major technical decisions affecting product evolution.
  • Drive system decomposition, interface definition, and integration planning across releases.
  • Balance technical, operational, lifecycle, and delivery tradeoffs; manage risks across lifecycles.
  • Mentor senior engineers and grow technical leadership within the organization.

Skills

Systems Thinking
Software Architecture
Technical Leadership
Customer & Product Orientation
Learning Agility

Education

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

Job description

Vantor is seeking a Senior Staff Software Systems Engineer to act as the technical authority across multiple engineering teams. You will lead architecture, systems engineering, integration strategy, and delivery of scalable software systems, bridging Product and Engineering to translate customer needs into architecture and guide decisions throughout the lifecycle.

You will apply AI to accelerate analysis, scale engineering practices, and balance customer outcomes with long-term maintainability

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