Senior System Architect - Cloud, AI & Scalable APIs

Remote Jobs; United States; Remote; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Init is seeking a Senior Software Developer (5+ years) to design scalable, secure, and maintainable software for long-term sustainability. You’ll architect APIs and data models, lead architectural decisions, and mentor teams across cloud-native patterns and microservices.

Responsibilities include end-to-end ownership of services, driving performance, security, and reliability, and shaping engineering standards across the stack while balancing business needs with technical health.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of hands-on software development at system level.
• Strong understanding of SOLID principles and Clean Architecture.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end technical outcomes for services/systems.
• Drive architectural decisions, system decomposition, and integration patterns.
• Improve performance, reliability, security, and developer experience.
• Anticipate risks, manage trade-offs, and reduce technical debt strategically.

Skills

System thinking

5+ yrs exp

SOLID

Clean Architecture

Domain separation

Dependency inversion

GoF patterns

Microservices

Cloud patterns

Communication

Job description

Init is seeking a Senior Software Developer (5+ years) to design scalable, secure, and maintainable software for long-term sustainability. You’ll architect APIs and data models, lead architectural decisions, and mentor teams across cloud-native patterns and microservices.

Responsibilities include end-to-end ownership of services, driving performance, security, and reliability, and shaping engineering standards across the stack while balancing business needs with technical health.