Senior Systems Architect AI-Enabled Distributed Software

Vantor Inc.; Westminster (CO); On-site; USD 150,000 - 220,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) with company match

Mental health resources

Student loan repayment assistance

Adoption reimbursement

Job summary

Vantor Inc. is seeking a Principal Engineer to lead the design and delivery of large-scale, software-intensive systems across cloud platforms and AI-enabled products.

You will guide architecture, decompositions, and cross-team collaboration to balance speed with rigor, aligning technical direction with customer and mission outcomes. You will drive architecture trade studies, manage risks, and mentor senior technical leaders while partnering with product and operations to ensure scalable,

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a technical field or equivalent experience solving complex software systems problems.
• Significant experience architecting and delivering large-scale, software-intensive systems.
• Demonstrated success leading major cross-functional or cross-domain technical initiatives.
• Deep understanding of modern software architecture and distributed systems.
• Experience leading architecture reviews, trade studies, and consequential design decisions.
• Ability to communicate effectively with engineers, product leaders, customers, and executives.

Responsibilities

• Lead the technical design and delivery of complex, cross-domain software systems.
• Define system architecture, integration strategy, and technical direction across teams.
• Translate customer, mission, and business problems into scalable technical solutions.
• Lead architecture trade studies and make consequential design decisions.
• Drive system decomposition, interface definition, and integration planning for large distributed systems.
• Partner with Product to validate customer needs and ensure delivered capabilities solve the right problems.
• Identify risks early and drive mitigation before they impact delivery.
• Shape technical direction across a portfolio or strategic domain.
• Influence engineering organizations through credibility and leadership.

Skills

Systems Thinking

Software Architecture

Technical Leadership

Learning Agility

Product & Mission Orientation

Cross-functional Leadership

Education

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

Tools

Kubernetes

Cloud-native platforms

Distributed data systems

Event-driven architectures

AI-assisted software development

Platform engineering

Job description

Vantor Inc. is seeking a Principal Engineer to lead the design and delivery of large-scale, software-intensive systems across cloud platforms and AI-enabled products.

You will guide architecture, decompositions, and cross-team collaboration to balance speed with rigor, aligning technical direction with customer and mission outcomes. You will drive architecture trade studies, manage risks, and mentor senior technical leaders while partnering with product and operations to ensure scalable,