Software Architect

Stealth Startup; Fort Worth, Arlington, Dallas (TX, TX, TX); On-site; USD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Vision insurance

401(k)

Paid maternity leave

Paid paternity leave

Job summary

A technology-driven company in Fort Worth is looking for a hands-on Software Architect to lead the design and evolution of their platforms. This role involves defining system boundaries, data contracts, and ensuring security practices while working with various teams. The ideal candidate will possess senior-level experience in architecting data-centric systems and proficiency in Python and TypeScript. Benefits include medical insurance, vision insurance, a 401(k) plan, and paid parental leave.

Qualifications

• Senior-level experience architecting data-centric, multi-tier systems across UI, services, and storage.
• Proficiency with Python service design and TypeScript SPAs.
• Strong data modeling skills across relational, time-series, and graph systems.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end system architecture and maintain reference architecture.
• Model domains and bounded contexts using DDD.
• Guide event-driven and streaming patterns for telemetry and simulation data.

Skills

Domain-Driven Design

Python service design

TypeScript SPAs

Data modeling skills

Security fundamentals

Technical communication

Collaborative leadership

Tools

FastAPI

Django

React

Angular

Parquet

Arrow

Job description

Seeking a hands‑on Software Architect to lead the design and evolution of our platforms. This role defines system boundaries, data contracts, and non‑functional requirements while collaborating with front‑end, back‑end, data engineering, and simulation teams.

• Clarity & Composability: simple, modular components with clean interfaces.
• Data-Centric Design: canonical models, schema evolution, reproducibility.
• Security-by-Design: least privilege, defense-in-depth, auditable access.
• Observability: traceable flows with meaningful metrics, logs, spans.
• User-Focused: great developer experience and intuitive technical UIs.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end system architecture, maintain reference architecture, roadmaps, and ADRs.
• Model domains and bounded contexts using DDD; define service contracts and integration points.
• Define data architecture across relational, time‑series, graph, and columnar storage.
• Guide event‑driven and streaming patterns for telemetry and simulation data.
• Set API strategy (REST/GraphQL), versioning, resiliency patterns, and contract‑first practices.
• Establish front‑end architectural guidelines for design systems, accessibility, and real‑time UI needs.
• Lead security and privacy practices: threat modeling, authN/authZ, secrets handling, auditing.
• Define observability standards and instrument services with tracing/metrics/logging.
• Embed data quality and governance: data contracts, lineage, validation, reproducibility.
• Integrate with simulation/HPC workflows and scientific data types to ensure scalable ingest and visualization.
• Mentor engineers, lead reviews, and elevate engineering practices.
• Evaluate build‑vs‑buy decisions and manage technical trade‑offs.
• Communicate architecture clearly via diagrams, RFCs, and concise briefs.

Requirements

• Senior‑level experience architecting data‑centric, multi‑tier systems across UI, services, and storage.
• Proficiency with Python service design (FastAPI/Django) and TypeScript SPAs (React/Angular).
• Strong data modeling skills across relational, time‑series, and graph systems; experience with Parquet/Arrow.
• Proven ability to deliver on NFRs with measurable SLOs and observability.
• Security fundamentals: OAuth2/OIDC, RBAC/ABAC, secret management, encryption, auditing.
• Excellent technical communication (ADRs/RFCs, diagrams).
• Collaborative leadership and cross‑team influence.

Required Skills

• Domain‑Driven Design and architecture documentation (C4/UML), ADR/RFC writing.
• Front‑end architecture: design systems, WCAG 2.2, performance budgets, real‑time models.
• Testing strategy: unit/integration/E2E, contract testing, CI‑friendly patterns.
• Observability: metrics/logging/tracing, SLOs/error budgets, run‑books.
• Docs‑as‑code workflows (MkDocs/Sphinx) and diagram automation.

Seniority level

Mid‑Senior level

Employment type

Full‑time

Job function

Information Technology

Industries

Space Research and Technology

Benefits

• Medical insurance
• Vision insurance
• 401(k)
• Paid maternity leave
• Paid paternity leave

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