Software Architect

Acuity Inc.; United States; Remote; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Acuity Inc. is seeking a Software Architect for the Product Data Management (PDM) system.

You will define and maintain the technical architecture, standards, and roadmaps for one of Acuity's critical enterprise platforms, collaborating with Product Management, Engineering, DevOps, Security, Data, and business stakeholders to ensure scalable, secure, and maintainable solutions. The role combines hands-on architecture and coding, modernization planning, and governance, with emphasis on delivering

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, Engineering, or related discipline.
• 8+ years of software engineering experience with significant architecture responsibility.
• Strong experience with enterprise application design.
• Experience defining architecture for large-scale business-critical applications.
• Strong understanding of distributed systems, integration patterns, event-driven architectures, and microservices concepts.
• Experience with Azure, CI/CD, DevOps, security, monitoring, and operational excellence.
• Experience working within Agile and SAFe delivery models.
• Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and technical leadership skills.

Responsibilities

• Enterprise System Design: Architect end-to-end distributed systems with scalability and loose coupling.
• Cloud Architecture: Design multi-tier cloud environments (AWS, Azure, or GCP) with IaC and cost control.
• API & Integration Strategy: Define standards for API design and service integration.
• Multi-Language Fluency: Apply expertise in Python, C#/.NET, and Java to guide decisions.
• Software Craftsmanship & Design Patterns: Promote clean architecture and DDD.
• Data Architecture & Modeling: Lead relational and NoSQL data strategies.
• Event-Driven Architectures: Build asynchronous platforms with messaging.
• DevOps & Continuous Delivery: Integrate CI/CD, observability, testing, security.
• Internal Developer Platforms (IDP): Standardize self-serve deployment patterns.
• AI Fluency & Emerging Technologies: Explore AI/ML pipelines and LLM integrations.
• Cross-Functional Influence & Alignment: Translate business goals into technical roadmaps.
• Engineering Mentorship & Talent Growth: Coach staff engineers and teams.
• Stakeholder Translation & Executive Communication: Present architecture decisions clearly to executives.

Skills

Distributed systems

Multi-language coding

Architectural leadership

Cloud architecture

SOA / microservices

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science or related

Tools

Azure

CI/CD

DevOps

Jira

Confluence

OpenAPI

Job description

Acuity Inc. (NYSE: AYI) is a market-leading industrial technology company. We use technology to solve problems in spaces, light and more things to come. Through our two business segments, Acuity Brands Lighting (ABL) and Acuity Intelligent Spaces (AIS), we design, manufacture, and bring to market products and services that make a valuable difference in people's lives.

We achieve growth through the development of innovative new products and services, including lighting, lighting controls, building management solutions, and an audio, video and control platform. We focus on customer outcomes and drive growth and productivity to increase market share and deliver superior returns. We look to aggressively deploy capital to grow the business and to enter attractive new verticals.

Acuity Inc. is based in Atlanta, Georgia, with operations across North America, Europe and Asia. The Company is powered by approximately 13,000 dedicated and talented associates. Visit us at .

Job Summary

The Software Architect for the Acuity Product Data Management (PDM) system is responsible for defining and maintaining the technical architecture, engineering standards, and technology roadmap for one of Acuity's most critical enterprise platforms. PDM manages product series, option groups, attributes, assets, pricing, validation, and ordering information consumed by commerce, quoting, ordering, manufacturing, and downstream enterprise systems. This role combines deep technical leadership with hands-on architecture and coding, solution design, modernization planning, and engineering governance. The architect partners with Product Management, Engineering, Enterprise Architecture, DevOps, Security, Data, and business stakeholders to ensure solutions are scalable, secure, maintainable, and aligned to business objectives.

Key Tasks & Responsibilities (Essential Functions)

• Enterprise System Design: Architect end-to-end distributed systems with a focus on scalability, high availability, fault tolerance, and loose coupling across complex enterprise platforms.
• Cloud Architecture: Design and optimize multi-tier cloud environments (AWS, Azure, or GCP), apply cloud-native patterns, infrastructure-as-code (IaC), and cost-effective resource management.
• API & Integration Strategy: Define standards for API design, lifecycle management, and service integration (REST, GraphQL, gRPC), ensuring robust contracts, backward compatibility, and developer ergonomics.
• Multi-Language Fluency: Leverage deep hands-on expertise in core enterprise programming ecosystems, principally Python, C# (.NET), and Java, to guide language-appropriate architectural decisions and evaluate technical trade-offs.
• Software Craftsmanship & Design Patterns: Champion clean architecture, domain-driven design (DDD), and classic design patterns to ensure codebases remain maintainable, testable, and modular over time.
• Data Architecture & Modeling: Lead database topology decisions across relational engines (SQL) and NoSQL stores (document, key-value, graph, and wide-column), balancing data consistency models, read/write performance, and long-term storage strategies.
• Event-Driven Architectures: Architect asynchronous, event-driven platforms utilizing messaging systems and streaming fabrics (e.g., Kafka, RabbitMQ, event brokers) to support decoupled, reactive workflows.
• DevOps & Continuous Delivery: Collaborate closely with platform engineering to embed modern CI/CD automation, observability (metrics, logs, traces), automated testing, and secure deployment pipelines across all architectural boundaries.
• Internal Developer Platforms (IDP): Drive the architecture and adoption of self-service internal developer platforms that standardize deployment patterns, accelerate developer velocity, and enforce architectural guardrails.
• AI Fluency & Emerging Technologies: Pragmatically evaluate and incorporate artificial intelligence, machine learning pipelines, and LLM integrations into core system architectures to modernize capabilities and improve operational efficiency.
• Cross-Functional Influence & Alignment: Translate complex business objectives into pragmatic technical roadmaps, aligning engineering teams, product managers, and executive leadership behind unified architectural decisions.
• Engineering Mentorship & Talent Growth: Coach and mentor staff engineers, technical leads, and development teams, fostering a strong culture of continuous learning, system-level thinking, and modern software craftsmanship.
• Stakeholder Translation & Executive Communication: Distill intricate distributed system concepts, platform constraints, and technology investments into clear, outcome-focused narratives tailored for senior and non-technical executives.

Skills and Minimum Experience Required

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, Engineering, or related discipline.
• 8+ years of software engineering experience with significant architecture responsibility.
• Strong experience with enterprise application design.
• Experience defining architecture for large-scale business-critical applications.
• Strong understanding of distributed systems, integration patterns, event-driven architectures, and microservices concepts.
• Experience with Azure, CI/CD, DevOps, security, monitoring, and operational excellence.
• Experience working within Agile and SAFe delivery models.
• Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and technical leadership skills.

Preferred Skills and Experience

• Proficiency with AI-assisted software development practices.
• Experience with Product Data Management (PDM), Product Lifecycle Management (PLM), or Product Information Management platforms.
• Experience in commerce, quoting, ordering, manufacturing, supply chain, or digital-product ecosystems.
• Experience with event streaming, API management, cloud-native architecture, and modernization programs.
• Experience leading architecture reviews, technical strategy, and portfolio-level technology decisions.

Tools & Technologies

• Development: Multi-language fluency
• Delivery Approach: SAFe, Jira, Confluence, Miro
• Cloud & DevOps: Multi-tier cloud environments, Azure DevOps, CI/CD, Observability
• Integration: REST APIs, OpenAPI, Event-driven Architecture
• Enterprise Platforms: PLM, CPQ, Product Data Systems, CRM

We value diversity and are an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will be considered for employment without regards to race, color, age, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, ethnicity or national origin, disability, pregnancy, religion, covered veteran status, protected genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law.