Software Architect, AI-Native Development

Bedrock Knowledge, Inc.; Washington (District of Columbia); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 175,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock Options

Unlimited PTO

Annual bonuses

Performance-based bonuses

Healthcare, Dental, and Vision (100%)

Job summary

Bedrock Knowledge, Inc. in the Washington, DC metro area is seeking a software architect with AI coding expertise to lead the architecture of our enterprise SaaS platform.

You will define module boundaries, supervise AI-generated code, and ensure secure, scalable, and well-typed systems across REST, WebSocket, and gRPC APIs. The role emphasizes strong TypeScript skills, federated service-oriented design, event-driven messaging, and hands-on leadership in a small team.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional software development experience.
• Hands-on experience directing AI coding agents on real codebases and integrating their output.
• Proficiency with TypeScript or other strongly-typed languages and advanced type features.
• Ability to integrate code from multiple engineers and maintain coherent architecture.
• Strong knowledge of REST, WebSocket, and gRPC with well-typed APIs.
• Experience designing federated service-oriented architectures for external engagement.
• Knowledge of decoupled, event-driven messaging systems.
• Experience building cloud infrastructure with scalable container orchestration.
• Proficient with AWS/Azure/Google Cloud and Docker in production.
• Deep familiarity with Redis and database indexing/performance tuning.
• Strong background in asynchronous event-streaming pipelines.
• Belief in lifelong learning and continuous improvement.
• Right to work in the United States and willingness to relocate to DC area.

Responsibilities

• Define module boundaries, interfaces, and strongly typed contracts for AI-generated code.
• Review and integrate agent-produced code, catching design drift and bugs before production.
• Maintain specifications, context files, and conventions guiding coding agents.
• Build test coverage and CI/CD guardrails for AI changes.
• Review agent output for security, authorization gaps, and leaked secrets.
• Collaborate as part of a small team and own the delivery of educational software.
• Work with AI tools like Cursor, Claude Code, Devin, Codex.
• Write clean, maintainable TypeScript in a fast-paced environment.
• Deliver end-to-end features and APIs with existing tests and pipelines.
• Identify where further CI/CD infra is needed and implement.
• Incorporate peer feedback and promote best practices and code quality.
• Participate in weekly sprints and backlog grooming with Product.
• Provide API documentation and occasionally engage as technical POC for partners.
• $150,000-175,000
• Stock Options
• Unlimited paid time off (PTO)
• Annual and performance-based bonuses
• Healthcare, Dental, and Vision with 100% premiums covered
• Paid parental leave

Skills

AI coding agents

TypeScript

REST/WebSocket/gRPC

Federated services

Event-driven messaging

Cloud infrastructure

Docker

Redis

CI/CD

Security

Team collaboration

Relocation OK

Education

CS education

Tools

Cursor

Claude Code

Devin

Codex

Job description

Bedrock Knowledge, Inc. (https://thebedrock.co) is revolutionizing professional continuing education for enterprises with global interests. Its main product is an enterprise SaaS social learning network that, for users, offers coursework, “serious” games, and informational streams that are all inherently collaborative. For customers, Bedrock offers powerful analytics and insights to inform human capital strategy, leadership selection, and assignments. We aim for Bedrock to contribute to a more secure and prosperous world by improving how a wide variety of professionals learn, think, decide, and act. This is your chance to join an early-stage startup and deeply shape the future of our core products.

The Role

We’re looking for a software architect with AI coding expertise. This is a full-time, hybrid position based in the Washington, DC-metro area.

The candidate must have rock-solid fundamentals, preferably through a CS education, and enough experience shipping software and developer tools to know how to find the right level of abstraction for a given problem. You will have access to the latest AI and agentic coding tools, but you also need to know how to do the work at a high level without them.

Much of our code is written with AI coding agents. You’ll design the architecture, interfaces, and type contracts those agents work within, then review, test, and integrate their output into a coherent, secure, maintainable platform.

Bedrock Knowledge, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer and will not discriminate against any employee or applicant on the basis of age, color, disability, gender, national origin, race, religion, sexual orientation, veteran status, or any classification protected by federal, state, or local law.

We are looking for someone who:

• is an engineer or software architect with a minimum of 5 years of experience building software in a professional setting
• has hands-on experience directing AI coding agents on a real codebase, and integrating and reviewing their output, not just using autocomplete
• loves Typescript or other strongly-typed languages, and knows how and when to use the advanced features of the type system
• integrates systems and code from multiple engineers
• has opinions on REST, Websocket, and (g)RPC frameworks, and experience delivering strongly-typed, versioned, documented APIs
• architects federated service-oriented solutions that drive external customer engagement and enterprise growth
• isolates heavy transactional or computational workflows by embedding decoupled, event-driven messaging systems
• creates cloud infrastructure with precise rules for horizontal and vertical scaling using container orchestration platforms.
• demonstrates production experience utilizing cloud providers (e.g., AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud) alongside container infrastructure like Docker
• has strong knowledge of in-memory key-value stores (e.g., Redis) alongside deep database indexing and query tuning
• has comprehensive skills with asynchronous event-streaming pipelines
• believes in the power of the Age of Lifelong Learning
• has the right to work in the United States
• lives in the Washington, DC metro area or is willing to relocate to the Washington, DC metro area

Duties and Responsibilities

• Define module boundaries, interfaces, and strongly typed contracts that keep agent-generated code consistent

• Review and integrate agent-produced code, catching design drift, duplication, and subtle bugs before they reach production

• Maintain the specs, context files, and conventions that guide coding agents

• Build test coverage and CI/CD checks that act as guardrails for AI-generated changes

• Review agent output for security issues, such as unsafe input handling, authorization gaps, and leaked secrets

• Work collaboratively as part of a small team

• Own the job and ship world class educational software

• Work with AI and agentic coding tools, such as Cursor, Claude Code, Devin, Codex, etc.

• Write clean, maintainable Typescript code in a dynamic small team setting with minimal oversight

• Deliver end-to-end platform features and new APIs in a professional setting, utilizing existing testing and CI / CD infrastructure

• Identify areas where additional testing and CI / CD infrastructure is needed and work with the team to create those new processes as necessary

• Take action on peer feedback and provide feedback on the work of your peer developers, encouraging best practices and clean code while remaining professional and courteous to others

• Participate in weekly sprint meetings, including demonstrating work-in-progress to the Product team and participating in backlog grooming and prioritization

• Provide documentation for selected APIs and occasionally act as technical point-of-contact with our partners that use them

• $150,000-175,000

• Stock Options

• Unlimited paid time off (PTO)

• Annual and performance-based bonuses

• Healthcare, Dental, and Vision with 100% of premiums covered for employees

• Paid parental leave