Software Architect I

Filevine; United States; On-site; USD 250,000 - 300,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, & Vision Insurance (F

Competitive & Fair Pay

Maternity & paternity leave

Short & long-term disability

Learning from leadership

Top-of-the-line company swag

Job summary

Filevine is seeking a Lead Architect to bridge complex system design and strategic leadership for mission-critical production systems. You will scale a mature platform while serving as a servant-leader and mentor within an elite engineering culture.

You will drive architectural strategy, modernize legacy systems, and translate business needs into technical designs. Expect collaboration with Product, Security, Finance, and Engineering teams worldwide.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience building and operating large-scale distributed systems with practical lessons learned.
• Advanced proficiency in high-level service design and scalable interfaces.
• Deep working knowledge of data persistence layers and technology tradeoffs.
• Significant AWS experience and architectural oversight across regions.

Responsibilities

• Architectural strategy for high-scale, production systems that are modular and extensible.
• Modernize legacy systems toward target-state architectures.
• Translate business needs to technical designs for non-technical stakeholders.
• Create clear technical documentation and complex system diagrams.
• Facilitate design sessions while preserving team ownership.
• Optimize cloud infrastructure for performance and cost across regions.
• Mentor engineering teams and foster technical excellence.

Skills

Distributed systems

Service design

Leadership

Communication

Collaboration

Domain expertise

CQRS

Cloud strategy

Tools

Terraform

Temporal.io

CI/CD pipelines

Python

DynamoDB

S3

Kinesis

Elasticsearch

AWS

Job description

Role Summary:

Join Filevine as a Lead Architect to bridge the gap between complex system design and high-impact leadership, serving as a key technical visionary for mission-critical production systems. This is a unique opportunity to scale a mature platform while acting as a servant-leader and mentor within an elite engineering culture

What You’ll Do:

• Architectural Strategy: Design and oversee the development of high-scale, mission-critical production systems, ensuring they are modular, composable, and extensible.
• System Modernization: Drive the evolution of "legacy" systems by implementing strategic techniques to migrate them toward a modern, target-state architecture.
• Cross-Functional Translation: Act as a bridge between Engineering and non-technical stakeholders (Product, Security, Finance, etc.) to ensure business needs are reflected in technical designs.
• Documentation & Visualization: Create clear technical documentation and complex system diagrams to communicate architectural visions across various mediums.
• Collaborative Design: Facilitate design sessions and distributed conversations, ensuring engineering teams retain ownership of their work while benefiting from expert feedback.
• Cloud & Cost Optimization: Manage and optimize cloud infrastructure (preferably AWS), balancing high performance with cost efficiencies and regional deployment needs.
• Mentorship & Growth: Serve as a high-level mentor to engineering teams, fostering a culture of technical excellence and continuous learning.
• Technology Scouting: Monitor the broader computing landscape to identify dependable current technologies and emerging trends worthy of adoption

What You Need:

• Proven Technical Depth: Extensive experience building and operating large-scale distributed systems, with a "lessons learned the hard way" mentality.
• Expert System Modeling: Advanced proficiency in high-level service design and the ability to model interfaces for long-term scalability.
• Data Layer Mastery: Deep working knowledge of various data persistence layers and a nuanced understanding of which use cases suit specific technologies.
• Public Cloud Proficiency: Significant experience with a major cloud provider (AWS preferred), including a strong grasp of its capabilities and inherent caveats.
• Communication Versatility: Exceptional verbal, written, and presentation skills, with the ability to tailor complex messages for both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Leadership Mindset: A hospitality-focused approach to leadership, prioritizing being "of service" to the teams you support rather than exercising rigid control.
• Collaborative Agility: The ability to propose solutions and integrate critical feedback without defensiveness, maintaining a focus on the best outcome for the product.
• Domain Expertise: A proven track record as a domain expert in a specific focus area (e.g., Front-end or Data Architecture) while maintaining a broad understanding of the full stack.

• Tech Stack Context

  • .NET monorepo (C#), actively migrating from monolith to microservices

  • AWS infrastructure (ECS, SQS, SNS, DynamoDB, S3, Kinesis, Elasticsearch)

  • Terraform for IaC; CI/CD pipelines; multi-region aspirations

  • Python AI/ML services; Temporal.io for workflow orchestration

  • CQRS and event-driven architecture patterns

Compensation Information: $250,000 - 300,000

The base salary range represents the low and high end of the salary range for this position. The total compensation package for this position will be determined by each individual’s location, qualifications, education, work experience, skills and performance. We believe in the importance of pay equity - the range listed is just one component of Filevine’s total compensation package for employees. This position is also eligible for a paid time off policy, as well as a comprehensive benefits package.

Cool Company Benefits:

• A dynamic, rapidly growing company, focused on helping organizations thrive
• Medical, Dental, & Vision Insurance (for full-time employees)
• Competitive & Fair Pay
• Maternity & paternity leave (for full-time employees)
• Short & long-term disability
• Opportunity to learn from a dedicated leadership team
• Top-of-the-line company swag

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