Staff Software Architect (US Remote/Hybrid, CT or ET Timezones)

ZipRecruiter; Austin (TX); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading fraud prevention company as a Staff Software Architect, where you'll lead engineering projects and shape technical architecture. This hybrid or remote role requires expertise in modern web technologies and AWS. Collaborate with teams to enhance product performance and deliver new features efficiently.

Qualifications

• Strong knowledge of modern web development technologies.
• Experience measuring and improving distributed system performance.
• Excellent written and verbal English communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Define the technical scope of cross-team software projects.
• Collaborate with development teams to design robust solutions.
• Manage project implementations and coordinate between teams.

Skills

Java

JavaScript

Python

AWS

Organizational Skills

Communication

Tools

Terraform

Kubernetes

PostgreSQL

ClickHouse

Neo4J

Redis

Elasticsearch

GitHub Actions

ELK stack

Job description

Job Description

SEON is the leading fraud prevention system of record, catching fraud before it happens at any point across the customer journey. Trusted by over 5,000 global companies, we combine your company’s data with our proprietary real-time signals to deliver actionable fraud insights tailored to your business outcomes. We deliver the fastest time to value in the market through a single API call, enabling quick and seamless onboarding and integration. By analyzing billions of transactions, we’ve prevented $200 billion in fraudulent activities, showcasing why the world’s most innovative companies choose SEON.

ABOUT THE ROLE & THE TEAM:

You will join SEON’s Architecture team. As a Staff Software Architect at SEON, you will lead software engineering projects across our product development organization and shape our technical architecture.

This is a Hybrid or remote role and the ideal candidate will be based in the US.

WHAT YOU’LL DO:

• Define the technical scope of cross-team software projects based on business requirements.
• Collaborate with development teams to design robust and performant solutions for SEON and our customers.
• Analyze the performance of existing systems and develop solutions for improvement.
• Document design decisions through Architecture Decision Records.
• Review technical implementation plans.
• Prepare deployment and migration plans, and improve deployment processes.
• Work with engineering teams to deploy solutions efficiently and on time.
• Coordinate with Product Management to prioritize, schedule, and deliver new features.
• Collaborate with the SRE team to troubleshoot production issues and enhance product observability.
• Manage project implementations and coordinate between teams.

WHAT YOU’LL BRING:

• Strong knowledge of modern web development technologies (at least two of the following: Java with Spring, JavaScript/TypeScript, Python).
• Experience measuring and improving distributed system performance.
• Understanding of how web services and SaaS applications operate.
• Expertise with Amazon Web Services (AWS).
• Experience with relational databases (e.g., PostgreSQL).
• Experience with multiple database technologies (e.g., ClickHouse, Neo4J, Redis, Elasticsearch).
• Experience with modern DevOps tools (Terraform, Kubernetes, GitHub Actions, ELK stack).
• Strong organizational skills and ability to work collaboratively with technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Ability to work independently and prioritize tasks effectively.
• Excellent written and verbal English communication skills.

WHAT'S NEXT:

If this opportunity excites you, we look forward to hearing from you! Want to learn more about working at SEON first?