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Technical Lead / Solution Architect

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USD 120,000 - 160,000

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Job summary

A dynamic technology firm is seeking a Technical Lead / Solution Architect to oversee full-stack and cloud engineering. You will define technical standards, enhance production reliability, and mentor software teams. This role requires extensive experience in Java, Node, and PostgreSQL. Opportunities for growth in a stable and supportive environment await you.

Qualifications

  • 10+ years of software engineering experience, with 3+ years as Lead/Architect.
  • Experience driving technical standards and operational stability.
  • Deep knowledge of REST API design, testing strategies, and production reliability.

Responsibilities

  • Set technical standards and guide engineering practices.
  • Enforce standards through PR reviews and CI/CD gates.
  • Lead root cause analyses for incident management.

Skills

Java 11+/Spring
Node
React
PostgreSQL
REST API design

Tools

OpenAPI
New Relic
OpenTelemetry
Job description
Overview

Technical Lead / Solution Architect – Remote (US), Full-time

Role Summary

We are seeking a Technical Lead / Solution Architect to serve as the chief engineer across modern full-stack and cloud technologies. You will set technical standards, guide engineering practices, ensure production reliability, and mentor teams while maintaining compliance and audit readiness.

Success in this role means: stable performance, fewer incidents, high code hygiene, predictable and audit-ready releases.

Key Responsibilities
  • Architecture & Standards
    • Author and maintain reference architecture & ADRs (React, Java/Node, PostgreSQL, OpenAPI, testing, security).
    • Enforce standards through PR reviews, CI/CD gates, and automated checks.
  • Reliability & Observability
    • Define and track SLO/SLIs.
    • Instrument with OpenTelemetry; build New Relic dashboards/alerts with runbooks.
  • Integrations & Risk Management
    • Lead spikes and proofs-of-concept for integrations, migrations, and performance-sensitive features.
    • Document technical decisions and de-risk complex initiatives.
  • API & Data Design
    • Enforce contract-first APIs, versioning, and idempotency; maintain contract tests.
    • Guide database design, indexing, partitioning, and connection pool optimization.
    • Partner with DBAs on backups, disaster recovery, and performance tuning.
  • Operational Readiness
    • Own technical readiness: health checks, rollout/rollback criteria, error budgets, guardrails.
    • Coordinate SAST/DAST/dependency scans and remediation evidence with DevSecOps.
  • CI/CD & Quality Engineering
    • Optimize pipelines for speed and reliability across unit, integration, and E2E tests.
    • Integrate static analysis, code coverage, and security scans into CI/CD.
  • Incident & Tech Debt Management
    • Lead root cause analyses and drive systemic fixes with automation.
    • Plan technical debt budgets and continuous pay-down strategies.
  • Leadership & Mentorship
    • Coach engineers on resilience, caching, backpressure, and observability.
    • Forecast team skills and staffing needs.
Minimum Qualifications
  • 10+ years of software engineering experience, with 3+ years as Lead/Architect.
  • Strong expertise in Java 11+/Spring or Node, React, and PostgreSQL.
  • Deep knowledge of REST API design, testing strategies, and production reliability.
  • Proven success in driving technical standards and operational stability.
Qualifications / Certifications
  • Experience with ATO-style compliance evidence, system migrations, and performance tuning.
  • Certifications (one or more):
  • AWS/Azure/GCP Architect
  • (ISC)² CISSP/CCSP, CSSLP
  • TOGAF
  • Oracle OCP Java
  • Spring Professional
Company Description

HIGH Growth, small business. Arch Systems LLC is committed to its workforce and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. Arch Systems LLC considers qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other legally protected class. Arch Systems LLC is an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer.

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