Remote Enterprise Software Architect - Lead Scale

Placements24; Klerksdorp; Hybrid; ZAR 1,959,000 - 2,938,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Fully remote work

Growth opportunities

Cutting-edge technologies

Autonomy culture

Job summary

Placements24 is seeking a Senior Software Architect to lead the design of complex enterprise solutions in a fully remote capacity. You will shape architectural standards and drive the technical direction across multiple teams.

You will collaborate with engineering, product managers, and business stakeholders to translate strategic goals into robust blueprints, ensuring scalability, reliability, and maintainability of our software systems from anywhere.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or master's degree in CS/Engineering or equivalent experience.
• 10+ years of software development experience with 5+ years in architecture.
• Proven track record delivering large-scale distributed systems.
• Strong knowledge of microservices and event-driven architectures.

Responsibilities

• Define and document overall architecture for enterprise systems.
• Set technical standards, patterns, and practices across the organization.
• Evaluate technologies to meet business needs.
• Provide technical leadership across the lifecycle.
• Align designs with scalability, performance, and security goals.

Skills

Software architecture

Leadership

Stakeholder management

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering

Master's degree in CS/Engineering

Tools

Java

C#

.NET

AWS

Azure

Job description

Placements24 is seeking a Senior Software Architect to lead the design of complex enterprise solutions in a fully remote capacity. You will shape architectural standards and drive the technical direction across multiple teams.

You will collaborate with engineering, product managers, and business stakeholders to translate strategic goals into robust blueprints, ensuring scalability, reliability, and maintainability of our software systems from anywhere.