Remote Senior Software Architect: Cloud-Native Systems Lead

Placements24; Sandton; Hybrid; ZAR 900,000 - 1,500,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote work

Flexible schedule

Bonus potential

Job summary

Placements24 is seeking an accomplished Senior Software Architect to join their entirely remote team. You will define the technical direction, design scalable systems, and lead distributed engineering efforts across Java, Python, C#, and Node.js stacks in a cloud-native environment.

You will mentor engineers, establish coding standards, and drive strategic technology initiatives while collaborating with product and business stakeholders to align architecture with business goals.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience guiding software architecture and technical vision.
• Proven ability to design scalable, secure, cloud-native systems.
• Strong leadership and remote-team collaboration skills.

Responsibilities

• Design and document high-level software architecture for new and existing systems.
• Evaluate and select technologies, frameworks, and tools for development.
• Provide technical leadership and guidance to development teams.
• Ensure scalability, reliability, security, and performance of software systems.
• Collaborate with product management and stakeholders to translate requirements into architectural designs.
• Develop and enforce coding standards and design patterns.
• Mentor senior engineers and lead code reviews.
• Stay current with industry trends and architectural best practices.
• Contribute to technology roadmaps and innovation initiatives.

Skills

Software Architecture

Technical Leadership

Cloud Platforms

Microservices

Docker/Kubernetes

Java

Python

C#

Node.js

SQL/NoSQL

Security

Distributed Systems

Communication

Education

Bachelor's or Master’s in CS/related

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

AWS

Azure

GCP

Job description

Placements24 is seeking an accomplished Senior Software Architect to join their entirely remote team. You will define the technical direction, design scalable systems, and lead distributed engineering efforts across Java, Python, C#, and Node.js stacks in a cloud-native environment.

You will mentor engineers, establish coding standards, and drive strategic technology initiatives while collaborating with product and business stakeholders to align architecture with business goals.