Senior Software Architect

SevenAI

$130K — $180K *
Information Technology
15+ years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 20+ years of software engineering experience with a focus on system design and architecture
  • Proven track record in designing and evolving distributed or scalable systems
  • Broad experience with AWS cloud architecture, including data plane and control plane systems
  • Ability to influence at various levels while diving deep technically
  • Strong communication skills to articulate complex systems clearly
  • Experience with data pipelines and cloud-native architectures
  • Familiarity with Cyber Security is a plus

Responsibilities

  • Own and evolve system architecture to ensure scalability, reliability, and maintainability
  • Collaborate closely with engineering and product teams to balance delivery speed and long-term flexibility
  • Lead high-impact technical decisions regarding performance, cost, and complexity
  • Translate ambiguous business needs into clear technical designs and approaches
  • Identify architectural gaps and scaling bottlenecks, proactively driving solutions
  • Mentor and guide thought processes across teams
  • Explore and implement AI tools to enhance product development and internal processes

Benefits

  • Opportunity to work at the intersection of engineering, product, and AI
  • Role as a senior individual contributor with significant influence
  • Engagement with cutting-edge AI technologies and frameworks
  • Chance to mentor and shape technical talent within the organization
  • Collaboration within a curious and experimental culture regarding AI advancements
Full Job Description
We are seeking a Senior Software Architect to join our core R&D team. You will help define and evolve the technical foundation of our platform as we scale. This role sits at the intersection of engineering, product, and emerging AI capabilities where you'll design systems that are not only reliable and scalable, but also ready to leverage the next generation of AI-driven tooling.

You'll act as a senior individual contributor and technical leader, partnering across teams to shape architecture, guide critical decisions, and turn complex ideas into practical, production-ready systems.

Responsibilities:
  • Own and evolve system architecture across our platform, ensuring scalability, reliability, and maintainability
  • Partner closely with engineering and product teams to design systems that balance speed of delivery with long-term flexibility
  • Lead high-impact technical decisions, including trade-offs across performance, cost, and complexity
  • Translate ambiguous business or product needs into clear technical approaches and system designs
  • Identify architectural gaps, technical debt, and scaling bottlenecks, and drive solutions proactively
  • Act as a technical mentor and thought partner across teams

AI & Emerging Technology Focus:
  • Explore, evaluate, and apply AI tools, frameworks, and workflows to improve both our product and internal development velocity
  • Stay current with advancements in AI development and help the team adopt them pragmatically
  • Contribute to building a culture of curiosity and experimentation around AI across the organization
  • Adopt and drive an AI-first approach to software development cycle, design principals and product capabilities

Requirements:
  • 20+ years of software engineering experience, with deep experience in system design and architecture
  • Proven track record designing and evolving distributed or scalable systems
  • Broad experience in AWS cloud architecture, with the ability to design and implement complex data plane and control plane systems
  • Comfortable going deep technically while influencing broadly
  • Experience working cross-functionally with product, engineering, and business stakeholders
  • Strong communication skills, with the ability to explain complex systems clearly
  • Experience with data pipelines, highly scalable systems, cloud native architectures and services
  • Experience in Cyber Security is a bonus


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