Software Architect

Overview: - Welocalize seeks a Software Architect to design and oversee scalable, high-performance, and maintainable software systems. - The role involves defining architectural best practices, ensuring system reliability, and driving innovation in software development. Key Responsibilities: - Architect and design scalable and maintainable software architectures aligned with business needs. - Ensure high availability, fault tolerance, and optimal performance of platform services. - Lead cloud-native architecture design and best practices across AWS, GCP, or Azure environments. - Establish and enforce CI/CD and DevOps best practices. - Integrate security, observability, and reliability into all software architectures. - Collaborate with cross-team engineers, DevOps, and product teams. - Provide technical leadership, mentor engineers, and promote coding best practices. - Conduct code reviews and maintain high code quality through architectural governance. - Evaluate emerging technologies and recommend adoption within the platform ecosystem. Requirements/Skills/Qualifications: - Minimum 3+ years of experience in software development and architecture, with a focus on backend systems. - Proven expertise in designing and implementing scalable, distributed systems. - Hands-on experience with microservices architecture, event-driven systems, and cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, or Azure). - Strong understanding of databases (SQL, NoSQL, caching strategies, data modeling). - Experience with CI/CD pipelines, DevOps practices, and infrastructure as code (Terraform, Kubernetes, Docker). - Deep knowledge of security best practices, including authentication, authorization, and encryption techniques. - Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to troubleshoot complex system-level issues. - Excellent communication skills, with the ability to convey architectural decisions to both technical and non-technical stakeholders. - Preferred: Experience with observability and monitoring tools (Datadog, Prometheus, OpenTelemetry), familiarity with message queues and event-driven architectures (Kafka, RabbitMQ, Pub/Sub), and experience in multitenant SaaS environments. - Previous experience in leading technical initiatives and mentoring engineering teams. Compensation & Benefits: - Not specified in the provided text.