Solution Architect

ABOUT THE EMPLOYER

“We’re more than just a software company. What sets us apart? Our genuine concern for your success. We blend our rich experience with the latest tech to give you a competitive edge. We’re here not just to simplify tasks or dump data on you. We’re here to supercharge your decisions and push your business growth.We’ve developed a game-changing platform using our patent pending technology, artificial intelligence and automation. It reduces brand/pricing violations and gives you data that strengthens your relationships with customers, increase your sales, and improves your bottom line.”

WHAT WILL YOU WORK ON?

• Collaborate with product and engineering to design end-to-end solutions that meet functional and non-functional requirements (scalability, performance, security, reliability, cost).

• Define and maintain system architecture, including service boundaries, data flows, integration patterns, and API design.

• Translate business requirements into technical designs, architecture diagrams, ADRs (Architecture Decision Records) and implementation roadmaps.

• Provide technical leadership and guidance to engineering teams (code/design reviews, best practices, standards).

• Evaluate and select technologies, tools, and frameworks; create reference implementations and proofs of concept.

• Design and oversee data models, storage strategies, and database schemas (SQL and NoSQL).

• Work with DevOps/Infra teams to define cloud and on-prem architectures (AWS preferred, plus bare-metal where appropriate).

• Ensure architectures adhere to security, compliance, and reliability standards.

• Identify and resolve performance bottlenecks across application and infrastructure layers.

• Contribute to and maintain architecture documentation, guidelines, and playbooks.

• Mentor senior and mid-level engineers on architecture and system design thinking.

WHAT SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE ARE WE LOOKING FOR?

• 8+ years of professional experience building web applications with PHP, including Laravel (or closely related frameworks).

• Strong expertise in system design and distributed systems: scalability, availability, fault tolerance, and observability.

• Strong knowledge of cloud infrastructure (preferably AWS) and bare-metal/on‑prem setups:

  • Compute, storage, networking, IAM/security, monitoring, and cost optimization.

• Strong experience with databases:

  • SQL (e.g., MySQL, PostgreSQL) and at least one NoSQL technology.

  • Data modeling, indexing, query optimization, and performance tuning.

• Experience designing and integrating APIs (REST and/or GraphQL), including authentication and authorization patterns.

• 3+ years in a formal Architecture or Technical Leadership role (e.g., Solutions Architect, Lead Engineer, Principal Engineer), driving technical decisions across teams or large projects.

• Solid understanding of:

  • Software architecture patterns (e.g., modular monolith, microservices, event-driven).

  • Caching, message queues, and asynchronous processing.

  • CI/CD, version control (Git), and modern development workflows.

• Strong communication skills: able to explain complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

ARE THERE ANY OTHER REQUIREMENTS?

• Golang: 3+ years of experience building production services or tools.

• Python: 2+ years of experience (scripting, services, or data/ML tooling).

• Knowledge of LLMs and AI agents:

  • Understanding of how they work conceptually and architecturally.

  • Experience integrating LLMs into products or workflows is a plus.

• Experience with:

  • Containers and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes).

  • Event streaming platforms and pub/sub systems.

  • Observability stacks (metrics, logging, tracing).

  • Security best practices (OWASP, secure-by-design, secrets management).

Requires 3-4 hours of overlap with US timezone (CST)