Software Architect [gn] Data Intelligence

Job description

The architecture team at Actian works side-by-side with the development team. We are looking for a **Software Architect** to design the structure of our cloud platform and make it efficient, easy to extend, maintain and operate. We need a proactive professional who ensures the product meets three key conditions: it must be **stable** (it doesn't crash when failures happen), **efficient** (it doesn't skyrocket cloud costs), and **easy to use for our own developers**. Your goal is to eliminate technical complexity and set the rules of the game so developers can ship new features fast and without errors. ### Core Responsibilities: - **Cloud Platform Design:** Design and improve the cloud structure (AWS, Azure, or GCP) of our data platform, ensuring it works well for many clients at the same time. - **Stability & Fault Tolerance:** Build a system ready for failures, capable of recovering automatically and keeping things running if there are issues in production. - **Making Life Easy for Developers:** Create clear APIs, templates, and common tools so internal developers can write code faster and with fewer mistakes. - **Cloud Cost Control:** Monitor and optimize the use of cloud servers and tools (like Kubernetes) to keep the product cost-effective to run. - **Improving Legacy Code:** Identify parts of the system that have become outdated and plan how to improve them step-by-step without stopping daily work. - **Technical Guidance & Standards:** Review team designs and define the company's technical standards, helping to resolve questions without becoming a bottleneck. - **Security by Design:** Ensure the platform's structure inherently protects customer data and complies with security rules from the very beginning. - **System Monitoring:** Decide how we measure platform performance so that if something fails, we know exactly what happened within a few minutes. - **Testing New Technologies:** Build quick prototypes and test new tools before deciding whether to adopt them company-wide. ### Qualifications & Profile: - **Technical Background:** Proven experience as a Software Architect or Principal Engineer working with cloud SaaS products and systems handling large volumes of data. - **Key Tools:** Real-world experience with microservices, containers (Docker, Kubernetes), messaging systems - **Proactive Mindset:** You don't wait to be told what to do; you look for where the system might fail or where we are overspending, and you propose solutions. - **Developer-Focused:** You care about your fellow developers working comfortably and without frustrations using the tools you design. - **Communication:** Excellent English skills (written and spoken) to explain complex technical problems simply to both developers and executives. ### What We Offer: - The chance to be part of an innovative, fast-growing company making a significant impact in the data management space. - Collaboration with a passionate and diverse team. - Competitive salary and benefits package. - Flexible work arrangements (remote or hybrid). - Opportunities for professional growth and development.