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Senior Software Architect - US Remote

Degreed is the upskilling platform that connects learning to opportunities. We integrate everything people use to learn and build their careers—skill insights, LMSs, courses, videos, articles, and projects—and match everyone to growth opportunities that fit their unique skills, roles, and goals. Degreed exists to discover, empower and recognize the next generation of the world's expertise.

We are seeking a Senior Software Architect to join our Technology organization who, in collaboration with other architects and senior leadership, will oversee current product modernization and establish next generation architectures for future products and services.

The ideal candidate for this role will be based in the US and have experience working in remote-first, distributed teams.

Day in the Life

Partner with Product and Technology subject-matter experts to elicit and translate product and business requirements into technology solutions
Provide technical leadership and guidance to Engineering teams for product-level architecture and design
Contribute to development of strategic future-state technology and domain architectures
Review ongoing engineering to ensure consistent evolution toward the strategic future-state architecture
Develop reference implementations of future-state architecture components to jump start and standardize engineering teams' product development work
Ensure recommended architectural designs and patterns are adhered to as part of delivery
Recognize and implement patterns that enable architecture and implementation simplification
Identify risks, opportunities, and solutions that influence strategy considering all aspects of a product or solution (costs, privacy, data retention, security, etc.)
Use your thought leadership and strong communication skills to influence and inspire engineering teams to achieve higher levels of technical innovation
Maintain an ongoing awareness of emerging technologies and industry trends to inform technical domain strategy and direction

Who You Are

There are only a handful of folks who meet all the qualifications. We care more about hiring a technology leader with experience leading enterprise-scale architectural transformation and delivering high quality business results than checking all the boxes. So, whether you meet all the qualifications or a partial set, we want to hear from you.

BS degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or related field / equivalent experience
10+ years of general experience in systems architecture and design, including web, cloud, and mobile platforms
7+ years of experience in systems architecture, service-based architecture, or enterprise application architecture
5+ years of experience delivering cloud-based SaaS applications in Azure, AWS, or GCP. Relevant certifications such as Azure Solutions Architect, AWS Solution Architect a plus.
A critical thinker with an analytical mind-set who is adept at evaluating opportunities to reach goals
Highly self-motivated with a strong drive to capture business requirements and develop product architecture that embodies those requirements
You have a passion for technology, with an ability to understand and assess new technologies and their potential applicability to business needs efficiently and effectively.
Hands-on experience designing, developing, and deploying large-scale SaaS solutions, including scaling million-user systems to support 10x growth
Practiced at system-level change management and safe, systematic evolution of an existing system
Strong knowledge of cloud, SaaS, and SPA application and data security principles and practices
Able to effectively communicate technical problems and solutions to technical and non-technical individuals
Ability to work independently, manage priorities and multi-task

What Sets You Apart

Demonstrated ability to architect and model mission critical solutions leveraging cloud agnostic architectural patterns
Experienced, both deep and wide, with front and back-end languages and frameworks, different datastores (SQL, Postgres, neo4j, elastic) containerization and container orchestration (docker/K8S), eventing/messaging systems (Kafka, rabbitMQ), and multiple cloud offerings (Azure, AWS, GCP)
Management experience and strong interpersonal skills with a demonstrated ability to lead and direct individuals and teams
Demonstrated experience in Systems Thinking – breaking problems into manageable pieces, understanding how the pieces interact and creating an integrated, functioning, whole system when assembled
Demonstrated experience in leading and mentoring technical staff in the incremental modernization of product architectures
Lifelong Learner - display a high degree of inquisitiveness and an eagerness to learn at a detailed and abstract level; demonstrated continuous learning

Total Rewards at Degreed

Degreed is passionate about pay transparency and we are committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. The pay range for this role is $150,000 - $180.000. Actual compensation packages are based on several factors that are unique to each candidate, including but not limited to: skill set, depth of experience, certifications, and specific work location. This may be different in other locations due to differences in the cost of labor.

We believe your best work happens when you have a complete life balance, and Degreed gives you the support and flexibility to make that happen. Degreed is committed to delivering a comprehensive benefits program that provides the support you need. At the time of this posting, this role is eligible to participate in the following benefits and wellness programs:

Comprehensive health insurance for you and your family (both PPO and HDHP plans available)
Dental and vision plans for you and your family
Employer-paid life insurance, AD&D, short-term disability, and long-term disability
Company equity
401(k) Retirement Savings Plan with up to 4% match
Company funded HSA and dependent care FSA (pending eligibility)
Generous Parental Leave
Unlimited Paid Time Off and 5 sick days per year
Education benefit: Up to $1,200 per year for anything you want to learn (and we mean anything!)
One-time Home Office Stipend to make your workspace more comfortable
Monthly internet and phone stipend
Monthly wellness stipend through Forma
Wellness programs focused on your financial, physical, and mental wellbeing

Degreed reserves the right to modify these benefits at any time, for any reason in accordance with applicable law. Please note the offerings vary based on location.

Work Environment & Physical Demands

Degreed is a remote-first company, however our roles are open to in-office or hybrid if you live in a city with a physical office location. This role has the opportunity to operate 100% virtually from your home office. We primarily collaborate with our US and International colleagues through virtual meetings (Zoom), email, and Slack. In this role, you will be required to operate a laptop computer (PC or Mac available), computer software platforms, and other office productivity machinery as necessary. Due to the nature of this role, you must be able to remain stationary for extended periods, and must be able to observe and interpret written and/or verbal communication.

Additional Information

Degreed provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.

We are committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. As part of this commitment, Degreed will provide reasonable accommodations to all qualified individuals with disabilities to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and/or to receive other benefits and privileges of employment.

Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

Degreed uses the E-Verify employment verification program.

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