[Hiring] Core Software Architect @Fairmarkit

Role Description

We are hiring a Software Architect to serve as a senior technical design partner to Fairmarkit’s engineering leadership as we build new product capabilities and strengthen the foundation of our existing platform. This role reports directly to the SVP of Engineering and will be central to how we make architectural decisions across the company.

We’re looking for someone with deep engineering expertise, strong product instincts, and the ability to make decisions confidently - a person who naturally brings clarity to complexity and aligns teams on the best path forward.

This is not an ivory-tower role: the Architect will be hands-on when needed, especially for MVPs, prototypes, and proof-of-concepts, while spending most of their time shaping architecture, driving technical direction, and ensuring we build scalable, resilient systems.

Our platform is built with Python on the backend, Angular on the frontend, and runs in a multi-cloud environment (AWS + Azure). This is the foundation you’ll help us evolve.

Why does this role matter? Fairmarkit is scaling — not just in customers and usage, but in product complexity and technical expectations. The decisions we make now will define our speed, stability, and ability to deliver for years. This role ensures we build with intention: aligned architecture, strong design, high engineering quality, and clear technical direction that keeps teams moving fast without sacrificing durability.

What You’ll Do

• Serve as a technical design partner to the SVP of Engineering and Engineering Leadership, shaping architectural direction and technical strategy.
• Drive and own key architecture decisions across our platform — making decisions is a central requirement of this role.
• Lead system-level design across:
  • backend services (Python)
  • frontend architecture (Angular)
  • APIs and integrations
  • data workflows and system boundaries
  • multi-cloud deployment and infrastructure patterns (AWS + Azure)
• Establish and evolve architectural standards including:
  • scalable service design
  • performance and reliability best practices
  • system modularity and domain modeling
  • security and compliance patterns
  • observability and operational excellence
• Partner with Engineering Managers and Tech Leads to ensure architectural intent is reflected in execution.
• Guide teams through technical tradeoffs and design reviews — ensuring clarity, alignment, and high quality.
• Identify high-leverage cross-cutting improvements and lead initiatives that accelerate engineering velocity and stability.
• Be hands-on when needed:
  • prototype new services or workflows
  • build PoCs to validate architecture choices
  • support teams through hard technical problems
  • contribute meaningful production-quality code when required
• Improve reliability and scale by shaping architecture for:
  • incident prevention
  • monitoring and alerting
  • deployment safety
  • performance tuning
• Collaborate closely with Product and stakeholders to align technology decisions with business outcomes.

What Success Looks Like

• Architecture decisions are made faster and with stronger alignment — fewer stalls, fewer reversals, fewer costly rewrites.
• Engineering teams ship with greater confidence because system design is clear, scalable, and consistent.
• Our multi-cloud platform becomes more resilient and operationally mature.
• The backend and frontend architecture becomes more modular, maintainable, and extensible.
• New product initiatives move quickly from idea → MVP → durable production implementation.
• Technical debt decreases over time because architectural improvements are integrated into delivery, not postponed.
• Engineering feels more empowered: teams have strong guidance, clear patterns, and decisive leadership.

Qualifications

• 15+ years of software engineering experience, including responsibility for system architecture and platform design.
• Deep expertise in Python backend development, including modern frameworks and best practices for scalable service design.
• Strong understanding of frontend architecture principles, ideally with Angular (or transferable expertise designing frontends at scale).
• Strong experience building and evolving cloud-native SaaS platforms.
• Experience working in environments that require high reliability, scalability, and strong security posture.
• Demonstrated success making difficult technical decisions and guiding teams through tradeoffs.
• Strong architecture fundamentals, including:
  • distributed system design
  • API and integration patterns
  • data modeling and performance optimization
  • authentication / authorization and platform security fundamentals
  • observability and incident-driven improvement
• Strong engineering craftsmanship — you care deeply about long-term maintainability, clarity, and correctness.
• Ability to communicate architecture clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Leadership through influence: you can align groups, create momentum, and raise the bar without relying on hierarchy.
• A builder’s mindset — you genuinely love engineering, programming, and designing software.

Nice to Have

• Experience building multi-cloud systems (AWS + Azure) and designing for portability, cost-awareness, and resilience.
• Experience with enterprise workflow systems (procurement, supply chain, ERP integrations, etc.).
• Experience scaling architecture through growth stages (startup → enterprise maturity).
• Experience leading modernization efforts:
  • monolith modularization
  • service boundaries
  • performance scaling
  • moving from legacy patterns to modern architecture
• Strong background in platform engineering, developer experience, or reliability/SRE practices.

Working Style / Traits We Value

• Decisive: you don’t avoid hard calls; you gather input, make decisions, and move forward with accountability.
• Pragmatic: you balance “ideal architecture” with practical delivery constraints.
• Collaborative: you bring people along and build alignment through clarity and respect.
• Hands-on: you can still code and prototype when needed, especially for MVPs/PoCs.
• High standards: you care deeply about engineering quality, both technical and cultural.