Software Architect

Software Architect Dublin - Hybrid MCS Group is partnering with an innovative software company in Dublin who are looking for an experienced Software Architect to play a key role in the next stage of their growth.This is a really interesting opportunity because it isn't about coming in and maintaining an existing architecture. The business already has a successful SaaS product supporting high-volume, business-critical operations, but they're now investing heavily in building the next generation of their platform.You'll have a lot of influence over what that looks like, from the overall architecture and technology choices through to engineering standards, scalability, resilience and security.If you enjoy getting into complex technical problems, working closely with strong engineering teams and having genuine input into how a platform is built, this could be a really good one.What you'll be doing...As Software Architect, you'll work closely with the engineering leadership team to shape the long-term technical direction of the platform. You'll still be close to the technology, but your main focus will be making the right architectural decisions, setting standards and helping engineering teams build a platform that can scale with the business. You'll be responsible for:Owning the architecture of a modern cloud-native SaaS platformDefining the longer-term technical vision and architecture roadmapDesigning scalable, secure and resilient distributed systemsLeading architecture across application, cloud, integrations and dataSetting engineering standards and architecture principlesWorking closely with Engineering and Product on major technical decisionsSupporting teams through complex technical challenges and trade-offsDriving best practice across Microservices, Event-Driven Architecture and Domain-Driven DesignImproving performance, reliability, observability and overall platform resilienceHelping shape how AI can be used responsibly across engineering and future platform capabilitiesMentoring senior engineers and helping raise the technical bar across the teamThe technology...The environment includes: BackendNode.jsNestJSTypeScriptJavaScriptFrontendAngularHTMLCSSCloud & InfrastructureAWSECS / FargateLambdaS3RDSDockerDataPostgreSQLMongoDBRedis / ElastiCacheSQLMonitoringDatadogArchitectureMicroservicesDistributed SystemsEvent-Driven ArchitectureDomain-Driven DesignCloud-Native SaaSWhat we're looking for...You could currently be working as a Software Architect, Technical Architect, Platform Architect, Principal Engineer, Staff Engineer or a Lead Engineer who has taken on significant architecture responsibility. Ideally, you'll have:Strong experience designing and delivering cloud-native SaaS platformsExcellent AWS architecture experienceA strong background in distributed systems and microservicesGood knowledge of modern software architecture patternsExperience designing highly available, scalable and resilient systemsThe ability to work across both technical and non-technical stakeholdersExperience influencing engineering teams without necessarily having direct line management responsibilityA genuine interest in modern engineering and continually improving how things are builtWhat's on offer... The biggest attraction here is the opportunity to have real input into a new platform rather than simply maintaining what is already there. You'll be joining at a point where some major architectural decisions are being made and will have the opportunity to help shape a modern cloud-native platform that needs to support significant future growth.