Senior Architect

The role

The Senior Architect defines and maintains target-state architecture across multiple enterprise platforms and engineering domains. This role involves hands-on technical execution including building prototypes, implementing cloud and DevOps foundations, and mentoring engineering teams.

What you will do

• Designs and maintains enterprise-level architecture across multiple platforms and domains
• Translates business strategy into target-state architectures and transition roadmaps
• Owns reference architectures, patterns, and enterprise standards
• Defines integration and data architecture including API strategy and messaging patterns
• Assesses current-state landscape to identify redundancy and technical debt
• Works hands-on in the codebase and infrastructure to build prototypes and reference implementations
• Implements and improves DevOps capability including CI/CD, IaC, and containerization
• Participates in delivery and incident response for cross-system failures
• Partners with security, privacy, and compliance functions
• Guides and mentors development teams, solution architects, and senior engineers

Required qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related field, or commensurate experience
• 5+ years in system design and software delivery
• 3+ years in an enterprise, solution, or domain architecture role
• Practical fluency with AI-assisted development tools
• Recent, direct experience writing and shipping production code and building or operating CI/CD and cloud infrastructure
• Demonstrated experience defining target-state architectures and multi-quarter transition roadmaps
• Strong understanding of software design patterns and architectural principles
• Working knowledge of enterprise architecture frameworks and capability modeling
• Extensive experience with the AWS cloud platform
• Practical competency with CI/CD pipelines, containerization and infrastructure as code including Kubernetes (EKS), Terraform, Helm, ArgoCD, Grafana / Prometheus
• Proficiency in multiple programming languages with at least one being OOP (e.g., Golang, Python, JavaScript/TypeScript)
• Strong competency in databases, data modeling, and data flow specifically with MongoDB and PostgreSQL

Nice to have

• Experience with large-scale platform modernization, migration, or consolidation programs
• Experience in performance optimization, profiling, and tuning of distributed systems
• Familiarity with data platform and analytics architecture
• Experience architecting for AI/ML workloads
• Exposure to FinOps practices and cloud cost optimization
• Background in high-volume, low-latency, or geospatial/time-series data systems
• Experience working within security and compliance regimes (e.g., SOC 2, GDPR, PCI)
• Experience architecting systems for government or defense customers
• Familiarity with secure and restricted network environments common to military programs
• Working knowledge of federal security and authorization frameworks

Benefits

• Flexible Time Off program
• Hybrid work model
• Variety of medical insurance options including a $0 cost premium employee coverage
• Competitive 401K match with no vesting requirement
• National health, dental, and vision plans
• Progressive family plan benefits
• An opportunity to work for a global and industry-leading technology company
• Impactful work in a collaborative environment

Before you apply

• Active or prior U.S. security clearance, or eligibility to obtain one

About the company

The Weather Company is the world’s leading weather provider, helping people and businesses make more informed decisions and take action in the face of weather.