Technology – Technical Architect

The role

The Technical Architect will own the technical direction of the platform by designing scalable, secure, and maintainable systems. This role bridges business requirements and technical solutions while guiding engineering teams on implementation.

What you will do

• Design and document system architecture for new products and major features
• Set and evolve technical standards, patterns, and best practices
• Champion engineering excellence in code quality, test quality, and design patterns
• Define and promote testing strategy and standards across teams
• Evaluate and select technologies, frameworks, and services
• Partner with engineering leads to review designs and unblock technical decisions
• Lead architecture reviews for major projects including security and compliance
• Drive decisions on system integration, data flow, and API design
• Identify and address technical debt, performance bottlenecks, and scalability constraints
• Mentor engineers on architectural thinking and system design

Required qualifications

• 12+ years of software engineering experience
• 5+ years in an architecture or technical leadership role
• Deep experience designing distributed systems, microservices, or data mesh architectures
• Strong knowledge of cloud infrastructure (AWS) and infrastructure-as-code practices
• Proven track record of making and documenting architectural decisions (e.g., ADRs) at scale
• Experience with system design trade-offs: consistency vs. availability, latency, throughput, cost
• Strong understanding of security best practices, including identity/access management, encryption, and secrets management
• Excellent communication skills
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines, containerization (Docker/Kubernetes), and modern DevOps practices
• Experience working in the financial services industry, with working domain knowledge of financial instruments (equities, fixed income, derivatives, etc.), accounting/ledger principles, and market data
• Strong background in domain model design and Domain-Driven Design (DDD) principles
• Expert-level knowledge of unit, integration, and regression testing frameworks and methodology

Nice to have

• Relevant certifications (e.g., AWS Solutions Architect Professional, TOGAF)
• Prior experience leading architecture reviews or technical governance boards

Benefits

• Health insurance
• Life and disability insurance
• Retirement benefits
• Paid leave
• Other employee benefit programs

About the company

Soros Fund Management LLC (SFM) is a global asset manager and family office founded by George Soros in 1973. It serves as the principal asset manager for the Open Society Foundations.