Software Architect at Themischgroup — Los Angeles, CA

JOB DESCRIPTION

The Software Architect is responsible for designing secure, scalable, and maintainable software architectures for enterprise‐level products. This role involves working closely with stakeholders to understand business objectives and translating them into clear architectural strategies and technical designs.

Key responsibilities include overseeing application, data, and integration architecture; evaluating and selecting technologies, frameworks, and tools; and ensuring that architectural decisions support performance, security, and long‐term maintainability. The architect will identify technical risks, define mitigation strategies, and ensure high availability and reliability across system components.

The role also includes guiding development teams on best practices, reviewing design and code for architectural alignment, and helping troubleshoot complex issues. Additional duties involve maintaining architectural documentation, staying current with emerging technologies and cybersecurity trends, and ensuring that solutions are well‐integrated and aligned with broader business processes.

This position requires strong experience in designing large‐scale distributed systems, hands‐on knowledge of multiple programming languages, familiarity with modern frameworks and development tools, and a solid understanding of cloud, hybrid, and on‐premise environments. Experience with security practices, microservices, REST APIs, containerization, DevOps, and continuous integration/delivery is essential.