The Software Architect will lead software solution design and implementation, ensure compliance and security, mentor junior team members, and collaborate in an Agile environment.
Job Summary & Responsibilities
The Software Architect will work as part of the Enterprise Architecture team to define and deliver high-quality software solutions that meet strategic business goals. This position will lead the architectural design and implementation of high-quality, performant, and maintainable software solutions that meet commercial business requirements and conforms to high technical standards. This position will work with internal and external partners to define requirements and align them with technical delivery capabilities.
- Lead the architectural design and implementation of a high-quality, performant, and maintainable software solution that meets commercial business requirements and conforms to high technical standards to meet external and internal customers’ needs.
- Ensure technical alignment across all aspects of solution delivery, including development, cloud hosting, content operations, data storage, and analytics practices.
- Develop secure, scalable, and compliant AI solutions for SaaS platforms.
- Ensure data privacy, security, and compliance with GDPR, SOC 2, and AI ethics guidelines.
- Partner with Business Analysts to create user stories and shape functional acceptance criteria.
- Provide and document technical vision to the development, infrastructure, operations, and product teams.
- Collaborate with Agile stakeholders in a Scrum environment to ensure constant feedback drives excellence in delivery of solutions.
- Lead proof of concept efforts including researching the feasibility of solutions and producing assessments of competing implementation approaches.
- Mentor junior resources on architectural approaches and design.
- Demonstrate the values of Impel in everyday interactions.
- Perform other duties as required.
- Up to 10% travel, including international travel, may be required
Other
- Maintains confidentiality of work-related issues, records, and company information.
- Demonstrates a commitment to Diversity, Equity, and inclusion by treating everyone with respect and dignity, ensuring all voices are heard, and advocating change.
- Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or Software Engineering; and
- Ten (10) years of experience with professional software development; Five (5) years of experience leading the design and delivery of software solutions at a team or project level; and
- Experience with design patterns and modern architectural trends, Net Core, TypeScript, Python, RESTful APIs, C#, XML, AWS services, and Snowflake; and experience defining and delivering:
- Commercial enterprise-scale applications in a Cloud-based environment using modern DevOps-driven methodologies (i.e., IaC, CI/CD).
- Full-stack solutions covering web applications, web services, data access layers, ETL/ELT/Reverse ETL, and data orchestration.
- Solutions incorporating modern Business Intelligence and Data technologies into an enterprise application (AI / Machine Learning models, data pipelines, reporting and analytics suites, Data Warehouses / Data Lakes, etc.); and
- Familiarity with Agile development methodologies; or
Preferred:
- Experience with delivering digital marketing applications or adjacent solutions such as Content Management Systems and marketing channel integrations (email, Social, Direct mail, SMS).
- Hands-on experience with agentic architectures, including task delegation, tool integration, and dynamic reasoning for enterprise AI applications
- Security experience with any of the following: WIF, AD, OAuth, SAML, SWT, CAS.
Top Skills
Aws Services
C#
Ci/Cd
Net Core
Python
Restful Apis
Snowflake
Typescript
XML
Impel New York, New York, USA Office
110 W 27th St, Suite 300, New York, NY, United States, 10001
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