Solution Architect
Compensation: USD 165,000 - 190,000 yearly
Job Description
Ten Mile Square is looking for a talented and experienced Solution Architect to design and build systems for multiple remote-first teams of full-stack software engineers working in a complex enterprise environment. This is a hands-on leadership role for someone who can drive technical direction, maintain a high delivery bar, and operate effectively across architecture, product, and engineering stakeholders.
The initial assignment is to help lead the development and modernization of enterprise financial services platforms, including backend systems, federated GraphQL services, workflow-driven application components, and cloud-native infrastructure on AWS. The right candidate will combine strong software engineering depth with delivery accountability, sound technical judgment, and the ability to move work forward in messy, real-world environments.
Salary (Base + Target Bonus): $190K ($165K + $25K).
JOB RESPONSIBILITIES
- Work with multiple teams of software engineers, SDETs, and DevOps-oriented engineers to design and buildcomplex software systems. Expected work breakdown is 70% system design, 30% hands-on development.
- Drive design decisions and understand trade-offs of various technology choices
- Perform hands-on application programming with an emphasis on backend and integration systems development using GraphQL, Apollo, Node.js, TypeScript, JavaScript, Python, RESTful APIs, and data pipelines
- Architect, design, and build distributed systems and integrations using a suite of AWS components including but not limited to EKS, Lambda, S3, MSK, and Aurora
- Design and implement GraphQL subgraphs and contribute to federated graph architecture and schema governance
- Define and maintain architectural standards, ensuring systems remain scalable, secure, maintainable, and aligned with enterprise constraints
- Set a high technical and delivery bar by modeling engineering best practices and enforcing expectations around quality, reliability, testing, observability, and operational support
- Guide teams in making sound technical decisions and tradeoffs, ensuring solutions are aligned with long-term strategy while still delivering near-term value
- Champion engineering operational excellence, including observability, automation, reliability, performance improvements, and production support
- Promote a DevOps and cloud-first mindset, ensuring teams fully leverage modern engineering practices and cloud-native capabilities
- Work with product, architecture, and business stakeholders to translate requirements into epics, stories, technical plans, and delivery workstreams
- Mentor developers on the team
- Ensure technical documentation is clear, accurate, and accessible to the technology team
- Contribute as a member of an Agile team and promote Agile practices
- Proactively collaborate with the Ten Mile Square team on development and knowledge sharing
- Represent yourself and Ten Mile Square with integrity, expertise, and value
- Maintain the confidentiality of our clients on an ongoing basis
