Senior Solution Architect

**Janea Systems (USA) ** is a dynamic team of the best & brightest software engineering specialists and solutions innovators, from around the world. From kernel to cloud, we provide high-impact software development services to Fortune 500 companies.

We are seeking an experienced** Senior Solution ** Architect to join our consulting engineering team. In this role, you will be responsible for designing scalable, production-grade architectures for enterprise software systems. You will work closely with engineering teams and client stakeholders to architect distributed systems, cloud platforms, APIs, and data flows that support business-critical applications. As a senior technical authority, you will define architectural standards, guide complex implementations, and help ensure that the systems we deliver are scalable, secure, reliable, and maintainable in production** ** environments.

Location

Fully Remote / European Residence required OR LATAM Residence

Compensation

Salary

Work Schedule

Full time / Flexible working hours

Reports to

Head of Engineering

Member of

Engineering Team

Key Responsibilities:

Architecture & System Design

• Design end-to-end architectures for enterprise applications, cloud platforms, and distributed backend systems.

• Define system-level architectures spanning services, APIs, integrations, and data stores.

• Ensure high availability, scalability, performance, and cost efficiency across the systems you design.

• Make and document architectural decisions, including trade-off analysis and technology selection.

Platform & Cloud Engineering

• Architect cloud-native and hybrid solutions across compute, networking, storage, and identity.

• Design data flows and integration patterns, including event-driven and streaming architectures.

• Define approaches to CI/CD, infrastructure as code, observability, and operational readiness.

• Guide modernization and migration of legacy systems toward maintainable, scalable architectures.

Technical Leadership

• Provide architectural leadership to engineering teams delivering client projects.

• Establish best practices for system design, security, integration, observability, and reliability.

• Conduct architecture and design reviews, and mentor engineers on building scalable software systems.

Cross-Team Collaboration

• Work closely with backend engineers, data engineers, frontend engineers, and DevOps teams to design cohesive solutions.

• Partner with client stakeholders to translate complex business requirements into scalable technical architectures.

• Help guide technical decisions and scoping during project planning and delivery.

Innovation & Thought Leadership

• Stay current with advancements in distributed systems, cloud platforms, and software architecture.

• Identify opportunities to improve the scalability, resilience, and efficiency of systems across projects.

• Contribute to internal knowledge sharing and architectural standards across Janea's engineering teams.

To be considered for this position, you must have the following qualifications:

• 10+ years of experience in software engineering, distributed systems, or backend architecture.

• 5+ years in an architect or senior technical leadership capacity, owning system design end to end.

• Strong experience architecting large-scale, production-grade software systems.

• Deep understanding of microservices, distributed systems, API design, and integration patterns.

• Strong programming experience in Python, Java, C#, C++, or similar languages.

• Experience designing systems in cloud environments (AWS, Azure, or GCP).

• Experience with containerization and orchestration technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes.

• Strong understanding of data modeling, data pipelines, and relational and non-relational data stores.

• Working knowledge of security, performance, observability, and cost as first-class architectural concerns.

• Excellent system design, problem-solving, and technical leadership skills.

• Strong written and spoken English communication skills.

• Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field.

Ideal candidates will also have:

• Experience working in client-facing consulting or professional services environments designing enterprise-scale systems.

• Experience supporting pre-sales work: solution shaping, technical proposals, and delivery estimation.

• Experience modernizing or replatforming legacy systems in large enterprises.

• Experience with infrastructure as code (Terraform, Pulumi) and platform engineering practices.

• Experience designing systems under regulatory or compliance constraints (SOC 2, HIPAA, GDPR, PCI DSS).

• Experience with high-throughput or low-latency systems, or systems-level and native engineering.

• Relevant certifications (AWS Solutions Architect Professional, Azure Solutions Architect Expert, or equivalent).

Why join Janea? Because world-class talent deserves world-class opportunities. What we offer:

• Competitive compensation with benefits, paid vacation, and sick leave.

• The opportunity to work with a globally diverse team of top engineering talent on the industry's toughest engineering challenges.

• Ultra-flexible working conditions – we provide a generous office equipment allowance so you can work from home, we can also provide you with a desk at an office/coworking facility near you, or use both. No business travel necessary.

• An enjoyable, start-up work environment, with excellent opportunities for professional growth and development.

• Flexible working hours – as a remote-first company, our focus has always been on getting the job done well, not when or where it gets done.

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