Responsive - Software Architect - Distributed Systems

About the Role :

- Responsive is looking for a Software Architect who combines deep technical expertise with strategic leadership to design and evolve scalable, reliable, and secure SaaS architectures.

- In this role, you will collaborate with engineering, product, and security teams to define architectures, drive technical decision-making, and ensure solutions align with business goals.

- You will play a critical role in building trust with stakeholders, mentoring engineering teams, and driving innovation across the organization.

- We welcome candidates who thrive at the intersection of architecture, technology strategy, and hands-on problem-solving, and who are eager to make an impact in a fast-paced SaaS environment.

What Youll Be Doing :

- Cross-Functional Collaboration : Partner with product, security, and engineering teams to shape and continually refine Responsives technology stack and architecture.

- Technical Leadership : Embed with engineering teams for large projects, providing architectural guidance, and act as a consultant for smaller initiatives.

- Hands-On Contribution : Lead by doingcoding, optimizing, and troubleshooting across the stack (Java, Spring Boot, React, MongoDB)while partnering with feature development teams.

- Performance & Reliability : Investigate, analyze, and resolve bottlenecks to optimize system performance, maintain high uptime SLAs, and ensure efficient resource utilization.

- Cloud-Native Expertise : Design architectures leveraging AWS, Azure, or GCP, containerization (Kubernetes, Docker), and Infrastructure-as-Code.

- Innovation & Adoption : Evaluate emerging tools, frameworks, and approaches; drive adoption where beneficial to improve developer productivity, performance, or customer experience.

- Mentorship & Enablement : Mentor engineers, foster best practices in solution design, and participate in technical roundtables and architectural reviews across the organization.

- Incident Leadership : Participate in architectural governance and, over time, join on-call rotations for high-severity incidents to support system reliability.

- Emerging Tech : Evaluate emerging tech (databases, LLM APIs, orchestration tools) and translating hype into grounded engineering choices.

What Were Looking For :

Education :

Experience :

- Proven track record leading architectural initiatives in SaaS or enterprise-scale environments.

Skills, Qualifications & Ability :

- Mastery in Java and Spring Boot for backend development, with working knowledge of React for frontend integration.

- Hands-on experience with data layer technologies, including databases (MongoDB, SQL/NoSQL), caching systems, and messaging/event-driven architectures.

- Expertise in search and retrieval technologies such as ElasticSearch or Apache Solr.

- Strong knowledge of application and cloud security best practices.

- Deep understanding of cloud-native architecture, container orchestration (Kubernetes, Docker), and CI/CD pipelines.

- Proficiency in performance optimization, monitoring, and troubleshooting using modern observability tools.

- Excellence in written and verbal communication, with the ability to tailor complex technical concepts for executives, engineers, and customers alike.

- Demonstrated ability to facilitate and resolve organization-wide technical discussions, aligning stakeholders while driving to decisions.

- Experience in Agile environments, with tools like JIRA.

- Familiarity with AI-driven search and semantic technologies.

- Experience with event-driven architectures and real-time data processing frameworks

- Familiarity with modern observability stacks (Prometheus, Grafana, OpenTelemetry).

Why Join Us?

- Collaborative Environment : Work with a passionate team of technologists, designers, and product leaders.

- Career Growth : Be part of a company that values learning and professional development.

- Competitive Benefits : We offer comprehensive compensation and benefits to support our employees.

- Trusted by Industry Leaders : Be part of a product that is trusted by world-leading organizations.

- Cutting-Edge Technology : Work on AI-driven solutions, cloud-native architectures, and large-scale data processing.

- Diverse and Inclusive Workplace : Collaborate with a global team that values different perspectives and ideas