Architect

Fortive • Austin, TX

40d

About The Position

As our Architect, you will be the technical authority for one or more core product lines, owning the end‑to‑end architecture and ensuring alignment with Accruent’s platform strategy. You will design scalable, secure, and AI-enabled product architectures that support both our core SaaS offerings and emerging AI-driven capabilities. You will operate at the intersection of product engineering, platform services (APIM, Identity, Data, AI), and business strategy, partnering closely with Engineering, Product Management, Data & AI teams, and TechOps to set standards, guide implementation, and drive execution.

Requirements

• B.S. in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience
• 8+ years in software engineering, solution architecture, or product architecture roles
• Experience designing cloud-based, distributed SaaS systems in production environments
• Experience integrating platforms across API, identity, data, and AI domains
• Experience working across multiple teams and influencing technical direction
• Strong expertise in API design and integration patterns (REST, event-driven, asynchronous), including streaming and messaging; familiarity with modern AI integration patterns such as agent orchestration, API/tool invocation, and agent-based workflows (e.g., MCP)
• Strong expertise in Identity and security (OAuth2, JWT, RBAC)
• Strong expertise in Scalable application and system architecture
• Working knowledge of AI/ML systems integration and LLM-based architectures
• Working knowledge of Data access patterns, pipelines, and governance considerations
• Ability to translate platform capabilities into product implementation patterns
• Strong communication skills across engineering and leadership audiences
• Experience driving architecture decisions across teams without direct authority
• Experience aligning technical decisions with business and product priorities
• Strong ownership mindset with focus on outcomes and continuous improvement
• Ability to operate across product, platform, and AI domains in a fast-paced environment
• Ability to work cross-functionally in a distributed team environment
• Satisfactory Criminal Background Check and Public Safety Verification

Nice To Haves

• Experience with API Management platforms (e.g., Azure APIM)
• Experience with Identity platforms (e.g., Auth0)
• Experience with Data platforms (data pipelines, analytics, or lakehouse architectures)
• Experience with AI/ML platforms, LLM APIs, or agent-based systems
• Experience in multi-tenant SaaS architecture patterns
• Familiarity with hybrid or multi-cloud environments
• Experience with data platform integration (data pipelines, analytics, or data services)
• Experience to modernization initiatives (legacy migration, platform adoption, integration standardization)
• Experience with architecture governance processes (ADRs, design reviews)
• Exposure to AI-driven product capabilities (assistants, recommendations, automation)

Responsibilities

• Define and own the architecture vision, standards, and roadmap for assigned products or product lines
• Design scalable, high-performance, and resilient systems across application, integration, data, and AI layers
• Establish and maintain current-state and future-state architecture documentation
• Align product architecture with business priorities, customer needs, and platform strategy (Identity, APIM, Data, AI)
• Architect product capabilities that leverage AI/ML and GenAI services, including: AI-assisted workflows and decisioning, Agent integrations and agent-driven experiences, Data-driven insights and predictive capabilities
• Partner with Data & AI teams to ensure: Data pipelines, models, and services are scalable, secure, and production-ready; AI capabilities are integrated into products in a consistent and reusable manner
• Define architecture patterns for: Model integration (APIs, event-driven, batch/real-time); Data access and governance; AI service orchestration within product workflows
• Ensure consistent adoption of shared platform capabilities, including: API Management (APIM); Identity and access management (Auth0); Data and integration platforms; AI/ML services and shared AI infrastructure
• Translate platform capabilities into practical, product-level implementations
• Identify platform gaps and help evolve reusable patterns and “paved roads”
• Contribute guardrails for responsible AI usage, including: Data privacy and residency; Access control and identity propagation; Model usage governance and auditability
• Partner with Security and Data teams to ensure compliance with: Enterprise security standards; Data governance requirements
• Contribute to architecture governance, including design reviews and ADRs
• Embed with engineering teams to co-design solutions for key initiatives and roadmap delivery
• Lead architecture reviews, design sessions, and tradeoff discussions
• Ensure decisions are intentional, documented, and aligned across teams
• Balance speed vs quality, enabling rapid delivery without compromising architecture integrity
• Partner with Engineering, SRE, Ops, and Data teams on roadmap execution and delivery practices
• Provide hands-on architectural guidance and mentorship to engineers and tech leads
• Promote reusable patterns, standards, and developer-friendly approaches
• Enable teams to integrate platform and AI capabilities with minimal friction
• Identify and mitigate: Architectural risks; Performance and scalability concerns; AI and data-related risks (model performance, data drift, integration complexity)
• Own product-level technical debt strategy and prioritization
• Drive proactive architecture evolution rather than reactive fixes
• Ensure product architecture supports cross-product workflows and shared capabilities
• Promote consistency across: APIs; Data models; AI integrations and services
• Contribute to a unified architecture vision supporting One Accruent platform strategy

Benefits

• Equal opportunity employer
• Value diversity at our company
• Do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status
• Ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior