Software Architect

Blackline Safety

5d•Hybrid

About The Position

Our team at Blackline Safety is growing! As a people-driven technology company, with a mission to make sure every worker returns home safely, we drive innovation, practice resiliency, demonstrate leadership, go the extra mile for our customers, and empower our people to be their best. Software Architect plays a key role in shaping the software architecture for Blackline products. This position involves collaborating with cross-functional teams, providing technical guidance, and contributing to the overall improvement of the solution, technical processes, and organizational methodologies.

Requirements

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science or other relevant technical disciplines.
10+ years of experience in product software development.
2+ years of experience in an architectural role.
Experience in developing and architecting SAAS systems at scale.
Strong development experience in a distributed microservice environment
Experience with AWS/Azure/GCP services, networking, identity, storage, and managed data services.
Deep knowledge of Java (Spring Boot), Python, PHP or Angular
Experience working with programming languages and frameworks alongside AI tools and platforms to generate code, test cases, and performance improvements.
Design and implement machine learning algorithms and AI models within the application.
Experience developing high performing database queries.
Experience with performance testing and code optimization.

Nice To Haves

Experience with Infrastructure as a Service (Terraform, CloudFormation) is a plus.

Responsibilities

Develop and refine architecture blueprints, outlining a roadmap for incremental enhancements at solution, technical, methodological, and organizational levels.
Collaborate closely with other software leaders to drive continuous progress towards project goals.
Offer guidance to technology teams on best practices to streamline delivery times, reduce integration and operational risks, and ensure ongoing reduction of technical debt.
Contribute to strategic decision-making by fostering collaborative relationships with stakeholders to understand business, product, and technology needs.
Ensure alignment of business and technical stakeholders with architectural directions.
Partner with leaders across the company to align and address longer-term architectural goals and priorities.
Developing scalable, high-quality microservices in a cross-functional environment.
Providing technical leadership to the scrum team(s).
Leading new product technical evaluations.
Driving adoption of AI tools and processes to help automate the software development process.