Software Architect (Remote Boston MA)

Foundation EGI • Boston, MA

3d • Remote

About The Position

We are looking for an experienced Software Architect to help shape the foundation of our products as we scale. The role leads architecture decisions across systems, collaborates closely with product and research teams, and drives delivery of high-impact features across the stack. It is suited to someone who enjoys solving complex technical problems, mentoring teams, and building scalable systems at the intersection of AI, simulation, and modern cloud infrastructure.

The company is an MIT-born, venture-backed Silicon Valley startup building an AI Copilot for design and manufacturing. Its goal is to use advanced AI, physics simulation, and computer graphics to reduce costs and improve engineering productivity across the design and manufacturing process.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field.
• 10+ years of experience building and scaling complex software systems.
• Strong experience designing distributed systems and service-oriented architectures.
• Fluency in Python, TypeScript, and SQL.
• Experience designing and implementing gRPC and Protobuf-based APIs.
• Experience working with cloud infrastructure on Google Cloud Platform.
• Strong knowledge of data modeling, performance optimization, and scalable system design.
• Familiarity with machine learning, including LLMs.
• Experience building frontends with React.JS.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills across technical and non-technical teams.

Nice To Haves

• Experience managing infrastructure as code, such as Terraform or Pulumi.
• Experience working with CAD software.
• Background in computer graphics, simulation, or physics-based systems.
• Experience building or working with Domain-Specific Languages (DSLs).
• Experience deploying or integrating machine learning systems into production environments.
• Familiarity with Kubernetes-based production environments.

Responsibilities

• Lead the architecture, technical design, and execution strategy for cross-functional engineering initiatives.
• Define scalable system designs and establish engineering best practices across the organization.
• Partner with Product and Research teams to translate ideas into production-ready features.
• Break down complex initiatives into technical specifications, implementation plans, and delivery milestones.
• Mentor engineers and researchers through architecture reviews, code reviews, technical documentation, and pair programming.
• Improve the reliability, scalability, observability, and performance of platforms and services.
• Contribute hands-on to critical parts of the codebase with clean, maintainable, and well-tested code.
• Drive continuous improvements in developer experience, infrastructure, and deployment workflows.
• Help foster an engineering culture focused on quality, ownership, and collaboration.

What This Job Offers

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