LLM Focus) - ReliaSoft

HBK - Hottinger Brüel & Kjær

9d•$100,000 - $130,000•Remote

About The Position

HBK - Who we are Hottinger, Bruel & Kjaer (HBK) Inc. is a global leader providing technical expertise, engineering software products, and services to deliver reliability, durability and performance enhancing solutions. Known in particular for our ReliaSoft software, our range of engineering solutions deliver compelling value to our customers for the design and development of reliable, robust systems, and reduce life cycle costs. We are currently looking for a Software Architect to join our Development Team. This position will be 100% remote work, working with the developer team located in Tucson, Arizona. Periodic travel may be required for PI Planning, architecture workshops, and team collaboration events. Candidates must be legally authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis and will not now or in the future require sponsorship for employment visa. What we’re looking for We are seeking an experienced Software Architect with DevOps/AI/LLM experience to help drive the future evolution of the ReliaSoft product portfolio, including our cloud-native ReliaSoft Cloud SaaS platform and our established enterprise desktop applications. This role combines technical architecture leadership with hands-on collaboration around cloud infrastructure, DevOps, automation, scalability, and emerging AI/LLM technologies. The ideal candidate enjoys working across teams to modernize software platforms, improve engineering efficiency, and help define the next generation of intelligent engineering solutions. You will work closely with R&D leadership, Product Owners, developers, QA, Infrastructure IT, and security teams to help guide architecture decisions, operational improvements, and AI-enabled development initiatives across the organization.

Requirements

7+ years of professional software development experience
Experience in software architecture, technical leadership, or senior engineering roles
Experience with cloud-based SaaS platforms and modern application architectures
Working knowledge of DevOps practices, CI/CD pipelines, and deployment automation
Experience evaluating or implementing AI/LLM technologies within software solutions or development workflows
Strong communication and collaboration skills
Experience working within Agile development environments
.NET / C#
.NET Framework / VB.NET
React / TypeScript
REST APIs and service integrations
Team Foundation Server / GitHub
Desktop application development and modernization
Authentication and identity management platforms
Microsoft Azure
Docker and containerized environments
GitHub Actions or similar CI/CD tooling
Monitoring and observability platforms (Grafana, logging, metrics)
Experience with Large Language Models (LLMs) and AI-assisted development tools
Familiarity with prompt engineering, embeddings, and Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG)
Experience integrating AI services or APIs into enterprise applications
Understanding of AI security, governance, and operational considerations
Interest in applying AI to engineering workflows and customer-facing features
Secure software development practices
Dependency and supply-chain management
Performance and scalability optimization

Responsibilities

Define and guide architectural direction for ReliaSoft Cloud and ReliaSoft desktop products
Assist teams with scalable, maintainable, and secure software design decisions
Help modernize legacy systems and support cloud-native development initiatives
Collaborate with development teams to improve performance, reliability, maintainability, and scalability
Support API strategy and integration initiatives across the product suite
Mentor developers and promote modern engineering best practices
Help define and implement the organization’s strategy around AI-assisted development and LLM integration
Evaluate and integrate AI technologies into engineering workflows and future product capabilities
Support development of intelligent features and AI-driven engineering solutions within ReliaSoft Cloud
Assist with architecture and infrastructure planning for AI-enabled services and APIs
Promote secure and practical adoption of AI technologies within the software development lifecycle
Explore opportunities for AI-assisted coding, testing, documentation, analytics, and customer workflow
Support secure software development lifecycle initiatives
Participate in architecture and design reviews focused on security, scalability, and resiliency
Assist with dependency management, vulnerability remediation, and operational hardening
Help improve automation and quality practices across the development lifecycle