Software Architect

Conga • Houston, MA

1d • Hybrid

About The Position

The Software Architect role is a key technical leadership position within Conga B2B Platform Engineering. This role is designed for experienced Conga engineers and technical leaders who want to expand their architectural influence, deepen platform-level impact, and help shape the future of Conga’s Revenue Lifecycle Management (RLM) products. As a Software Architect, you will work across product and platform teams to guide application architecture, ensure alignment with Conga’s technical standards, and mentor senior engineers and tech leads. You will partner closely with Product Management, Engineering Management, and Architecture peers to deliver scalable, secure, and resilient SaaS solutions. This role offers increased scope, strategic ownership, and visibility across Conga’s engineering organization.

Requirements

• Strong understanding of Conga’s B2B products, platform architecture, and customer use cases (or demonstrated ability to quickly ramp).
• Proven experience leading technical design discussions and driving architectural decisions within a product team.
• Deep experience delivering enterprise Java based SaaS solutions using Agile methodologies and CI/CD pipelines.
• Solid background designing and building backend services, including REST APIs and data-intensive systems.
• Hands-on experience with relational and/or NoSQL databases.
• Experience working with containerized environments (Docker, Kubernetes).
• Comfortable operating across teams and influencing without direct authority.
• Clear, pragmatic communicator who can translate complex technical concepts for diverse audiences.
• Previous experience contributing to shared platforms or foundational services at Conga.

Responsibilities

• Provide architectural direction and technical leadership to product engineering teams.
• Review and guide designs for major enhancements, refactoring initiatives, and new capabilities.
• Ensure engineering teams follow Conga’s SDLC, architectural standards, and DevOps best practices.
• Balance business requirements with non-functional requirements including security, performance, scalability, reliability, availability, and operability.
• Mentor and coach engineering teams, helping raise the technical bar across teams.
• Partner with Product Managers and Engineering Managers to influence roadmap planning and backlog prioritization from a technical perspective.
• Collaborate with Principal and Senior Architects to align application architecture with Conga’s shared platform and long-term technology strategy.
• Promote consistent architectural patterns (API-first, cloud-native, microservices where appropriate) across the product ecosystem.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed