Unit 26 - Software & System Architect Opportunities
About The Position
SharkNinja is a global product design and technology company focused on creating lifestyle solutions. The company is building an AI-native culture and is looking for individuals who are eager to experiment and innovate. Unit 26 is a special team within SharkNinja that focuses on building the company itself, tackling unsolved problems that don't have a clear owner. This team reports to the Chief of Staff to the CEO and works on high-impact projects that can range from applications and algorithms to AI agents and entirely new systems. The work done by Unit 26 can impact how the company operates, end up in consumer products, or be entirely novel. Builders in Unit 26 have the opportunity to build on a global innovation engine and have a stake in the value they create.
Requirements
- Deeply technical software and systems architects with fierce commercial acumen and founder-level urgency.
- 5+ years designing, building, and shipping complex software and systems in production, with mastery of at least one modern language (e.g., Python, TypeScript, C#).
- Proven ability to take ambiguous, high-stakes problems from zero to shipped, with full ownership of the outcome.
- Strong systems thinking: cloud architecture, APIs, data engineering, and enterprise system integration.
- Commercial instincts: you can size an opportunity, make the business case, and measure the return.
- The credibility to earn trust from executives and frontline teams, and to translate business needs into working solutions.
- Founder-level urgency: bias to action, comfort with ambiguity, and accountability for outcomes, not just outputs.
- Bachelor’s Degree Required
Nice To Haves
- Hands-on experience building with LLMs, AI agents, or machine learning is a strong plus.
Responsibilities
- Find and frame the unowned, cross-functional problems where a great solution removes constraints for several teams at once.
- Partner with business leaders to define the problem, the constraints, and what success must look like.
- Architect and build production-grade software and systems: applications, algorithms, data platforms, integrations, and AI agents.
- Prove value with hard numbers: hours saved, dollars unlocked, speed gained.
- Make fast, pragmatic decisions on architecture and build-versus-buy, always favoring the shortest path to proven impact.
- Ship, then hand off with documentation, training, and support so the business unit can run and scale what you built.
- Move on to the next challenge, and do it again.
Benefits
- medical insurance
- dental insurance
- vision insurance
- flexible spending accounts
- health savings accounts (HSA) with company contribution
- 401(k) retirement plan with matching
- employee stock purchase program
- life insurance
- AD&D
- short-term disability insurance
- long-term disability insurance
- generous paid time off
- company holidays
- parental leave
- identity theft protection
- pet insurance
- pre-paid legal insurance
- back-up child and eldercare days
- product discounts
- referral bonus program
- competitive health insurance
- retirement plans
- paid time off
- employee stock purchase options
- wellness programs
- SharkNinja product discounts
- Learning Programs
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
