Staff Software Architect

SONIFI Solutions, Inc.•Sioux Falls, SD

1d•Remote

About The Position

SONIFI Solutions is seeking a Staff Software Architect to lead the design and evolution of our next generation platforms across hospitality technology. This role is responsible for defining and driving end to end architecture across cloud native systems, hybrid platforms, and emerging AI driven capabilities. This is a highly influential technical leadership role focused on building scalable, secure, and modern systems while guiding engineering teams through architectural decisions, platform modernization, and adoption of best practices. You will partner closely with engineering, product, and security teams to align technical direction with business priorities.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related field or equivalent experience
10 or more years of experience in software engineering with deep architectural expertise
Strong experience with AWS and cloud native architecture
Strong experience with microservices and event driven systems
Strong experience with API design and integrations including REST and GraphQL
Strong experience with Linux based systems and environments
Strong experience with containerization technologies such as Docker or Podman
Strong experience with modern CI CD practices
Experience in scalability, reliability, observability, and performance design
Experience in network fundamentals including latency and protocols
Experience in data modeling and system integration
Experience in security concepts including OAuth2, OIDC, API gateways, and service mesh
Experience in multi tenant cloud architecture
Programming experience in Python, JavaScript or TypeScript, Go, or C++

Nice To Haves

AI, ML, or GenAI platforms and services
Developer productivity tooling and automation
Domain driven design and architecture modeling approaches such as C4
Legacy system modernization and platform consolidation
Hospitality or lodging technology experience

Responsibilities

Define and own overall solution architecture across platforms and products
Design scalable, resilient, and secure cloud native systems in AWS
Lead architecture for microservices and event driven systems
Drive API first design standards including governance, versioning, and authentication
Partner with product and engineering teams to translate business needs into technical solutions
Lead legacy modernization efforts and platform consolidation strategies
Architect and integrate AI and GenAI capabilities into products and developer workflows
Establish patterns for integrating services such as OpenAI and AWS Bedrock
Ensure strong system performance, reliability, observability, and security
Collaborate with security teams to enforce best practices and compliance standards
Provide technical leadership, mentoring, and guidance to engineering teams
Conduct architecture reviews, design walkthroughs, and technical evaluations
Define and promote best practices across development and architecture